The NationTopic Page
Help

Nation Topics - Social Justice

Posted by admin
Feb 17 2010 - 1:42pm

Topic Page

Articles

News and Features

Where's the Revolution? (Racism and Discrimination, Social Justice, Gay and Lesbian Issues and Organizing, Sex and Sexuality, Society)

When I came out in Boston in the mid-l970s, I had no way of knowing that the lesbian and gay movement I was discovering was in many ways unique.

Barbara Smith

Blogs

A Day in Immigration Court
Aura Bogado

Undocumented immigrant activists have protested on the street and infiltrated detention centers. Their next stop? Courtrooms.

March 15, 2013
Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 15
StudentNation

Across the country, universities are breaking their promises—on affordability, diversity and protection against rape. What do students have to say about it?

March 15, 2013
Occupy Hungary? [VIDEO]
Laura Flanders

March 15 marks the start of Hungary’s 1848 revolution—and protesters are once again hitting the streets for basic rights.

March 14, 2013
Striking McDonald's Guest Workers Headed to CEO's Chicago Home
Josh Eidelson

Organizers say management retaliated against strikers by locking them out of their homes.

March 13, 2013
Interns' Favorite Articles of the Week (3/8/13)
StudentNation

This week witnessed widespread school closings in Philadelphia, the threat of war with Iran, the death of Hugo Chávez and the exploits of the Russian (and American) secret police. What's in the tea leaves? 

March 9, 2013
McDonald's Guest Workers Stage a Surprise Strike
Josh Eidelson

Alleging unpaid wages and repeated retaliation, workers are coming out about immigrant injustice. 

March 6, 2013
Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1
StudentNation

This week, students across the country rail against program cuts, tuition hikes and racist university policies. What’s next for reproductive justice in Alabama? Could Congress be on the verge of a student new deal?

March 1, 2013
Interns' Favorite Articles of the Week (3/1/13)
StudentNation

Forecasts look gloomy from Chicago to Greece as politicians play on economic fears, but there are patches of sunlight in places like Chile, where factions are joining to protest neoliberal policies, and Toronto, where undocumented residents may soon be given equal access to services.

 
March 1, 2013
Ari Berman: Why Is the Voting Rights Act on the Chopping Block?
Nation in the News

Ari Berman appears on Washington Journal to debate the importance of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act—which is currently under review by the Supreme Court.

February 27, 2013
Challenging Georgia's Ban on Undocumented Students
StudentNation

As the national debate on comprehensive immigration reform heats up, Georgia activists are fighting racist state-level policy.

February 27, 2013