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Jessica Weisberg on Russell Pearce and the GOP and Jonah Engle on the fight to end the War on Drugs.
Nov 16, 2011 / Various Contributors
Penn State’s Patriarchal Pastimes Penn State’s Patriarchal Pastimes
There is a message here about masculine privilege.
Nov 16, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Herman Cain: What Hi-Tech Lynching? Herman Cain: What Hi-Tech Lynching?
More than two weeks after the GOP candidate was accused of sexual harassment, Republican men still support him.
Nov 16, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
How Online Learning Companies Bought America’s Schools How Online Learning Companies Bought America’s Schools
Under the banner of high-tech progress, corporate lobbyists have rammed through legislation privatizing K-12 education across the country.
Why Europe Needs a New Deal Why Europe Needs a New Deal
After months of political upheaval and chaos in the bond markets, few investors believe austerity programs are a route to growth and debt reduction.
Nov 16, 2011 / Feature / Andy Robinson
Will Egypt’s Arab Spring Turn Into an Arab Nightmare? Will Egypt’s Arab Spring Turn Into an Arab Nightmare?
On the eve of elections, those who once united in defiance of the Mubarak regime have fragmented into antagonistic camps.
Nov 16, 2011 / Feature / Omneya El Naggar
Hemispheric Disturbances: On Michael Gazzaniga Hemispheric Disturbances: On Michael Gazzaniga
If our brains act according to the causal laws governing all matter, in what sense can we be said to be free?
Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Cathy Gere
Blue Ridge: Streams Are Roaring Blue Ridge: Streams Are Roaring
Morning in the shade of a persimmon tree. Later, downstream below a hornbeam. A shy man hollers from across the valley. Every other rhododendron flower holds a tiny bee, just the way each macaroni shell in pasta e fagioli eventually holds a bean. A little Italian goes well up here. Latin, too&emdash;castanea, ruficapilla, caroliniana: Paroles: Dogwood calls the catbirds. Black cherry calls the blue.
Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Merrill Gilfillan
Shelf Life Shelf Life
José Luis Guerín’s In the City of Sylvia, Tanya Hamilton’s Night Catches Us, Martin Scorsese’s New York, New York.
Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Campuses React to Free Speech Violations at OWS Raid Campuses React to Free Speech Violations at OWS Raid
News of the Occupy Wall Street “media blackout” sparked reactions from sympathetic students across the country.
Nov 16, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli