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Implore President Obama to Enforce the Civil Rights Act
May 20, 2013 - 4:15 PM ET
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Title VI of the Civil Rights Act gives the executive branch of the US government the power to cut off federal funds from any agency that employs federal funding in a racist or discriminatory manner.
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Make a Difference for Domestic Workers
May 15, 2013 - 2:17 PM ET
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Both the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Domestic Workers United are campaigning for legislation protecting domestic workers in each state nationwide.
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Tell Eric Holder: Ban the Solitary Confinement of Youth
May 10, 2013 - 3:18 PM ET
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The isolation of solitary confinement causes anguish, provokes serious mental and physical health problems, and works against rehabilitation for teenagers.
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Stand Up for Access to Emergency Contraception
May 3, 2013 - 12:36 PM ET
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Implore Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to drop the Plan B age restriction. 
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President Obama: Close Guantanamo Bay
May 1, 2013 - 6:39 PM ET
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While President Obama has rightly argued that Congress is standing in the way of closing the prison, human rights groups have pointed out the many meaningful actions he can take.
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We Need the Post Office
April 25, 2013 - 2:36 PM ET
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To preserve and modernize the USPS well into the twenty-first century, Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Peter DeFazio have introduced the Postal Service Protection Act.
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Reporting Back

Reporting Back

Reporting Back

We applaud the United States Postal Service's decision to cancel its plan to end Saturday mail delivery. When the USPS first announced the change in late March, The Nation’s John Nichols was quick to connect the plan to cynical attempts to privatize the Constitutionally-protected service, while Nation readers joined communities protesting across the country and sent more than 2,000 messages to their representatives urging them to act. Congress responded to the outcry and came out against the change, eventually prompting USPS to cancel it. As Nichols points out, the reversal is not just a victory for the rural communities, small business owners and elderly and disabled people who would have been most severely affected by the change. It stands as “an important reminder that it matters to mobilize against the austerity agenda, even when the odds are daunting."     

Activism Articles and Video

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Implore President Obama to Enforce the Civil Rights Act
May 20, 2013 - 4:15 PM ET
Nation Action

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act gives the executive branch of the US government the power to cut off federal funds from any agency that employs federal funding in a racist or discriminatory manner.
The Chicago Board of Education Votes This Week Whether to Shut Down Fifty-four Schools
May 20, 2013 - 9:34 AM ET
Allison Kilkenny

Meanwhile, teachers and activists are on a three-day march to highlight the potentially explosive impact of the closings. 
Interns' Favorite Articles of the Week (5/17/2013)
May 18, 2013 - 12:17 PM ET
StudentNation

This week, everything is falling apart: Syria; the Canadian environment; higher education as we know it. But if a creative roasting of Carlos Slim is any indication, the best response may be laughter.
This Week in Poverty: Fighting Poverty Through Wall Street Accountability
May 17, 2013 - 10:32 AM ET
Greg Kaufmann

Are big banks the next frontier in the anti-poverty crusade?
Green Mountain College to Divest From Fossil Fuels
May 16, 2013 - 3:38 PM ET
Peter Rothberg
StudentNation

Green Mountain is the fifth college in the nation and the second in Vermont to commit to fossil fuel divestment.

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Community Petitions

Students wear signs representing their student loan debt
The Student Loan Fairness Act is Only Fair
February 25, 2013 - 6:36 PM ET
Supporters of marriage equality rally in CA
Stand Up for Employment Protections for LGBT Workers
February 25, 2013 - 6:32 PM ET

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