This Is What Voter Participation Looks Like This Is What Voter Participation Looks Like
Nearly half of all California voters are new or occasional voters. In South LA, one group is empowering community members to realize the significance of their vote.
Aug 28, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Voting Rights Watch and Aura Bogado
Hundreds Protest Bain-Owned Corporation in Tampa Over Low Wages Hundreds Protest Bain-Owned Corporation in Tampa Over Low Wages
The owner of Outback Steakhouse and other chains has fought to lower state minimum wages, which doesn't sit well with low-wage workers.
Aug 28, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick
Chilean High Schools Reignite Education Movement Chilean High Schools Reignite Education Movement
Since both high school and university campus occupations were rekindled mid-August in response to disappointment in the education reform proposals, the government has cracked dow...
Aug 27, 2012 / StudentNation / Brittany Peterson
Hundreds of Activists Protest at the Republican National Convention Hundreds of Activists Protest at the Republican National Convention
Protesters are met with intense security measures, while some continue to live in “Romneyville.”
Aug 27, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Scot Nakagawa: Dismantling the Fulcrum of White Supremacy Scot Nakagawa: Dismantling the Fulcrum of White Supremacy
Why the liberation of African-Americans serves as the key to the liberation of all people of color in the United States.
Aug 24, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds
Massive Student Protests Continue in Montreal Massive Student Protests Continue in Montreal
Tens of thousands of students and their supporters take to the streets in Montreal to protest tuition hikes.
Aug 24, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Talk About Poverty: Mariana Chilton’s Questions for Obama and Romney Talk About Poverty: Mariana Chilton’s Questions for Obama and Romney
An expert on child hunger has five questions for President Obama and Governor Romney in the second installment of our #TalkPoverty series.
Aug 24, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Eight Things I Remembered At #HereUsNow Eight Things I Remembered At #HereUsNow
Lessons from the Student Power Convergence.
Aug 21, 2012 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston
Occupy Activists Prepare to Protest Political Conventions Occupy Activists Prepare to Protest Political Conventions
Protesters prepare to head south for the DNC and RNC.
Aug 20, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Men Still Explain Things to Me Men Still Explain Things to Me
Facts still don’t get in their way.
Aug 20, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit