Society

Multicultural Classes Criticized as Indoctrination Multicultural Classes Criticized as Indoctrination

The University of Minnesota is drawing criticism for proposing curriculum that would teach education majors about things like institutionalized racism.

Feb 22, 2010 / StudentNation / Morgan Ashenfelter

Snipping at Immigrants’ Safety Net Snipping at Immigrants’ Safety Net

In search of a trifling 1.5 percent bite to take out of California's $20 billion budget gap, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a cruel and short-sighted cut in public assista...

Feb 22, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ideas for Change in America Ideas for Change in America

As today's young adults struggle to balance the rising costs of a postsecondary education with countless other financial obligations, many public universities burdened with budget ...

Feb 19, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

Tiger Woods: Rehabbing His Brand Tiger Woods: Rehabbing His Brand

Today's Tiger Woods press conference was an exercise in painful self-abasement that will achieve the opposite of its intended effect. I haven't seen anything this painfully scripte...

Feb 19, 2010 / Dave Zirin

At the Winter Olympics, Blood on the Tracks At the Winter Olympics, Blood on the Tracks

The circumstances surrounding the death of Georgian luge slider Nodar Kumaritashvili expose the International Olympic Committee charter as a lie.

Feb 19, 2010 / Column / Dave Zirin

Fair Elections Now Fair Elections Now

The recent Supreme Court Citizens United campaign finance decision is a dramatic assault on American democracy, giving corporations the ultimate authority over elections and govern...

Feb 18, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Save the Child Save the Child

But don't ignore the structural inequities that make the child's salvation necessary in the first place.

Feb 18, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Iraq’s New Sectarian Storm Clouds Iraq’s New Sectarian Storm Clouds

Tonight, President Obama will address the nation to discuss the drawdown of US combat forces in Iraq. In February, Robert Dreyfuss reported on the specter of civil conflict and the...

Feb 18, 2010 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss

Senator Mellencamp? Senator Mellencamp?

The guy who put populist politics on the charts with a song title "Pink Houses" John Mellencamp performed at the White House last week, as part of a program titled: "...

Feb 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

Dick Cheney: Gay Rights Champion Dick Cheney: Gay Rights Champion

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who has never been as comfortable fighting the culture wars as most conservatives, has endorsed the repeal of the Pentagon's failed "Don't A...

Feb 14, 2010 / John Nichols

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