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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

You Wearing Your Hoodie Today?
Aura Bogado

Trayvon Martin’s death is important because it illustrates that race continues to mark the difference between life and death. 

February 26, 2013
Interns' Favorite Articles of the Week (2/22/13)
StudentNation

This week's articles critique the United Nations, big labor, big business, the mainstream media and President Obama.

 

February 22, 2013
Time to Go Beyond Judging Rihanna and Chris Brown
Laura Flanders

Nineteen years after the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, we need to reauthorize. We also need to do more.

February 15, 2013
Interns' Favorite Articles of the Week (2/15/13)
StudentNation

This week, articles critique the spotty broadband coverage in the United States, our complacent foreign policy in the Middle East, the idealistic education proposals in Barack Obama's State of the Union address and the role of police abuse in creating vigilantes like Christopher Dorner.

February 15, 2013
One Billion Rising
Laura Flanders

After breaking the silence around physical violence against women, will the global mobilization take on the economy?

February 14, 2013
Aura Bogado: Why Won't Obama Halt Deportations?
Nation in the News

What didn't Obama say about immigration in his State of the Union address? The Nation’s Aura Bogado breaks it down at Democracy Now!

February 13, 2013
What Obama Didn't Say on Immigration at the State of the Union
Aura Bogado

Some undocumented immigrants expected more on immigration from Obama’s State of the Nation speech. 

February 13, 2013
Lincoln's Birthday Special: Management Advice From Honest Abe
Jon Wiener

What business leaders can learn from Lincoln—and what they can’t.

February 12, 2013
Is the International Student Movement the Future of Global Organizing?
StudentNation

What does it mean to be a member of the "International Student Movement"?

February 8, 2013
Interns' Favorite Articles of the Week (2/8/13)
StudentNation

This week, Nation interns tackle media bias. What is "sharia" law? What's missing in common debates about "labor"? How do white male tech writers feed the Silicon Valley myth of meritocracy?

February 8, 2013