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Today Is a Big Day for the Internet

Today Is a Big Day for the Internet Today Is a Big Day for the Internet

Today, a coalition of activists beat the well-funded cable lobby as the FCC voted to use Title II reclassification to preserve net neutrality.

Feb 26, 2015 / NationAction

The Activists Who Won Net Neutrality Must Defend It in 2016

The Activists Who Won Net Neutrality Must Defend It in 2016 The Activists Who Won Net Neutrality Must Defend It in 2016

The FCC has guaranteed net neutrality, for now. But special interests will try to elect a president to undo it.

Feb 26, 2015 / John Nichols

How Scott Walker Built a Career Sending Wisconsin Inmates to Private Prisons

How Scott Walker Built a Career Sending Wisconsin Inmates to Private Prisons How Scott Walker Built a Career Sending Wisconsin Inmates to Private Prisons

In his years as a state legislator, Walker repeatedly pushed for higher incarceration and a bigger role for the private prison industry.

Feb 26, 2015 / Scott Keyes

Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter

Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter

The tragic death of Trayvon Martin inspired a new generation of activists who fight to make black lives matter.

Feb 26, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Gaza’s Natural Gas Deposits Could Easily Spark a Full-Fledged Resource War

Gaza’s Natural Gas Deposits Could Easily Spark a Full-Fledged Resource War Gaza’s Natural Gas Deposits Could Easily Spark a Full-Fledged Resource War

The first quarter-century of crisis over eastern Mediterranean natural gas has been nothing but prelude.

Feb 26, 2015 / Michael Schwartz

February 26, 1919: The Grand Canyon Becomes a National Park

February 26, 1919: The Grand Canyon Becomes a National Park February 26, 1919: The Grand Canyon Becomes a National Park

Nation correspondent traveled to the canyon in 1893 and told readers back East what he saw.

Feb 26, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

Report From the Front: Libya’s Descent Into Chaos

Report From the Front: Libya’s Descent Into Chaos Report From the Front: Libya’s Descent Into Chaos

As ignorant armies clash by night, civilians bear the brunt of a collapsing economy.

Feb 25, 2015 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous

The Lethal Legacy of the Vietnam War

The Lethal Legacy of the Vietnam War The Lethal Legacy of the Vietnam War

Fifty years after the first US troops came ashore at Da Nang, the Vietnamese are still coping with unexploded bombs and Agent Orange.

Feb 25, 2015 / Feature / George Black

Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.

Feb 25, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman

In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police

In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police

Activists and organizers gathered at the Schomburg Center to interrogate the current conditions of American policing.

Feb 25, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

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