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Divest Princeton Protest

Princeton Activists Just Won a Historic Victory for Climate Research Princeton Activists Just Won a Historic Victory for Climate Research

After a decade of student organizing, Princeton made a pledge to divest its endowment and reject fossil fuel money. Will more universities follow?

Oct 6, 2022 / StudentNation / Chelsey Gilchrist and Claire Kaufman

Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights

Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights

Bree Carlson, the new co-director of ACRE, discusses the struggle for racial and economic justice in a world of global capital. 

Oct 5, 2022 / Q&A / Lucy Dean Stockton

Indigenous Sovereignty Protest

This Supreme Court Case Threatens the Future of Tribal Lands This Supreme Court Case Threatens the Future of Tribal Lands

Haaland v. Brackeen challenges the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, putting the sovereignty of Indian Nations at risk.

Oct 5, 2022 / StudentNation / Jessica Lambert

Protest against Dobbs ruling at the Supreme Court Building

The Supreme Court’s Majority Reconvenes Its Assault on Democracy The Supreme Court’s Majority Reconvenes Its Assault on Democracy

The six-justice, right-wing majority is using a self-selected docket of cases to advance minority rule.

Oct 5, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Hope and Action for Puerto Rico

Hope and Action for Puerto Rico Hope and Action for Puerto Rico

Hurricane Fiona devastated Puerto Rico, leaving thousands without water and electricity.

Oct 4, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Tamir Rice Protest

Black Trauma Is Not a Lesson Black Trauma Is Not a Lesson

After a teacher made me watch the video of the killing of Tamir Rice, I realized I had to raise my voice against injustice.

Oct 4, 2022 / StudentNation / Kayla Ruano-Lumpris

Movie poster with the word Metropolis is red letters

The Political Lessons of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” The Political Lessons of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis”

The 1927 film raises the question, “Who will mediate between our head and our hands?”

Oct 4, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich

Pankaj Mishra’s Novel of Intellectuals and Influencers

Pankaj Mishra’s Novel of Intellectuals and Influencers Pankaj Mishra’s Novel of Intellectuals and Influencers

Mishra’s first work of fiction in over a decade examines how ideas circulate in an age of social media and “ideas festivals.”

Oct 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

Frank Watkins and Jesse Jackson.

Remembering Frank Watkins, Longtime Lieutenant to Jesse Jackson Remembering Frank Watkins, Longtime Lieutenant to Jesse Jackson

Though he preferred to work behind the scenes, Watkins was a crucial force in opening the Democratic Party to Black leadership—and pulling it to the left.

Sep 30, 2022 / Kevin Alexander Gray

Rain Desantis

Rain Desantis Rain Desantis

Code red.

Sep 30, 2022 / Steve Brodner

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