The Fight Against Mass Surveillance The Fight Against Mass Surveillance
Today more than 5,000 organizations, including The Nation, are participating in “The Day We Fight Back” a worldwide day of activism in opposition to the NSA’s mas...
Feb 11, 2014 / Peter Rothberg
For Pussy Riot Members, No More Taking Freedom for Granted For Pussy Riot Members, No More Taking Freedom for Granted
They are using their fame, however sudden and unexpected, to champion prison reform in Russia, the United States and around the world.
Feb 11, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tell Congress: We Must Rein in the NSA Tell Congress: We Must Rein in the NSA
To truly end the NSA's out-of-control surveillance and abuse of power, we need real reform.
Feb 11, 2014 / NationAction
This Week in the Student Movement: Citywide Walkouts, Athlete Unions, MICATS3, Operation Guinea Pig This Week in the Student Movement: Citywide Walkouts, Athlete Unions, MICATS3, Operation Guinea Pig
From Raleigh to Olympia, students mobilize for worker justice, prison abolition and educational equity.
Feb 10, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Dave Zirin: Celebration Capitalism at the Sochi Games Dave Zirin: Celebration Capitalism at the Sochi Games
In a panel at the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Nation sports editor Dave Zirin discusses the myriad controversies swirling around the Sochi Olympics.
Feb 10, 2014 / Press Room
Sexual Assault Policies Under Fire at Columbia Sexual Assault Policies Under Fire at Columbia
Students are asking Columbia to disclose sexual assault statistics and make the process easier for survivors.
Feb 10, 2014 / StudentNation / Austin Ryan Heyroth and StudentNation
North Carolina’s Moral Monday Movement Kicks Off 2014 With a Massive Rally in Raleigh North Carolina’s Moral Monday Movement Kicks Off 2014 With a Massive Rally in Raleigh
Activists hold the largest civil rights rally in the South since the Selma to Montgomery march in 1965.
Feb 8, 2014 / Ari Berman
Youth Plan Mass Civil Disobedience to Protest Keystone XL Youth Plan Mass Civil Disobedience to Protest Keystone XL
The Keystone XL fight has become an iconic issue for environmentally-minded young people across the country.
Feb 6, 2014 / Peter Rothberg
As Support for Raising the Minimum Wage Grows, Call on Congress to Get On Board As Support for Raising the Minimum Wage Grows, Call on Congress to Get On Board
In the week since President Obama announced that he would raise the minimum wage for federal contractors, pressure has been growing for politicians to do the same for low-wage work...
Feb 6, 2014 / NationAction
From Occupy to Climate Justice From Occupy to Climate Justice
There’s a growing effort to merge economic-justice and climate activism. Call it climate democracy.
Feb 6, 2014 / Feature / Wen Stephenson