Activism

Egyptian Youth Activists Extend Support For Youth Across the Arab World Egyptian Youth Activists Extend Support For Youth Across the Arab World

Egyptian youth organizers are working to support other youth movements still struggling for reform with solidarity protests on behalf of their counterparts in Bahrain, Libya, Syria...

Apr 24, 2011 / StudentNation / Anna Day

Will Exploitative Corporate Practices Go the Way of South African Apartheid? Will Exploitative Corporate Practices Go the Way of South African Apartheid?

The year was 1986. Yale University President Bart Giamatti was on his way back to his office from a birthday lunch when he stumbled upon Mike Morand, a student leader of the anti-a...

Apr 22, 2011 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky

The Nation Celebrates Earth Day 2011 The Nation Celebrates Earth Day 2011

In honor of Earth Day 2011, The Nation has collected some of our strongest reporting from the past year on the environment, climate change and what can be done to protect our pla...

Apr 22, 2011 / The Nation

Town Hall Meltdowns, Hundreds Protest Cuts Town Hall Meltdowns, Hundreds Protest Cuts

As the effects of budget cuts begin to sink in, hundreds turn out to protest their local leaders and the president himself.

Apr 22, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now

Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now Mark Hertsgaard and James Hansen: Adapting to Climate Change Now

Now that climate change is an undeniable reality around the world, the only option left requires not only reducing carbon emissions, but also adapting to the effects of man-made gl...

Apr 21, 2011 / The Nation

Ten Protest Songs That Matter Ten Protest Songs That Matter

The best ten protest songs of all-time.

Apr 21, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Is the World Too Big to Fail? Is the World Too Big to Fail?

Support for democracy is the province of ideologists and propagandists. In the real world, elite dislike of democracy is the norm.

Apr 21, 2011 / Noam Chomsky

Cal State Students Stage Sit-In to Protest Budget Cuts

Cal State Students Stage Sit-In to Protest Budget Cuts Cal State Students Stage Sit-In to Protest Budget Cuts

Students on both coasts protest deep cuts to education budgets.

Apr 21, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

Protesters to Bank of America: Pay Your Taxes Protesters to Bank of America: Pay Your Taxes

In the run up to this year's Tax Day, hundreds of protesters ascended on a Bank of America branch to demand that big banks pay their fair share of taxes and stop foreclosures.

Apr 20, 2011 / The Nation

Thousands Protest Snyder’s Authoritarian Power Grab Thousands Protest Snyder’s Authoritarian Power Grab

The Shock Doctrine is at play in Michigan where budget cuts and fiscal chaos are exploited by Gov. Rick Snyder, who has sent his henchmen into communities to do his dirty work.

Apr 20, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny

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