The trouble with empathy

By Matt Barnum / May 7, 2010

Empathy is a hard-to-define concept that does not help when evaluating judicial candidates

The pompousness of prescriptivism

By Andrew Thornton / May 4, 2010

There is no point in following grammatical rules purely for their own sake

“The hidden patriarchy” falls short in addressing sexism

By Watson Ladd / May 4, 2010

Since the 1960s we have increasingly seen a deficit of thought about what overcoming sexism would mean.

Here comes the sun

By Alison Howard / May 4, 2010

Wearing sunscreen essential to avoiding tanlines, sunburns, and death

The hidden patriarchy

By Suman Som / April 30, 2010

Examining ordinary language use and social expectations reveals patterns of demeaning sexism

Paving with good intentions

By Greg Gabrellas / April 30, 2010

Well-meaning efforts against racism ignore broader questions of emancipation from capitalism

Demockracy in Action

By Tom Tian / April 27, 2010

Editorial cartoon by Tom Tian

The power of protest

By Jonathan Rodrigues / April 27, 2010

Mass protests have forced Obama administration to address immigrants' rights issues

Ideals have consequences

By Chase Mechanick / April 27, 2010

Liberals should embrace a foreign policy that actively intervenes in defense of human rights

Raising Elle

By Elle Opitz / April 23, 2010

Editorial cartoon by Elle Opitz

“Why we Organize” over-simplifies grad funding tradeoffs

By Ben Field / April 23, 2010

I found Joe Feinberg’s article arguing for more graduate student funding to have such ridiculously over-the-top and flawed arguments as to be a parody of itself.

Tea Partiers: Not all whackjobs

By Hannah Koch / April 23, 2010

Encounters with Tea Partiers reveal movement’s authenticity