Students in Burkina Faso Protest in Solidarity With Teachers Students in Burkina Faso Protest in Solidarity With Teachers
Students in this West African nation are supporting their teacher's demands that the government increase their wage and reduce the class size. Demonstrations have spread across the...
May 23, 2011 / StudentNation / Sara Jerving
Student Boycott of Sabra Hummus Blocked Student Boycott of Sabra Hummus Blocked
In spite of student support for a boycott of a brand of hummus made by a company students argue is complicit in human rights abuses, DePaul University's Fair Business Practices Com...
May 23, 2011 / StudentNation / Kevin Gosztola
The Invisible Help: Why Arnold and DSK Thought They Could Get Away With It The Invisible Help: Why Arnold and DSK Thought They Could Get Away With It
The Schwarzenegger and Strauss-Kahn scandals have thrust the plight of the hired help into the spotlight. But usually these women are invisible, exploitable.
May 23, 2011 / S. Eudora Smith
‘Page One’ Documentary Reveals a ‘Dangerous Moment in American Journalism’ ‘Page One’ Documentary Reveals a ‘Dangerous Moment in American Journalism’
A new film about the New York Times asks the question: what will a future without journalism look like?
May 23, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Barbara Dudley on Oregon’s Efforts to Create a State Bank Nation Conversations: Barbara Dudley on Oregon’s Efforts to Create a State Bank
Oregon attempts to follow in North Dakota's footsteps by pushing forward a bill to establish a publicly-owned bank.
May 23, 2011 / The Nation
Koch Industries’ Tar Sands Pipeline Threatens to Destroy Midwest Aquifer Koch Industries’ Tar Sands Pipeline Threatens to Destroy Midwest Aquifer
Koch Industries stands to profit off of a pipeline that threatens to leak toxins into the Midwest's water supply, and so do our politicians. Tell Hillary Clinton to represent the w...
May 23, 2011 / Brave New Films
Why Lance Armstrong Will Survive ’60 Minutes’ and the Feds Why Lance Armstrong Will Survive ’60 Minutes’ and the Feds
Three teammates have testified they saw the great cyclist take performance enhancing drugs. But Armstrong’s supporters aren’t going anywhere.
May 23, 2011 / Dave Zirin
How Dishonest Is Noam Chomsky? How Dishonest Is Noam Chomsky?
An opponent of capital punishment who specifically cautioned against “joy” in bin Laden’s death is dishonestly portrayed to demonstrate “obsessive belief in...
May 23, 2011 / Eric Alterman
Some Thoughts on the IMF, Global Injustice and a Stranger on a Train Some Thoughts on the IMF, Global Injustice and a Stranger on a Train
Her name was Global South. His name was Washington Consensus. But his winning streak was running out and her star was rising.
May 23, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit
Will the Revolt Against the GOP’s Cuts Turn a Republican District to Democrat Kathy Hochul? Will the Revolt Against the GOP’s Cuts Turn a Republican District to Democrat Kathy Hochul?
Americans are changing historical voting patterns to punish parties and candidates who seek to cut public services, education and Medicare.
May 23, 2011 / John Nichols