Two States, Two Competing Futures for Voting Rights in America Two States, Two Competing Futures for Voting Rights in America
Republicans will eventually have to reckon with a country that is more diverse, more compassionate and more progressive.
Oct 20, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will the University of Mississippi Ditch Its State Flag? Will the University of Mississippi Ditch Its State Flag?
Tomorrow its student government will vote on a resolution that would remove the Mississippi state flag from campus grounds because of its “[incorporation of] the Confederate battle...
Oct 19, 2015 / StudentNation / Carlos Ballesteros
I Went to Prison at Age 60. Here’s What I Learned. I Went to Prison at Age 60. Here’s What I Learned.
Don’t overlook the needs of the elderly in criminal-justice reform.
Oct 19, 2015 / Evie Litwok
It’s Science: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place It’s Science: Raising the Minimum Wage Would Make America a Happier Place
The American Psychological Association is marshaling research that shows alleviating poverty improves mental health.
Oct 15, 2015 / Benjamin Ryan
The Senate’s Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill Only Tackles Half the Problem The Senate’s Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill Only Tackles Half the Problem
If we don’t face the injustice of the very existence of prisons, the root causes of mass incarceration will go unaddressed.
Oct 14, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
3 Facts About the Supposed Cost of Undocumented Immigration 3 Facts About the Supposed Cost of Undocumented Immigration
Or, a campaign-inspired lesson on why myth busting and fact checking isn’t going to be enough to fight anti-immigrant politics in 2016.
Oct 12, 2015 / Julianne Hing
The Culture That Capitalism Created The Culture That Capitalism Created
An interview with Boots Riley.
Oct 8, 2015 / Laura Flanders
Major Report Exposes Insidious Campaign Against Pro-Palestine Activists on US Campuses Major Report Exposes Insidious Campaign Against Pro-Palestine Activists on US Campuses
Universities often face overwhelming, disproportionate pressure from powerful donors to censor the speech of professors and students.
Oct 8, 2015 / Radhika Sainath
Ralph Nader, the People’s Curator Ralph Nader, the People’s Curator
The consumer advocate’s new American Museum of Tort Law honors the legacy of the “weapon of the weak.”
Oct 6, 2015 / Mark Green
The War on Planned Parenthood The War on Planned Parenthood
Lives in the balance must be defended.
Oct 6, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel