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The Young and the Indebted
College students face unique challenges when it comes to credit cards and debt.
By Erica L. Williams and Tim Westrich, Thursday July 3, 2008

Field Report
Quieting the Riot
Should police use force to break up student gatherings?
By Hilary Moss, Friday June 27, 2008

Field Report
Taking the (Dumpster) Plunge
“Freegans” can have their trash and eat it, too.
By Megan Peters , Monday June 23, 2008

Five Minutes With
Rachel Maddow
On gay marriage, Chris Matthews, and the youth vote.
By Kay Steiger, Friday June 20, 2008

Books
Autonomy Under 18
A recent book on children’s rights calls for a new paradigm for children stuck in broken systems like foster care.
By Erika Asgiersson, Monday June 16, 2008

Crib Sheets
Student Loan Crisis?
Fear not: The mortgage crisis hasn’t doomed the student loan industry.
By Ben Miller, Tuesday June 10, 2008

Books
The Unappetizing Politics of School Lunches
How a progressive idea ended up reinforcing inequality.
By Eliza Krigman, Wednesday June 4, 2008

Field Report
What Lies Beneath
One of the largest wildlife refuges in Colorado is threatened because oil companies still own the subterranean minerals.
By Rachael DeWitt, Tuesday June 3, 2008

Five Minutes With
Matthew Yglesias
The Atlantic Monthly blogger talks about his new book and an old approach to foreign policy.
By Nickolas Sifuentes, Thursday May 29, 2008

Opinions
The Incentive to Heal
Backwards incentives push the pharmaceutical industry to produce drugs curing erectile dysfunction rather than malaria.
By Hewsan Pang, Wednesday May 28, 2008

Opinions
Globalizing Education
Many study abroad programs have sought an egalitarian liberal education objective, but many have fallen short.
By Conor Gaffney, Tuesday May 27, 2008

Field Report
A Moment of Silence
Remembering our fallen peers on Memorial Day.
By Campus Progress, Monday May 26, 2008

Crib Sheets
Valuable Wasteland
Why the preservation of swamps and bogs could hold the key to stopping global warming.
By Adam Welti, Friday May 23, 2008

Field Report
Breaking Down the Cell Walls
For some, ending the death penalty begins with the simple act of writing letters.
By Brittany Aubin, Thursday May 22, 2008

Crib Sheets
Generation Progressive
A recent report shows that young people favor universal health care, strong labor unions, and economic equality.
By Amanda Logan , Tuesday May 20, 2008

Opinions
Passing through the Middle East
An American student chronicles her travels — and her fluid identity — as she visits the Middle East.
By Shira Tevah, Monday May 19, 2008

Crib Sheets
A New Kind of Addiction
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise on college campuses.
By Elizabeth Stannard Gromisch, Friday May 16, 2008

Crib Sheets
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
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
Mike Gravel
The left-of-center presidential candidate 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