Sweet Victory: Campus Victory Roundup Sweet Victory: Campus Victory Roundup
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. In the past few months, there's been a flurry of progressive activism on America'scollege campuses. The following victories reflect a mix of broa...
Jan 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
NYU–No More Ivory Tower NYU–No More Ivory Tower
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Jan 26, 2006 / Scott Sherman and Our Readers
The Party of Davos The Party of Davos
American business elites in Davos for the World Economic Forum are far more interested in global markets and corporate investors than they are in ordinary Americans' needs.
The New Face of the Campus Left The New Face of the Campus Left
Since the 1970s Republican conservatives have been the dominant political force on American campuses. But groups like Campus Progress, better groomed and better organized than thei...
Jan 26, 2006 / Feature / Sam Graham-Felsen
Prochoice Puritans Prochoice Puritans
As prochoicers seek to reframe their arguments, injecting more moralism into the antiabortion debate will not keep abortion legal and accessible.
Jan 26, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Nick Kristof’s Brothel Problem Nick Kristof’s Brothel Problem
Nicholas Kristof produces a steady stream of titillating reports on child prostitution in the Third World. Better to focus on draconian economic reforms driven by the World Bank th...
Jan 26, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
On Roy Blunt’s Promise to Reform Lobbying Rules If He Becomes House Majority Leader On Roy Blunt’s Promise to Reform Lobbying Rules If He Becomes House Majority Leader
With plenty of friends on K Street, Roy Blunt is not as forthright as his name suggests.
Jan 26, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
UCLA’s Dirty Thirty UCLA’s Dirty Thirty
Negative media coverage has succeeded in undermining support among prominent conservatives for a UCLA alumni group that paid students to target and expose left-leaning faculty.
Jan 26, 2006 / Jon Wiener
Truth, Fiction and Frey Truth, Fiction and Frey
James Frey's faux memoir exposes corporate publishing as an industry so starved for bestsellers that it is unable to protect itself from fraud.
Jan 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Flamm