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Breakin’ It Down! Breakin’ It Down!

Students will get busy over spring break with anti-death penalty activities. We go to Austin, Texas, to interview Hooman Hedayati, president of Texas Students Against the Death Pen...

Mar 15, 2007 / The Nation

Hip-Hop Chaos In Context Hip-Hop Chaos In Context

Self-described "cockeyed Idealist" Jeff Chang talks about his new book and the future of hip-hop culture.

Mar 15, 2007 / The Nation

Ward Him Off: Anti-affirmative action activist Ward Connerly announces his new plans Ward Him Off: Anti-affirmative action activist Ward Connerly announces his new plans

Anti-affirmative action activist Ward Connerly announces his new plans.

Mar 15, 2007 / The Nation

Mommy Tracked: How the tenure process discriminates against female professors Mommy Tracked: How the tenure process discriminates against female professors

How the tenure process discriminates against female professors.

Mar 15, 2007 / The Nation

Separate but Unequal Dorms: How a disabled student fought for, and won, fair treatment from her university Separate but Unequal Dorms: How a disabled student fought for, and won, fair treatment from her university

How a disabled student fought for, and won, fair treatment from her university.

Mar 15, 2007 / The Nation

The Ambassador, the Iraqi, and the Penguin The Ambassador, the Iraqi, and the Penguin

An ambassador--his name happens to be Timothy Carney--an Iraqi, and a penguin walk into a bar. The bartender asks how the Iraqi will ever possibly pay for his drink. The ambassa...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

Connecting the Dots Connecting the Dots

Over at TAPPED, Ezra Klein proposes the following maxim as a means of understanding the Bush administration: "Bush's Razor: Given a possible universe of explanations for a particu...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

Hubris in High Places Hubris in High Places

The scandal action in Washington is intense, almost too much to properly savor. That squirrely little right-winger at the Justice Department who was arranging a mass execution fo...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

Obama: Palestinians Matter, Too Obama: Palestinians Matter, Too

Barack Obama did the unthinkable recently: he had the audacity to mention the Palestinians. "Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people," Obama told voters in Iowa on S...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

AIPAC Disses Pelosi AIPAC Disses Pelosi

House Minority Leader John Boehner got a standing ovation when he voiced his continued support for the war in Iraq at AIPAC's annual conference today. When his counterpart, Speake...

Mar 13, 2007 / The Nation

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