Five Ways to Support Re-Occupation Five Ways to Support Re-Occupation
A guide.
Apr 16, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Scott Walker Goes All In for NRA/ALEC ‘Shoot First’ Agenda Scott Walker Goes All In for NRA/ALEC ‘Shoot First’ Agenda
Forget Mitt Romney. Wisconsin’s governor gets a hero’s welcome at the NRA convention, with a gun-talk laden speech that claims his critics “want to take me o...
Apr 16, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols
Participatory Budgeting Hits New York City Participatory Budgeting Hits New York City
Residents in four New York City districts had the chance to allocate funding for community improvement themselves. Can participatory budgeting make American democracy less lonely?
Apr 16, 2012 / Elizabeth Whitman
Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare
Neither Republicans nor Democrats treat parenting as work, and thousands of poor women are living in poverty today as living proof of that fact.
Apr 16, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Occupy Unveils ‘Spring Awakening’ Occupy Unveils ‘Spring Awakening’
The group hopes its initiative will be the beginning of a spring surge.
Apr 16, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
John Nichols: The Power of Symbolism John Nichols: The Power of Symbolism
Governor Scott Walker attempted to pit Wisconsin workers against each other. But the effect was the opposite of what he had intended.
Apr 13, 2012 / Video / Francis Reynolds
Tom Hayden: From Port Huron to Occupy Wall Street Tom Hayden: From Port Huron to Occupy Wall Street
Will Occupy Wall Street achieve goals that older protest movements left unfinished?
Apr 13, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Occupy and the Right to Protest Occupy and the Right to Protest
Could litigation over the Occupy movement strengthen First Amendment rights for protesters?
Apr 13, 2012 / Laura Bolt
Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (4/11/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (4/11/12)
Each week, Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.
Apr 13, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Sleepful Protests Continue To Grow Sleepful Protests Continue To Grow
The ranks of those sleeping “in the belly of the beast” as a form of protest continues to grow in New York City.
Apr 13, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny