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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
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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

A Music Video Without Papers
Aura Bogado

If living through the reality of immigrant raids and detention seems difficult, try depicting it with cameras rolling.

April 8, 2013
What You Need to Know About the Indiana University Strike
StudentNation

This week, students and staff will walk out of class and off the job in support of a comprehensive set of demands for worker rights and economic equity.

April 8, 2013
Ryan Devereaux: Just How Important Is New York's Stop-and-Frisk Trial?
Nation in the News

For men of color in New York, getting stopped-and-frisked is a daily reality. Will the courts do anything to change it? 

April 5, 2013
Schumer Wants to Have His Cake and Eat It, Too
Aura Bogado

The leading Democrat working to unveil a comprehensive immigration reform bill is getting his campaign money from the private detention industry.

April 3, 2013
Victory! The Stopping of Owlcatraz
Dave Zirin

When FAU accepted a private prison company's $6 million "goodwill" in stadium naming rights, students would have none of it. Now, the deal is dead.

April 2, 2013
Five Fears About '42'
Dave Zirin

If the new Jackie Robinson biopic follows standard Hollywood procedure, here's the complicated legacy it'll whitewash.

April 1, 2013
This Week: Deliberating on DOMA and Prop 8
Katrina vanden Heuvel

A watershed moment for marriage equality—and Tony Kushner’s moving essay nearly two decades ago: Introducing The Nation Archive!

March 30, 2013
Is 'Game of Thrones' Escapist Enough?
Michelle Dean

We need escapist fantasies like Game of Thrones. But what’s it doing to our revolutionary imagination?

March 29, 2013
Obama Hiccups on Guest Workers
Aura Bogado

We do know that a comprehensive immigration reform bill will soon surface. The trouble is, we don’t know what it will contain.

March 28, 2013
What Can Men Do to Stop Rape Culture?
Nation in the News

Or, what does it mean to be a man? Eve Ensler talks to a panel of men, including Dave Zirin, Jimmy Briggs and Tony Porter, on the role men can play in ending rape culture.

March 27, 2013