Dispatches From the Culture Wars - April 9, 2019
- Free-Speech ‘Crisis’ on Campus
- Buying the Kids a Higher Education
- Fate of the Foodie
- Locking Immigrants in ‘Camps’ Is the New American Normal
- Nipsey Hussle's Remarkable Legacy
- Indigenous Peoples' Day Instead Of Columbus Day
- A Dystopian Accessory is Born
Free-Speech ‘Crisis’ on Campus
By Katherine Mangan
April 2, 2019
Chronicles of Higher Education
Lawmakers at state and federal levels are, in many cases, making the problem worse by raising "politicized and one-sided alarms over the state of free speech" on campuses.
Buying the Kids a Higher Education
By Caitlin Flanagan
April 4, 2019
The Atlantic
The parents indicted in the college-admissions scandal were responding to a changing America, with rage at being robbed of what they believed was rightfully theirs.
By Josephine Livingstone
March 18, 2019
The New Republic
Food culture has never been bigger. It's also never been more controversial.
Locking Immigrants in ‘Camps’ Is the New American Normal
By Zak Cheney-Rice
April 4, 2019
New York Magazine
Where a person is categorized as illegal — as undocumented immigrants have been — they can more seamlessly be treated as if their existence is a crime.
Nipsey Hussle's Remarkable Legacy
By Rachel Leah
April 1, 2019
Salon
The artist/activist was shot and killed in his own community, which he spent his career investing in.
Indigenous Peoples' Day Instead Of Columbus Day
By Sarah Friedmann
April 2, 2019
Bustle
New Mexico will celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day from now on, making it the fifth state in the country to rename the October holiday.
By Rose Eveleth
March 19, 2019
Vox
The air is getting more dangerous to breathe all over the world — and a suite of companies are hoping to capitalize with a new fashion item.