NationAction

The Nation’s Take Action program directs readers to meaningful actions on a range of critical issues.

Help Re-Elect the President Help Re-Elect the President

 The President must be re-elected if progressives are to avoid four years of desperate rear-guard actions on a wide range of critical issues.

Oct 4, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction

Let Former Felons Vote Let Former Felons Vote

 Felon voting is a legitimate part of any functioning democracy. 

Sep 27, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction

Help Halt Fracking Help Halt Fracking

Sign the pledge to make every effort to halt hydraulic fracturing.

Sep 13, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction

Help Prevent a Bhopal in the US Help Prevent a Bhopal in the US

The bulk use and storage of poison gases like chlorine at chemical facilities and wastewater and drinking water plants currently puts millions of Americans at risk of a Bhopal ma...

Aug 14, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction

End Polluter Welfare End Polluter Welfare

There’s still time to trigger the reaction that would make the 2012 heat wave a landmark event, but the impetus will have to come from citizens rather than mainstream polit...

Jul 26, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction

Paid Sick Days for All Paid Sick Days for All

Momentum is growing on the local level but federal legislation has stalled in the face of the anti-regulation crowd's well-funded opposition.

Jul 25, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction

Investigate Sex Abuse at Lackland Investigate Sex Abuse at Lackland

Join the call demanding an immediate inquiry into the Air Force’s shocking sex abuse scandal.

Jul 19, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction

Ending Solitary Confinement Ending Solitary Confinement

With some 80,000 prisoners in solitary, the United States leads the world in isolating its citizens as well as incarcerating them.

Jul 12, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction

Stop the TPP Stop the TPP

Behind closed doors corporate America is implementing a stealth strategy to consolidate its rule.

Jun 26, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction

Amend ‘Citizens United’ Out of Existence Amend ‘Citizens United’ Out of Existence

Public Citizens' Democracy Is For People project aims to arm a citizens army with the tools it needs to limit the corrosive impact of money in politics.

Jun 25, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction

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