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Articles

Yolanda Andrews: The Home Defenders League Is Fighting Back (Banking Predatory Lending, Housing and Homelessness, Housing Activism)

For Yolanda Andrews, losing her house would mean losing everything. That's why she's standing up to predatory banking.

Francis Reynolds

Latinos Are Ready to Fight Climate Change—Are Green Groups Ready for Them? (Climate Change, US Politics, Environmental Activism)

Latinos—along with other minorities and youth—are the strongest supporters of action against climate change. It’s time mainstream enviros got the message.

Mark Hertsgaard

Climate Activists Hit Hard With 'Do the Math' National Tour (Climate Change, Election 2012, Environmental Activism)

350.org’s caravan heads to Washington, DC, to push President Obama to address climate change in his second term.

Tom Hayden

A Progressive Surge (Movements, Election 2012)

The “rising American electorate” carried Obama and a strong slate of Democrats to victory.

The Editors

Progressives and the Election: A Nation Panel Conversation (Movements, Election 2012, The Left)

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

VideoNation and Free Speech TV

The War Between the Civilized Man and Pamela Geller (Racism and Discrimination, Peace Activism)

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

Lizzy Ratner

'Occupy Unmasked'—Unmasked (Occupy Wall Street, Film)

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

Michael Tracey

#S17 2012: One Year of Occupy Wall Street (Occupy Wall Street, Activism)

We spoke with organizers, union workers and students in debt who all seem to agree that Occupy isn't over.

Francis Reynolds

What I Learned from Occupy Wall Street (Movements, Occupy Wall Street, World)

A democratic revolution is possible—and necessary.

Max Berger

Occupy Wall Street's First Anniversary, In Drawings (Occupy Wall Street)

Contributions to our special issue on Occupy at one by artist and occupier Molly Crabapple.

The Nation

Blogs

Tell the FCC: Prison Phone Companies Shouldn't Profit Off Indigent Families

Take Action

Prison phone companies like Global Tel* Link get away with charging prisoners exorbitant rates just to keep in touch with their families. Tell the Federal Communications Commission to end this predatory practice.

October 1, 2013

Spread the Word: The Hyde Amendment Must Be Repealed

Take Action

Spread the word about the new fight for expanded abortion access and the need to repeal the Hyde Amendment.

September 30, 2013

Students Demand End to NYU Ties With Deathtrap Factories in Bangladesh

StudentNation

By pressuring universities to cut their contracts, students can put meaningful pressure on international corporations to respond to the demands of workers.

September 17, 2013

Occupy Celebrates Two Years Of Resistance

Allison Kilkenny

On the group report from Occupy Wall Street’s second anniversary.

September 17, 2013

New Book by Eric Schlosser Exposes Ticking Nuclear Time Bombs Here at Home

Greg Mitchell

Command and Control documents nuclear near-misses and the possibility of a doomsday scenario, bringing nuclear dangers back into the fore.

September 17, 2013

Yes, Harvard, the Climate Crisis Is an ‘Extraordinarily Rare Circumstance’

Wen Stephenson

Harvard tells students and alumni that it will only consider divestment in "extraordinarily rare circumstances." Well, let's see...