The Promise of the Green Jobs The Promise of the Green Jobs
KJ Meyer The nation's emerging green economy helped Alvarro Jasso move from the confines of a jail to a well-paid job fixing windmills.
Oct 30, 2008 / The Nation
Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election? Will the Youth Vote Swing This Election?
Karlo Barrios Marcelo From Colorado to Virginia--a state-by-state look at the youth polls in the nation's battleground states.
Oct 30, 2008 / The Nation
Free Association: Low Power to the People! Free Association: Low Power to the People!
Larisa Mann Fighting media consolidation one radio station at a time.
Oct 30, 2008 / The Nation
Video Your Vote Video Your Vote
YouTube and PBS are offering a prominent platform for citizens to police the election process on November 4.
Oct 21, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation
Rallying the Vote Rallying the Vote
Rebecca McDonald Keesha Gaskins is making history as one of the few young black leaders at the League of Women Voters.
Oct 17, 2008 / The Nation
Join Trick or Vote this Halloween! Join Trick or Vote this Halloween!
Studies show that the most effective way to get young people to vote is to simply ask them (to their face). And what's the one day each year that people actually expect strangers t...
Oct 17, 2008 / The Nation
Don’t Just Vote–Change the World Don’t Just Vote–Change the World
Jamilah King The Youth Agenda is the first ever national issues agenda written by youth organizers from around the country. The platform issues a national call to action on educati...
Oct 17, 2008 / The Nation
Fighting Poverty With a Green Economy Fighting Poverty With a Green Economy
Suemedha Sood Emily Kirsch explains how green jobs can open doors and lift communities out of poverty.
Oct 17, 2008 / The Nation
McCain and the Meltdown McCain and the Meltdown
Robert Sherrill's pathbreaking 1990 exposé of the savings and loan scandal sheds light on John McCain's deregulatory politics--and our current financial crisis.
Oct 9, 2008 / Feature / The Nation
Students for Social Justice Students for Social Justice
Little Village Lawndale students celebrate World Teacher’s Day in protest against standardized testing.
Oct 9, 2008 / StudentNation / The Nation