Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor Campus Breakthrough on Sweatshop Labor
The University of California has thrown its weight behind an antisweatshop initiative on campus logowear, proof that conscientious consumers can humanize the forces of global capit...
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Peter Dreier and Richard Appelbaum
Leap into the Fray Leap into the Fray
The new generation of academics and scholars is challenged to join, elevate and improve the national conversation, and persuade the public to come back to politics.
May 30, 2006 / Feature / Victor Navasky
Felonious Intent Felonious Intent
The prosecution of an 8-year-old in New York for wrongful homicide in a school bus accident invokes the "wild child" hysteria of the Central Park jogger case.
May 25, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Drug War Flunks Out Drug War Flunks Out
Students for Sensible Drug Policy and the ACLU are challenging a draconian Education Department rule that blocks student drug offenders from receiving federal aid.
May 25, 2006 / Hasdai Westbrook
‘Why Can’t We?’ ‘Why Can’t We?’
Confronting the forces of war, genocide and lawlessness begins with the belief that individual citizens have the power--and the responsibility--to focus our government's mind, chan...
May 23, 2006 / Feature / Samantha Power
Science and the First Amendment Science and the First Amendment
If you can lie about science and get away with it, you can lie about anything. That's why we must say no to ideological zealots who are waging war against science and against democ...
May 16, 2006 / Feature / Patricia Princehouse
Divestment and Sudan Divestment and Sudan
The growing campus campaign to force universities to divest from corporations doing business with the Sudanese government is having real impact.
Apr 20, 2006 / Sam Graham-Felsen
‘The Lobby’ ‘The Lobby’
The recent furor over a scholarly article suggesting that the "Israel lobby" drives US Mideast policy presents an opportunity for vigorous open debate on a volatile subject.
Apr 6, 2006 / The Editors
The Dot-Degree Boom The Dot-Degree Boom
Thanks to aggressive recruiting tactics and a complaisant Congress, online enrollments at the University of Phoenix and its spinoff, Axia College, are soaring. So are student debt ...
Mar 28, 2006 / Feature / Garrett Ordower
Truth or Consequences Truth or Consequences
OK, kids: With conservatives on the hunt for dangerous left-wing academics, take this SAT (Save America from Treachery) test. See if you can tell the difference between a terroris...
Mar 16, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams