Letters From the August 14-21, 2017, Issue Letters From the August 14-21, 2017, Issue
The real crime… Reconstructing/deconstructing… Eating the environment…
Jul 27, 2017 / Our Readers
Corbyn and Sanders Show That Neoliberalism Has Failed to Privatize Hope Corbyn and Sanders Show That Neoliberalism Has Failed to Privatize Hope
A generation trained to be selfish is anything but.
Jul 26, 2017 / Ronald Aronson
Student Journalists Are Our Future—We Should Start Treating Them Like It Student Journalists Are Our Future—We Should Start Treating Them Like It
They’re the next generation, and they’ve been picking up the slack of gutted local newsrooms and indifferent national outlets.
Jul 11, 2017 / StudentNation / William Anderson
Adults Think Black Girls Are Older Than They Are—and It Matters Adults Think Black Girls Are Older Than They Are—and It Matters
A new study found that, starting at age 5, black girls are viewed by adults as behaving and seeming older than they actually are.
Jul 6, 2017 / Collier Meyerson
California Is Massively Expanding One of the Most Effective Tools to Make Work Pay Better California Is Massively Expanding One of the Most Effective Tools to Make Work Pay Better
The number of families helped by the Golden State’s Earned Income Tax Credit is about to triple.
Jun 21, 2017 / Joe Sanberg
The Troubled Resentencing of America’s Juvenile Lifers The Troubled Resentencing of America’s Juvenile Lifers
When SCOTUS outlawed mandatory juvenile life without parole, advocates celebrated—but the outcome has been anything but fair.
Jun 21, 2017 / Feature / Jessica Pishko
Donald Trump Is Waging a War on Children Donald Trump Is Waging a War on Children
America’s never-ending “war on terror” wreaks havoc on the physical, mental, and emotional health of kids around the world.
Jun 15, 2017 / Karen J. Greenberg
Who Did Andrew Cuomo Leave Out of His ‘Tuition-Free’ Plan? Undocumented Students. Who Did Andrew Cuomo Leave Out of His ‘Tuition-Free’ Plan? Undocumented Students.
The majority of CUNY students take classes part-night or at night, making it virtually impossible to cross the 30 credit threshold.
May 30, 2017 / StudentNation / Brandon Jordan
Is Banning Child Labor Really That Controversial? Is Banning Child Labor Really That Controversial?
Child labor can’t be outlawed by fiat—it needs to be defeated by economic empowerment for whole communities.
May 23, 2017 / Michelle Chen
This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom This Mother’s Day, Black Lives Matter Activists Will Give More Than 30 Women Their Freedom
These women are in jail not because they’ve been convicted of a crime but because they can’t pay to get back to their lives as they await trial.
May 9, 2017 / Dani McClain