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Destruction from Super Storm Sandy

If we can learn one thing from Superstorm Sandy, it's that we ignore climate change at our own peril.

Aid to neighborhoods populated by New York City's low-income residents and people of color has been largely absent.

Whoever wins on November 6, progressive campaigns will continue to target the tiny elite that rules the country.

No TV ads, no fancy consultants. The staunchly progressive Vermont senator is coasting toward re-election by talking about real issues, listening to voters and organizing.

Hurricane Sandy water

It’s time to ditch the political euphemisms, and start calling lies, theft and greed by their true name.

On October 22, people across the country gathered for the seventeenth National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.

How can progressives balance support for the Democrats with the need to mobilize grassroots support for social and economic causes?

American Freedom Defense Initiative's Islamophobic ad campaign faced massive pushback from the forces of decency and justice.

The documentary, starring the late Andrew Breitbart, is a deranged hodge-podge of bizarre memes, wild dot-connecting and unadulterated fury.

Protest against Barack Obama

Where their interests overlap, progressive politics can thrive.

Blogs

The Senate Judiciary Committee moves the immigration bill to full debate—without LGBT inclusion.

May 22, 2013

Add your name to The Nation's open letter to Facebook, Google and other user-driven technology companies imploring them to enact fair and transparent contracts.

May 22, 2013

Journalism has a class and color crisis. How can it be solved?

May 21, 2013

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.

May 20, 2013

Meanwhile, teachers and activists are on a three-day march to highlight the potentially explosive impact of the closings. 

May 20, 2013

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.

May 18, 2013

A high court’s preliminary ruling indicates there is not rational basis for Governor Jan Brewer’s attempt to deny driver’s licenses for certain immigrants.

May 17, 2013

Today’s actions follow a recent groundswell of student walkouts—and months of organizing.

May 17, 2013

Are big banks the next frontier in the anti-poverty crusade?

May 17, 2013

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

May 16, 2013
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