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Pakistan: The Intersection
Sam Graham-Felsen, James Jacoby & Ali Sethi: VideoNation travels to Pakistan to assess the nation's future through the eyes of students at the progressive National College of Arts and the extremist-dominated Punjab University.
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Antiwar Students Rising
Sam Graham-Felsen: As the student peace movement grows stronger and more sophisticated, can it ignite the silent antiwar majority on campus?
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GOP 'Catch the Immigrant' Game Catches Flak
Sam Graham-Felsen: College Republicans staged a tasteless game at NYU and hundreds of students showed up to oppose them.
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Obama's Impressive Youthroots
Sam Graham-Felsen: Barack Obama's youthful supporters are using Facebook and other social networking web tools to spark a movement that could make a real difference.
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Morality of the Minimum
Katrina vanden Heuvel & Sam Graham-Felsen: Let Justice Roll deserves credit for mobilizing values voters around minimum wage initiatives.
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The 'Burbs Go Blue
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What Election?
Sam Graham-Felsen & Ari Berman: Young people voted in larger numbers in the midterm election than they have in 20 years, but most remain disengaged. Sam Graham-Felsen and Ari Berman talk to the no-shows.
This kind of event has been staged by College Republican chapters all over the country. There were about a dozen College Republicans and several hundred students who opposed them. The event demonstrated, once again, how fast word gets around on Facebook, and how powerful this tool can be for campus activists.
It was impressive to see so many passionate students protesting this offensive prank--but it's a shame that this is what it takes to get students out on the streets. Why should the biggest political event of the year at NYU be a response to a provocation by Republicans? Isn't it time for progressives to come up with our own creative tactics for getting students to show up and actively participate?
