Activism

Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest

Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest

Youth and students around the country are mobilizing, preparing to return to the White House to demand action in what could be the most crucial environmental decision of Obama&rsqu...

Feb 22, 2014 / StudentNation / Adam Greenberg and StudentNation

Stop the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger

Stop the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger Stop the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger

The merger would be bad for consumers, bad for our free press and bad for democracy. 

Feb 20, 2014 / NationAction

What’s Next for the Moral Monday Movement?

What’s Next for the Moral Monday Movement? What’s Next for the Moral Monday Movement?

This multiracial, multi-issue progressive coalition is not only remobilizing in North Carolina—its model of activism is now spreading all over the South.

Feb 19, 2014 / Feature / Ari Berman

How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars

How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars

A funny thing happened on the way to the fiscal cliff: real people fought back.

Feb 19, 2014 / Mary Bottari

High Time for a Robin Hood Tax

High Time for a Robin Hood Tax High Time for a Robin Hood Tax

A properly implented FTT can benefit the economy from top to bottom.

Feb 19, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

The merger doesn’t just impact the marketplace of cable; it threatens the marketplace of ideas.

Feb 18, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Whom Should TED Talks Invite to Speak About Abortion?

Whom Should TED Talks Invite to Speak About Abortion? Whom Should TED Talks Invite to Speak About Abortion?

There are countless brilliant writers and activists TED Talks could invite to speak about abortion.  

Feb 14, 2014 / NationAction

What Is XL Dissent?

What Is XL Dissent? What Is XL Dissent?

Activists from more than fifty universities issue an open invitation to a March 2 Keystone XL protest in DC.

Feb 12, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

7 Questions for Rachel Kushner

7 Questions for Rachel Kushner 7 Questions for Rachel Kushner

The author of The Flamethrowers weighs in on literary inspiration, motorcycle crashes and why radicals prefer hardcover.

Feb 12, 2014 / Jon Wiener

Thousands of Young People Participate in Raleigh’s Moral Monday

Thousands of Young People Participate in Raleigh’s Moral Monday Thousands of Young People Participate in Raleigh’s Moral Monday

Raleigh's first Moral Monday march of the year draws a diverse group of activists including teachers, and members of the NAACP and Planned Parenthood.

Feb 11, 2014 / StudentNation / Tara Jeffries and StudentNation

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