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What Was Won and Lost in Steven Salaita’s University of Illinois Settlement
Salaita’s settlement is a victory for him and academic freedom. But will we ever know who was watching him—and us?
Marilyn Katz
Labor
Don’t Scapegoat College Football Players for the Underfunding of American Higher Education
Frank Manzo IV
Viewpoint
3 Winners and 3 Losers from the Second Democratic Debate
Parsing the results of the Iowa debate.
Theo Anderson
Feature
Documenting the Rise and Fall of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green Public Housing Projects
A new film traces the history of America's most famous—and infamous—housing projects.
Maya Dukmasova
Labor
How a ‘Right to Your Job’ Law Could Help Unions Fight Back Against ‘Right to Work’
Shaun Richman
Feature
Slavoj Zizek: In the Wake of Paris Attacks the Left Must Embrace Its Radical Western Roots
Zizek responds to his critics on the refugee crisis.
Slavoj Žižek
Viewpoint
The Paris Attacks Can’t Be Used To Limit Refugees or Blindly Bomb More Civilians
Our response to such unspeakable tragedies can't be to create even more tragedies in other countries.
Gregory Shupak
Feature
Amherst College Students Are Occupying Their Library Right Now Over Racial Justice Demands
The students join what appears to be a growing wave of student activism around racism at universities around the country.
Marc Daalder
Viewpoint
What a Good Moderator Will Ask Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton in the Next Democratic Debate
Two issues that haven't received nearly enough attention.
Joe Conason
Labor
Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley Back New IKEA Union Organizing Drive
Bruce Vail
Labor
The Right’s Anti-Minimum Wage Arguments Have Pretty Much Stayed the Same for 80 Years
Branko Marcetic
Feature
Meet the Green Chemist Who Is Out To Make Chemicals Less Toxic for Humans and the Environment
John Warner brings us Green Chemistry, challenging chemists' toxicology standards.
Valerie Brown
Feature
Hey Girl. Ryan Gosling Wants You to Watch This Video of Bernie Sanders Denouncing Racism.
The Hollywood star is asking followers to share a video of the presidential hopeful denouncing racism as a tool to divide and conquer ordinary Americans.
Branko Marcetic
Labor
Postal Workers Union Delivers Its Endorsement to Bernie Sanders
Branko Marcetic
Viewpoint
Why Cities Around the Country Should Adopt Municipal ID Programs
The IDs have proven a game-changer for immigrants in New York City, New Haven and elsewhere.
Emily Tucker
Culture
Love in the Time of 3D Boners
Do the genitalia in Gaspar Noé’s Love herald the rise or the fall of 3D cinema?
Michael Atkinson
Thousands of Prisoners Released After Drug Sentences Reduced, But One in Three May Face Deportation
George Lavender
Comics
Who’s Really Fighting in Syria
Matt Bors
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