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Feb 17 2010 - 1:42pm

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Showdown in Wisconsin (US Politics, Social Justice, Unions)

The mass mobilization in Wisconsin was powerful. But Governor Scott Walker remained determined to disempower unions.

John Nichols
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Madisonian Democracy (US Politics, Social Justice, Activism, Unions)

The spirit of democratic protest, so vibrant across the Middle East, has been kindled here in Middle America.

The Editors
The Spirit of Wisconsin
The Spirit of Wisconsin (Social Justice, Activism, Conservatives and the American Right, Unions)

How Scott Walker’s unionbusting spurred a popular uprising.

John Nichols
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Slide Show: America's Day of Action: US Uncut and Solidarity with Wisconsin (Social Justice, Corporate Responsibility, Ethical Economics)
The Nation
Slide Show: Wisconsin's Protests In Pictures (Labor Organizing and Activism, Social Justice, Activism)
The Nation
The Outrage Deficit (Social Justice, Activism, Gap Between Wealth and Poverty)

After years of fraying, the US social compact is in danger of coming apart altogether. Will Americans fight back?

The Editors
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A Prayer for America (US Politics, Social Justice)

Imagine an America which stands not in pursuit of an axis of evil, but which is itself at the axis of peace and freedom.

Dennis Kucinich
15 comments
Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month (Civil Rights Activism, Race and Religion, Society)
The Nation
Nation Conversations: Janet Elise Johnson on Iceland's Feminist Successes (Movements, Gender Issues, Global Justice Movement)

Johnson explains how the tiny Nordic country came to be the most feminist place on earth.

The Nation
Slide Show: Tunisia in Revolt (Global Justice Movement, World)
The Nation

Blogs

One in Six Philadelphia Public Schools Is Targeted For Closure
Allison Kilkenny

Philadelphia students, teachers and allies—including a majority of City Council members—are pushing back against the district's proposed closing of thirty-seven schools. 

January 28, 2013
From a Dream to Racial Justice: Seattle's Racial Justice Initiative [VIDEO]
Laura Flanders

Seattle’s one-of-a-kind city program holds all public officials accountable for racial equity.

January 28, 2013
This Is What Deportation Looks Like
Aura Bogado

Edi Arma’s 11-year-old son describes the trauma of seeing his dad picked up by ICE agents. 

January 25, 2013
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Two Years On, Nothing Much Has Changed in Egypt
Nation in the News

Protesters again are demanding bread, freedom and social justice under new president Mohamed Morsi.

January 25, 2013
Chief Spence Hospitalized, Ending Hunger Strike
Aura Bogado

Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence is ending her hunger strike—but the fight for indigenous sovereignty continues. 

January 24, 2013
MSNBC Incorrectly Reports No Permits Were Requested to Protest Obama's Inauguration
Allison Kilkenny

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow incorrectly stated that no protest permits were requested for President Obama’s second inauguration.

January 22, 2013
Dispatches From the US Student Movement
StudentNation

A space for students to share news about the wide range of social and political struggles in which they're involved.

January 18, 2013
Is Immigration Reform Really Coming?
Aura Bogado

Continued racial profiling and record deportations lead some to believe that immigration may not be solved anytime soon. 

January 18, 2013
Queer Abby
Rick Perlstein

In a nation where it’s easy to despair of suffusing reaction all around us, some had the guts to tell the heartland to be free.

January 18, 2013
Jodie Foster Refuses to Be a Role Model
Richard Kim

Good for her, better for us.

January 15, 2013