Activism

Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court

Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court Dollar General Takes Its Case Against Indigenous Sovereignty to the Supreme Court

Will Indian nations lose one of the remaining paths for bringing justice to those who commit wrongs on their land?  

Dec 7, 2015 / Andrew Bard Epstein

Venezuela polling station

Is This the End of the Latin American Left? Is This the End of the Latin American Left?

On Sunday, Venezuela’s right-wing party secured a majority in the country’s main legislative body for the first time since 1998.

Dec 7, 2015 / Greg Grandin

COP21

With a 1.5 Degrees Celsius Target, the Climate-Justice Movement Is Poised to Score a Surprise Win With a 1.5 Degrees Celsius Target, the Climate-Justice Movement Is Poised to Score a Surprise Win

Pressure from activists and vulnerable countries has shifted the discussion away from a 2 degrees C target—a virtual death sentence for millions of people.

Dec 7, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

How Can We Accelerate the Progress of Women’s Rights Around the World?

How Can We Accelerate the Progress of Women’s Rights Around the World? How Can We Accelerate the Progress of Women’s Rights Around the World?

A new collection of essays grapples with the successes and ongoing struggles of the global feminist movement.

Dec 7, 2015 / Barbara Crossette

Hunger-Striking Asylum Seekers Bring Their Case to Clinton’s Front Door

Hunger-Striking Asylum Seekers Bring Their Case to Clinton’s Front Door Hunger-Striking Asylum Seekers Bring Their Case to Clinton’s Front Door

Detention-reform advocates draw responses from Democratic candidates to a growing protest that began on Thanksgiving.

Dec 4, 2015 / Julianne Hing

An activist protesting polluters at the Climate Generations Areas at COP21, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, Wednesday, December 2, 2015.

Why Are So Many Fossil-Fuel Companies Funding the Paris Climate Conference? Why Are So Many Fossil-Fuel Companies Funding the Paris Climate Conference?

Polluters need to pay, not make decisions about the future of the planet.

Dec 4, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism

Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism

American radicalism can’t be confined within US borders.

Dec 4, 2015 / Leon Fink

Naomi Klein, Kshama Sawant, Dave Zirin, and More: ‘The Nation’ Live! in Seattle

Naomi Klein, Kshama Sawant, Dave Zirin, and More: ‘The Nation’ Live! in Seattle Naomi Klein, Kshama Sawant, Dave Zirin, and More: ‘The Nation’ Live! in Seattle

An all-star cast brings you a live magazine experience created to mark the magazine’s 150th anniversary.

Dec 3, 2015 / The Nation

Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, seen with their newborn daughter, Max, have transferred the majority of the family's Facebook stock options to a foundation the two control.

Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement Here’s How the Left Should Think About the Chan-Zuckerberg Announcement

Could the Facebook family change the status quo of Silicon Valley philanthropy?

Dec 3, 2015 / Amy Schiller

Naomi Klein: Breaking the Back of Our Carbon Economy

Naomi Klein: Breaking the Back of Our Carbon Economy Naomi Klein: Breaking the Back of Our Carbon Economy

What should an economy that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels actually look like?

Dec 3, 2015 / Naomi Klein

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