News + Politics

Field Report
Why Japan's Health Care Is Better
A recent panel at the University of Michigan explored how Japan’s system can be capitalist, universal, and cheap.
By Daniel Strauss, Friday November 6, 2009

Field Report
Don't Tread on Michele Bachmann
Conservatives are mad about health care reform and gathered on the Hill this week to protest “socialized” health care.
By Krista Fulton and photos by Arielle Koreyasu, Thursday November 5, 2009

Opinions
Finding Perspective
A student at University of California–Santa Barbara enlists in the Marines. Suddenly, college doesn’t seem so hard.
By Mario Geary, Thursday November 5, 2009

Crib Sheets
Problems for the Public Option
The House health care bill, which may be voted on as early as Saturday, isn’t without its faults.
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Thursday November 5, 2009

Field Report
Corzine Fails to Inspire Youth
Whether out of hesitance to re-register or just plain apathy, New Jersey youth voters largely ignored yesterday’s election.
By Emily Rutherford, Wednesday November 4, 2009

Crib Sheets
November 4th: One Year Later, Why I Still Want Change
On the anniversary of election day, what we can do to keep making change.
By Natasha Bowens, Wednesday November 4, 2009

Field Report
Scholarly Critique
The most potent opposition to the war in Afghanistan is coming from academics. But why are think tanks in Washington, D.C., remaining silent?
By Dylan Matthews, Wednesday November 4, 2009

Crib Sheets
One-Year Later: Young Americans Rate Progress on National Priorities
Checking in on youth priorities with Tweets, bold statements, and more.
By Campus Progress & Partner Organizations, Tuesday November 3, 2009

Field Report
The LGBT Battle in Seattle
Washington state votes on a measure that would ensure domestic partnership rights to its LGBT residents. Youth voter turnout will be key in whether the measure passes today.
By Arielle Koreyasu, Tuesday November 3, 2009

Field Report
Game's the Same, Just Got More Fierce
The Wire may have been off air since 2008, but academics and the show’s former actors are realizing it has a lasting impact.
By Dylan Matthews, Friday October 30, 2009

Crib Sheets
All the Single Ladies
Single women face additional health insurance barriers.
By Liz Weiss, Ellen-Marie Whelan, Jessica Arons, Friday October 30, 2009

Field Report
Trick or Treaty
Young people line up at Senate hearings on climate to demand a fair, ambitious and binding international climate treaty.
By Tommaso Boggia, Thursday October 29, 2009

know5things
In The Way Of Profits: The Fairness Squad
Here is Part IV in Mic Check Radio’s series “Five Things About Five Things: The Insurance Company War On Our Families,” titled “In The Way Of Profits: Lawmakers.”
By Christy Harvey, Mic Check Radio, Wednesday October 28, 2009

know5things
In The Way Of Insurance Company Profits: Kids
Part two in a five-part series on Insurance Companies and the quest for giant profits at the expense of people who need health insurance.
By Christy Harvey, Mic Check Radio, Tuesday October 27, 2009

Books
SuperFreakShow
Due to its climate change denial, and thanks largely to online media, Superfreakonomics is dead on arrival.
By Sahil Kapur, Monday October 26, 2009

Crib Sheets
Young, Underinsured and Overcharged
Final health care reform legislation may include a plan specifically for young people, but that plan isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
By Natasha Bowens, Monday October 26, 2009

know5things
In The Way Of Insurance Company Profits: Sick People
Part one in a five-part series on Insurance Companies and the quest for giant profits at the expense of people who need health insurance.
By Christy Harvey, Mic Check Radio, Monday October 26, 2009

Crib Sheets
Pelosi Goes "All In" on Public Option
Buoyed by new CBO numbers showing a public option would reduce the deficit, Speaker Nancy Pelosi is going “all in” for a robust public health insurance competitor.
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Thursday October 22, 2009

Field Report
Politically Incorrect Sex Ed
A psychiatrist at Heritage purports to increase “facts” in sex ed, but rejects groups that actually use them.
By Aisha Turner, Wednesday October 21, 2009

Crib Sheets
Time to Deliver on Health Care: National Day of Action
Today, millions of Americans will be telling Congress that it’s time to deliver on health care reform.
By Natasha Bowens, Tuesday October 20, 2009

Field Report
The Equality Agenda
Last week’s National Equality March on Washington not only unified LGBT activists everywhere, it signaled an important victory in the battle to keep the movement inclusive.
By Emily Rutherford, Tuesday October 20, 2009

Crib Sheets
A New Era for Global Women’s Rights?
The United Nations and the U.S. Senate are starting to move toward doing something about gender-based violence abroad, but will they follow through?
By Carly Groff, Monday October 19, 2009

know5things
No Longer a Man's World
For the first time, one-half of all U.S. workers are women.
By Christy Harvey, Mic Check Radio, Monday October 19, 2009

Field Report
Smashing 'Left-Wing Scum' on Campus
A new conservative campus watchdog group aims to fight ‘bias’ on campus through online organizing.
By Erin Rosa, Monday October 19, 2009

Field Report
Gender-Neutral Housing Comes to Princeton
Princeton will have a gender-neutral housing option starting in this spring’s housing lottery for the 2010-11 school year.
By Emily Rutherford, Friday October 16, 2009

Crib Sheets
How Sex Ed Fails Us
October is sexuality education month, but today’s teenagers couldn’t be in a worse place to protect their sexual health.
By Isabelle Gerard, Wednesday October 14, 2009

Field Report
The Prop. 8 Generation Marches on Washington
Young people came from all over the country to march in Washington, D.C., to protest same-sex marriage bans and “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
By Lydia DePillis, Tuesday October 13, 2009

Field Report
Video: The Solar Decathlon
Twenty university teams descended on the National Mall last week for the fourth Solar Decathlon, sponsored by the Department of Energy, which is an international competition designed to build the most energy efficient solar-powered houses possible.
By Julie Turkewitz , Tuesday October 13, 2009

Crib Sheets
Finding a Common Ground: Abortions and Health Care Reform
For years, supporters of abortion rights have outnumbered their opponents, but this recent shift in public opinion has made the issue of abortion in the health care debate even more difficult to resolve.
By Amy Minor, Friday October 9, 2009

Crib Sheets
Top Senators on Twitter
Senators are out there tweeting more often than you think. Which ones are the most popular?
By Drew Seman, Thursday October 8, 2009

Opinions
The Problem with the Campus Sex Column “Movement”
A recent article in The Nation highlighted campus sex columns as progressive and under conservative attack, but sometimes sex columns get criticism from the left.
By Amanda Hess, Thursday October 8, 2009

Making Progress
Going Local
One organization in the Pacific Northwest is focusing on getting out the vote for local elections.
By Jake Blumgart, Wednesday October 7, 2009

Field Report
Toke Up Marijuana Laws
California has four possible paths for ending marijuana criminalization this year. But can activists agree on a way to end the ineffective policy?
By Rachel Antony-Levine, Monday October 5, 2009

Opinions
The Cult of Michael Moore
Love him or hate him, the filmmaker strikes a nerve with his work.
By Michael Corcoran, Thursday October 1, 2009

Crib Sheets
Deficits and Debt 101
Explaining the difference between the federal deficit and debt.
By Michael Linden, Thursday October 1, 2009

Know Your Right-Wing Ideologues
Lou Dobbs
CNN’s weeknight anchor fancies himself an “independent populist” but his bent can only be described as “nationalist anger.”
By Delaney Rohan, Wednesday September 30, 2009

Field Report
The Battle for Pittsburgh
A dispatch from the protests that turned violent last week in Pittsburgh during the G-20 summit.
By Nathan Eckstrand, Tuesday September 29, 2009

Field Report
Health Care on the Go
Students volunteer at mobile health care fairs this summer. It’s a lesson in what it’s like to be uninsured.
By John Chen, Monday September 28, 2009

Crib Sheets
Graduating with Promise
A new bill addresses the high school dropout challenge.
By Cynthia G. Brown, Valerie Shen, Monday September 28, 2009

Field Report
Picture Imperfect
The green revolution gathers outside the United Nations yesterday to protest President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech before the general assembly.
By Rob Anderson, Thursday September 24, 2009

Opinions
The Myth of the Young Invincible
Young people stand to gain a lot from health care reform—and are more supportive of it than other age groups—so why do they get pegged as apathetic?
By Suzy Khimm, Wednesday September 23, 2009

Crib Sheets
The Public Option Trigger Lock
The truth about the so-called “trigger” for the health care public option.
By Tobin Van Ostern, Tuesday September 22, 2009

Crib Sheets
The Clean-Energy Investment Agenda
A comprehensive approach to building the low-carbon economy.
By John Podesta, Kate Gordon , Bracken Hendricks, Benjamin Goldstein, Tuesday September 22, 2009

Field Report
Taking It Personally
Young anti-choice activists at a conservative conference last weekend believe they are on a divine mission of biblical proportions—even if they can’t exactly get the biblical timeline right.
By Sarah Posner, Monday September 21, 2009

Crib Sheets
Education Doesn’t Have to Be a Gauntlet
A new bill would help more students get to a post-secondary degree.
By Pedro de la Torre III, Thursday September 17, 2009

Crib Sheets
Obama’s Guide to Dealing with Kindergarten Bullies
Right wing bullies, led by the deranged Glenn Beck, have been relentlessly pushing Obama and congressional Democrats around like kids in a playground.
By Tommaso Boggia, Monday September 14, 2009

Opinions
Anti-Heath Care Reform Protesters Skewed Old, White
Tens of thousands may have gathered in Washington, D.C. this weekend to protest health care reform, but you didn’t see young adults in the crowd.
By Kay Steiger, Monday September 14, 2009

Opinions
The End of the Revenge Fantasy
The nation’s initial response to 9/11 was one that could have easily come from an eleven-year-old. Let’s hope we’ve moved beyond the need for war as a response to terrorism.
By Dylan Matthews, Friday September 11, 2009

Ask the Expert
Ask the Expert: Elizabeth Gore
The director of global partnerships at the United Nations foundations talks about the new campaign to help girls, the challenges of international development, and why young people should work in humanitarian aid.
By Lauren Yingling, Thursday September 10, 2009

Crib Sheets
Waste Not, Watt Not
The American Clean Energy and Security Act funds State energy efficiency programs.
By Daniel J. Weiss, Erica Goad, Jonathan Aronchick, Thursday September 10, 2009