US Retailers Launch Lobby Blitz to Sell Weak Bangladesh Safety Plan US Retailers Launch Lobby Blitz to Sell Weak Bangladesh Safety Plan
While touting their “indpendence” in facilitating a rival safety plan for Bangladesh factories, Senator George Mitchell’s law firm is paid by The Gap, a major ret...
Jul 10, 2013 / Lee Fang
Tens of Thousands of California Prisoners Launch Mass Hunger Strike Tens of Thousands of California Prisoners Launch Mass Hunger Strike
The strikers are calling for an end to long-term solitary confinement and better prison conditions.
Jul 10, 2013 / Victoria Law
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Is Egypt’s Interim Government Just Repeating the Same Mistakes? Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Is Egypt’s Interim Government Just Repeating the Same Mistakes?
The fissures between between Egypt’s interim government and the Muslim Brotherhood party it replaced in power continue to widen.
Jul 10, 2013 / Press Room
Sherry Wolf: The Future of LGBTQ Liberation Sherry Wolf: The Future of LGBTQ Liberation
After the defeat of DOMA, the LGBTQ movement needs to push beyond marriage equality.
Jul 10, 2013 / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions
Greg Kaufmann: There’s A Lot We Can Do About Poverty Greg Kaufmann: There’s A Lot We Can Do About Poverty
The Nation's Greg Kaufmann joined Stand Up! With Pete Dominick to argue that there are ways to alleviate poverty in America and that it starts with increasing the minimum wage.
Jul 10, 2013 / Press Room
Al Jazeera’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem Al Jazeera’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem
Staff quits en masse over Qatar-imposed favoritism for the Brothers.
Jul 10, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
An Oregon Trail to End Student Debt An Oregon Trail to End Student Debt
The new public education financing model is not only a progressive victory for the state, but also a common-sense national model on an issue where Congress has been derelict. ...
Jul 10, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Does #Justice4Trayvon Look Like? What Does #Justice4Trayvon Look Like?
Even if George Zimmerman is convicted of murder, we have a long way to go to ensure things like this never happen again.
Jul 10, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
From Austin to Charleston, Students One-Up the Supreme Court From Austin to Charleston, Students One-Up the Supreme Court
As John Roberts and John Boehner drop the axe, students build new fronts against racism and austerity.
Jul 9, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Comey’s Crickets Comey’s Crickets
In Bush's, and now Barack's, America, even the most engaged citizens seem too weary to put up a fight against a nominee for FBI director who proudly evaded the Constitution...
Jul 9, 2013 / Rick Perlstein