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Making Med Schools More Diverse
America needs more minority doctors—and the government can help make it happen.
By Andrew Herstein, Tuesday May 6, 2008
Five Minutes With
Five Minutes With Nir Rosen
The Iraq-war chronicler discusses day-to-day life in Iraq and explains why he thinks young Americans can’t end the war.
By Tanya Paperny, Thursday May 1, 2008
Ask the Expert
Redefining "Pro-Israel"
A new group called J Street wants to loosen the right-wing stranglehold on Israel advocacy. Executive Director Jeremy Ben-Ami explains how it will get the job done.
By Justin Elliott , Wednesday April 30, 2008
Five Minutes With
The Man with the Rock Video
Left of left-of-center presidential candidate Mike Gravel on the war, gay rights, and the environment.
By Tanya Paperny, Monday April 28, 2008
Opinions
Not-So-Equal Pay Day
Young women taking on large debt loads are especially at risk for pay discrimination.
By Aisha Forte, Friday April 25, 2008
Field Report
Two Wrongs
Legislation and regulation designed to prevent another Virginia Tech shooting virtually eliminates many student rights.
By Katie Gaughan, Thursday April 24, 2008
Five Minutes With
Samantha Power
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses her new book about Sergio Vieira de Mello, a U.N. diplomat who died in Iraq.
By Natalie Ondiak, Wednesday April 23, 2008
Opinions
The End of Bush’s Earth Days
With Bush out of the White House next year, future Earth Days should signal real policy change on the environment.
By Kate Sheppard, Tuesday April 22, 2008
Field Report
Sustainable Punk
A New York skateboard manufacturer is creating green-collar jobs.
By Mike Berlin, Thursday April 17, 2008
Crib Sheets
Ending Ethnic Conflict in Uganda
A long-awaited peace agreement hinges on international courts backing down.
By Kayla Walker, Monday April 14, 2008
Field Report
Video: Who's Rebuilding New Orleans?
We’ll give you a hint: It’s not the government.
By Zach Pentel and Brendan Polmer, Thursday April 10, 2008
Crib Sheets
Why Superdelegates Exist
They’re supposed to make the Democratic presidential nominating process more democratic, not less.
By Brittany Schulman, Wednesday April 9, 2008
Opinions
Thinking about the Breast
Young women are screened annually for cervical cancer, but breast cancer could be a greater threat.
By Amy Williams, Monday April 7, 2008
Opinions
Learning the Right Lessons from the Neocons
A recent review of a book on neoconservatism took the wrong lessons from the movement.
By Ben Weyl, Tuesday April 1, 2008
Opinions
Off-Target
A new superstore ignores its Spanish-speaking neighborhood.
By Bobby Allyn, Thursday March 27, 2008
Opinions
The Power of Protest
Yesterday was the fifth anniversary of U.S. combat operations in Iraq. Protesters gathered in Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C. to voice their opposition.
By Tanya Paperny, Thursday March 20, 2008
Opinions
Paul’s Fall
Ron Paul’s supporters can rationalize his failure however they want, but his ideas simply aren’t popular enough to spark a revolution.
By Tim Fernholz , Monday March 17, 2008
Five Minutes With
Eliot Spitzer
Before he was known as “Client-9,” Eliot Spitzer talked to Campus Progress about ethics and public service.
By Elana Berkowitz, Wednesday March 12, 2008
Opinions
A Conservative Bombshell
The person responsible for yesterday’s bombing of a military recruiting station in Times Square may have anti-war sentiments, and conservatives couldn’t be happier.
By Jesse Singal, Friday March 7, 2008
Opinions
All You Need is Shopping
A new Target can fix a troubled neighborhood, The Washington Post says.
By Jesse Singal, Wednesday March 5, 2008
Opinions
Desperately Seeking Diversity
Stanford University will no longer charge tuition to students whose families’ make less than $100,000 a year. That’s good for diversity, but it’s not good enough.
By Kai Stinchcombe , Monday March 3, 2008
Field Report
When Abstinence Educators Attack
What happened when abstinence advocates invaded a hearing on the Hill about comprehensive sex ed this week.
By Kay Steiger, Friday February 29, 2008
Know Your Right-Wing Speakers
Daniel Pipes
Daniel Pipes tracks our nation’s traitorous professors so you don’t have to.
By Valerie Saturen, Wednesday February 27, 2008
Opinions
99 Problems with the Bush Administration
A look at the biggest losers under our current president.
By MicCheck Radio, Monday February 25, 2008
Opinions
Raúl and the New Cuba
Americans could see gradual change in Cuba after Fidel Castro’s departure, but only if the embargo ends.
By Andrew Tillman, Friday February 22, 2008
Field Report
Grassroots Road Trip
Giving students the days before Election Day off is the best kind of get-out-the-vote effort.
By Lydia DePillis, Thursday February 21, 2008
Opinions
Carded at the Polls
Why a pending Supreme Court case could disenfranchise students just as they’ve begun voting in record numbers.
By Michael Lausch, Wednesday February 20, 2008
Opinions
Have a Happy, Feminist Valentine’s Day
Progressives and feminists don’t need to reflexively bash V-Day.
By Brittany Schulman, Thursday February 14, 2008
Field Report
Video: Young, Conservative, and Unsure
With the right in disarray, CPAC attendees weigh in on the future of the conservative movement.
By Bobby Allyn and Brendan Polmer, Wednesday February 13, 2008
Opinions
At Mitt’s End
Teary-eyed conservatives bid adieu to Mitt Romney at their national conference.
By Jordan Michael Smith, Monday February 11, 2008
Five Minutes With
Naomi Wolf
Naomi Wolf believes the end of America is near, and that only young people can restore the Founders’ vision.
By Rob Anderson, Saturday February 9, 2008
Making Progress
Laboratories of Environmentalism
Regulation at the state and local levels can be enough to affect real change on global warming.
By Adam Welti, Wednesday February 6, 2008
Opinions
Why Conservatives Won't Capture the Youth Vote
No matter what Young America’s Foundation Spokesman Jason Mattera says, young people and conservatism don’t mix.
By Erica Williams, Tuesday February 5, 2008
Opinions
We Need Super Bowl Monday
Why the day after the big game should be a national holiday.
By Brittany Schulman, Monday February 4, 2008
Know Your Right-Wing Speakers
The Dark Side of Coors Light
The Coors family has been supporting conservative causes for decades.
By Annika Carlson, Friday February 1, 2008
Opinions
What's next for John Edwards?
Edwards may have a better chance of changing America now that he has dropped out of the presidential race.
By Kai Stinchcombe, Thursday January 31, 2008
Opinions
Rudy Did Fail, Luckily
Why Giuliani’s loss is America’s gain.
By Jesse Singal, Wednesday January 30, 2008
Field Report
The Lessons of the Weather Underground
Former student radical Mark Rudd explains where he went wrong—and how young people today can learn from his mistakes.
By Te-Ping Chen, Tuesday January 29, 2008
Opinions
State of the Union Drinking Game
Because sometimes all you can do is laugh… and drink.
By Jesse Singal, Monday January 28, 2008
Field Report
Video: State of Their Union
“Daily Show” and “Colbert Report” writers come to Congress to have their voices heard.
By Bobby Allyn, Zach Pentel, and Brendan Polmer, Thursday January 24, 2008
Opinions
Today's Choice Landscape
The 35th anniversary of Roe is a good time to take a broad look at choice in America.
By Nancy Keenan, Wednesday January 23, 2008
Field Report
Video: Rally Against Choice
Activists bused across the country to rally against choice on the Mall in Washington D.C.
By Zachary Pentel, Brendan Polmer, and Shauna Harris, Wednesday January 23, 2008
Field Report
Complications at Conception
Colorado’s ballot initiative, led by 20 year-old Kristi Burton, could do much more than overturn Roe v. Wade this fall.
By Eliza Krigman, Tuesday January 22, 2008
Crib Sheets
Choice 101
How to get up to speed on the basics of reproductive rights.
By Bobby Allyn and Brittany Schulman, Tuesday January 22, 2008
Opinions
Race On the Ballot
This fall, progressives need to make affirmative action a moral issue, the way King did.
By Tyler Lewis, Monday January 21, 2008
Making Progress
Greener by the Campus
Colleges are working together to leverage real power on climate change.
By Elizabeth Crampton, Friday January 18, 2008
Crib Sheets
Young Americans and Health Insurance
Why young people should demand change to our health care system.
By Rebecca Mansbach, Monday January 14, 2008
Opinions
Response from David Horowitz
, Saturday January 5, 2008
Field Report
Snap Judgment
Images from the Iowa Caucuses.
By Brie Cohen, Friday January 4, 2008
Opinions
Is the Death Penalty Dying?
New Jersey abolished the death penalty this week. Is this the beginning of a new trend?
By Greg Bloom, Friday December 21, 2007
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