Prison Education Reduces Recidivism by Over 40 Percent. Why Aren’t We Funding More of It? Prison Education Reduces Recidivism by Over 40 Percent. Why Aren’t We Funding More of It?
Giving prisoners access to financial aid for college tuition is the first step towards “de-carceration.”
Aug 17, 2015 / Michelle Chen
How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past
Volodymyr Viatrovych was the driving force behind new laws that restrict free speech and regulate how history is written.
Aug 13, 2015 / Jared McBride
Are Graduate Students ‘Workers’? Are Graduate Students ‘Workers’?
Not according to a new ruling against students at the New School.
Aug 13, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Why the Lower Ninth Ward Looks Like the Hurricane Just Hit Why the Lower Ninth Ward Looks Like the Hurricane Just Hit
The neighborhood’s stalled recovery is the self-fulfilling prophecy of political leaders who wrote it off from the start.
Aug 13, 2015 / Feature / Gary Rivlin
Hillary Clinton Joins Debt-Free College Push With a Big Plan Hillary Clinton Joins Debt-Free College Push With a Big Plan
All three major Democratic candidates embrace the idea of free public higher education.
Aug 11, 2015 / George Zornick
Steven Salaita, Professor Fired for ‘Uncivil’ Tweets, Vindicated in Federal Court Steven Salaita, Professor Fired for ‘Uncivil’ Tweets, Vindicated in Federal Court
A federal judge has allowed his lawsuit against the University of Illinois to proceed, and the chancellor who rescinded his appointment last year has resigned amid an ethics invest...
Aug 11, 2015 / David Palumbo-Liu
How Childcare Actually Causes Poverty in America How Childcare Actually Causes Poverty in America
If the people who prepare your lunch deserve a living wage, the people preparing our toddlers for school do too.
Jul 31, 2015 / Michelle Chen
New York’s Education ‘Reform’ Movement Keeps Racking Up Victories; Here’s How the Mayor Can Fight Back New York’s Education ‘Reform’ Movement Keeps Racking Up Victories; Here’s How the Mayor Can Fight Back
Bill de Blasio needs to offer more than universal pre-K—he needs to offer a vision.
Jul 30, 2015 / Pedro Noguera
Scott Walker Is Trolling Us Scott Walker Is Trolling Us
Sports as political money laundering is nothing new. But it's difficult to think of an example as brazen as Scott Walker's stadium deal for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Jul 22, 2015 / Dave Zirin
How Hedge and Vulture Funds Have Exploited Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis How Hedge and Vulture Funds Have Exploited Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis
For this island teetering on bankruptcy, debt renegotiation is imminent—but on whose terms?
Jul 21, 2015 / Ed Morales