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Kathy Switzer

The First Registered Woman to Run the Boston Marathon Is Running Again Today—50 Years Later The First Registered Woman to Run the Boston Marathon Is Running Again Today—50 Years Later

A true trailblazer is finally getting her due.

Apr 17, 2017 / Dave Zirin

International Women's Day Strike in NYC

It’s Time to Resurrect the Counterculture Movement It’s Time to Resurrect the Counterculture Movement

The largest progressive mobilization since the Vietnam era offers a unique opportunity.

Apr 17, 2017 / Ira Chernus

Wall Street sign

Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street Tell the Department of Labor to Side with Retirees Over Wall Street

The Trump administration is coming after an Obama-era regulation that requires financial advisers to act in their clients’ best interests.

Apr 14, 2017 / NationAction

Protest against DeVos

Reclaiming Public Goods Under Trump Reclaiming Public Goods Under Trump

The Roosevelt Institute is launching the Re:Public Project to fight privatization.

Apr 14, 2017 / StudentNation / Joelle Gamble and Aman Banerji

Veterans for Trump

Tom Frank: On the Road in Trump Country Tom Frank: On the Road in Trump Country

How Trump won, and why Clinton lost.

Apr 14, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Hwang Jungeun’s Noisy, Crowded Space

Hwang Jungeun’s Noisy, Crowded Space Hwang Jungeun’s Noisy, Crowded Space

It’s rare for a novel to be so dense in social meaning, and yet so lightly composed.

Apr 14, 2017 / E. Tammy Kim

Iowa polling site

Iowa’s New Voter-ID Law Would Have Disenfranchised My Grandmother Iowa’s New Voter-ID Law Would Have Disenfranchised My Grandmother

260,000 eligible voters could be blocked from the polls by the new law.

Apr 13, 2017 / Ari Berman

Wall of Love protest

How Students Made an Off-Campus Protest a Movement How Students Made an Off-Campus Protest a Movement

The Tampa LGBTQ Community’s Wall of Love went from a small group of protesters to a flood of hundreds drowning out hate­—thanks in large part to students.

Apr 13, 2017 / StudentNation / Tyler Gillespie

Claver Drawing

In Paris, a School for Refugees Is Forming the Next Generation of French Citizens In Paris, a School for Refugees Is Forming the Next Generation of French Citizens

The Pierre Claver school asks what it takes for a refugee to become part of a nation—especially now, and especially if that nation is France.

Apr 13, 2017 / StudentNation / Daniel Judt

Trump Navy

What Does an ‘America-First’ Foreign Policy Actually Mean? What Does an ‘America-First’ Foreign Policy Actually Mean?

Putting the military first, second, and third, apparently.

Apr 13, 2017 / William J. Astore

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