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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)
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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
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Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month (Civil Rights Activism, Race and Religion, Society)
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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)
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Blogs

Interns' Favorite Articles of the Week (4/28/13)
StudentNation

Gender segmentation still prevails in the workplace, the greenery of West Virginia hides the scars of strip mining and Canada's border service holds off on capturing terror suspects until new terrorism legislation came up for debate.

April 28, 2013
Fat-Shaming All Around Us
Chloe Angyal

There’s nothing healthy about shaming people for their bodies.

April 25, 2013
Tell President Obama: Halt Deportations Now
Take Action

While Congress debates, President Obama could make a real difference in the lives of the 11 million undocumented immigrants who have made their home in the United States.

April 23, 2013
Let's Not Normalize This Thing Called 'Terrorism': A Conversation With Sohail Daulatzai
Aura Bogado

The way communities of color respond to the logic of antiterrorism can make us part of the problem—or the solution.

April 22, 2013
Anti-Prostitution Pledge Heads to Supreme Court
Melissa Gira Grant

The Supreme Court will now decide: can the government force aid recipients to oppose prostitution?

April 19, 2013
Interns' Favorite Articles of the Week (4/19/2013)
StudentNation

As Glenn Greenwald and others have written, this week is a time for checking racial stereotypes. Elsewhere from Boston, as this week's Nation intern roundup indicates, world-turning questions abound.

April 18, 2013
The Senate’s Drone and Trigger-Happy Immigration Bill
Aura Bogado

Legal permanent residency and eventual citizenship will be conditional on expanded border security—including the use of drones.

April 17, 2013
Greg Kaufmann: After Sequestration, Where Will Poor Families Sleep?
Nation in the News

Housing programs are getting the budgetary knife—a crisis for seniors, people with disabilities and poor families.

April 17, 2013
Undocumented Youth Infiltrates Another Immigrant Detention Center
Aura Bogado

Twenty-seven-year-old Claudia Muñoz checked into a Michigan facility—to fight for the release of those being unfairly held.

April 15, 2013
Interns' Favorite Articles of the Week (4/12/13)
StudentNation

In the latest picks, activists organize around education, economist Richard Wolff tells it like it is and Farc and the Colombian government make progress towards peace. Who said no news is good news?

April 12, 2013