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Occupy College

Occupy College Occupy College

The crushing burden of student debt has shattered the American dream for a whole generation. They want their future back.

Oct 26, 2011 / Feature / Tamara Draut

Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill

Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill

Twenty years after Anita Hill boldly brought workplace sexual harassment to the American public consciousness, The Nation celebrates the progress we have made in the two decades si...

Oct 26, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas

Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street? Everywhere—and They’re Not Going Away

Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street? Everywhere—and They’re Not Going Away Where Are the Women at Occupy Wall Street? Everywhere—and They’re Not Going Away

Women helped found and sustain the leaderless, anarchist-influenced movement—and despite running into bursts of sexism and ignorance, they are determined to stick around.

Oct 26, 2011 / Sarah M. Seltzer

Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill

Twenty years after Anita Hill boldly brought workplace sexual harassment to the American public consciousness, The Nation celebrates the progress we have made in the two decades si...

Oct 26, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas

The Republicans’ War on Science and Reason The Republicans’ War on Science and Reason

Saying that Republicans want to repeal the twentieth century is too kind.

Oct 25, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver’s Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections? Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver’s Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections?

What's the “No Child Left Behind” president doing in Denver barely a week before a critical school board election? Helping the fake “reformers” make th...

Oct 24, 2011 / John Nichols

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21)

Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention. 

 

Oct 24, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Out of Exile: On Visiting Occupy USA With Dr. John Carlos Out of Exile: On Visiting Occupy USA With Dr. John Carlos

Seeing the encampments with 1968 Olympian Dr. John Carlos has been an experience I will never forget.

Oct 24, 2011 / Dave Zirin

Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race

Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race

Denver's contest for local school board seats has already cost $600,000, as big-money backers of school privatization, charters and “choice” try to buy control of educa...

Oct 21, 2011 / John Nichols

Relatively Speaking Relatively Speaking

Eric on how The New Republic's back of the book comes close to redeeming the magazine from the front.

Oct 21, 2011 / Eric Alterman

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