Starving for Justice Starving for Justice
From California to Israel, hunger strikes are erupting around the world—because they work.
Dec 4, 2013 / Feature / David Mizner
Hacktivists on Trial Hacktivists on Trial
Prosecutors are warping the law to throw activist hackers like Aaron Swartz behind bars for years.
Dec 4, 2013 / Feature / Peter Ludlow
Fast Food Strikes Hit 100 Cities Thursday Fast Food Strikes Hit 100 Cities Thursday
Workers are demanding $15 an hour and the right to form a union without retaliation.
Dec 4, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
How Ivy League Universities Are Failing Us on Climate Change How Ivy League Universities Are Failing Us on Climate Change
Despite widespread student organizing, university presidents are still reluctant to divest from fossil fuels.
Dec 4, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Eradicating AIDS Eradicating AIDS
We’ve come so far in the struggle against AIDS, but the most marginalized in society are still suffering.
Dec 3, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Swiss Activists: Let’s Cap CEO Pay Swiss Activists: Let’s Cap CEO Pay
An initiative to do just that failed at the ballot box, but gave us all some welcome inspiration.
Dec 2, 2013 / Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati
Twenty-seven Questions for Stephen F. Cohen from Russia’s Leading Opposition Newspaper Twenty-seven Questions for Stephen F. Cohen from Russia’s Leading Opposition Newspaper
Questions from Novaya Gazeta on the Soviet Union, segregation and Russia today.
Dec 2, 2013 / Stephen F. Cohen
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Pardoning the Scottsboro Boys, Eighty Years Too Late This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Pardoning the Scottsboro Boys, Eighty Years Too Late
The Nation immediately recognized Scottsboro as a vital front in the battle for civil rights.
Nov 30, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
On #GivingTuesday, Giving’s Never Been Easier or Cheaper for Global Corporations On #GivingTuesday, Giving’s Never Been Easier or Cheaper for Global Corporations
The massive corporations taking part in Giving Tuesday aren’t anonymous. They want positive pr, and for that they deserve serious scrutiny.
Nov 30, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Activists Are Arrested Protesting Walmart’s Low Wages Activists Are Arrested Protesting Walmart’s Low Wages
This Black Friday, protesters across the country turned out in opposition to Walmart’s poor treatment of workers.
Nov 29, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny