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What We Do in the Shadows

by Kevin Baker ,

The celebrity scandal of the year has been the discovery of just what lengths some actors will go to in order to get their children parts in our leading universities.…

The Death of a Once Great City

by Kevin Baker ,

The fall of New York and the urban crisis of affluence

A Matter of Degrees

by Michael S. Collins ,

America’s long struggle with affirmative action

Last fall, young people gathered in protest at dozens of universities across the country. Students of color spoke about feeling unwelcome or invisible, of being stereotyped, slighted, excluded, harassed. One…

Weary Oracle

by Dawn Lundy Martin ,

By Dawn Lundy Martin. Martin is the author of four books of poetry, including Good Stock, which will be published by Coffee House Press in 2016. She teaches at the…

Blanket Security

by Thomas Chatterton Williams ,

By Thomas Chatterton Williams. Williams is the author of the memoir Losing My Cool, published by Penguin Press in 2010.

A Kind of Grace

by Hannah Black ,

By Hannah Black. Black is an artist and writer from the U.K. She is the author of Dark Pool Party, which was published last month by Dominica/Arcadia Missa.

Common Cause

by Alix Rule ,

By Alix Rule. Rule is a doctoral student in sociology at Columbia University.

Political Correction

by Osita Nwanevu ,

By Osita Nwanevu. Nwanevu is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago and the editor of the South Side Weekly.

We Out Here

by Wesley Yang ,

By Wesley Yang. Yang has written for New York magazine, the New York Times, and n+1. He is at work on his first book.

The Neoliberal Arts

by William Deresiewicz ,

How college sold its soul to the market

Universities and colleges

What We Do in the Shadows

The Death of a Once Great City

A Matter of Degrees

Introduction

Weary Oracle

Blanket Security

A Kind of Grace

Common Cause

Political Correction

We Out Here

The Neoliberal Arts

Debug

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What We Do in the Shadows

The Death of a Once Great City

A Matter of Degrees

Introduction

Weary Oracle

Blanket Security

A Kind of Grace

Common Cause

Political Correction

We Out Here

The Neoliberal Arts

September 2015

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