Activism

Students Mass Against ‘Hebdo’-Fueled Hate Speech, Disrupt Tuition Hikes and Rise for Jessie Hernandez

Students Mass Against ‘Hebdo’-Fueled Hate Speech, Disrupt Tuition Hikes and Rise for Jessie Hernandez Students Mass Against ‘Hebdo’-Fueled Hate Speech, Disrupt Tuition Hikes and Rise for Jessie Hernandez

From the quad to the highway, the youth groundswell continues.

Feb 11, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part I

Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part I Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part I

A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1865 to 1919.

Feb 10, 2015 / The Nation

From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect

From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect

Baldwin yielded to nobody in his quest to weed racism out of the American garden—root and branch.

Feb 10, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Defend the Clean Water Act

Defend the Clean Water Act Defend the Clean Water Act

Tell your election officials to support a new rule that would help protect the drinking water of more than 117 million Americans.

Feb 10, 2015 / NationAction

How the Left Failed France’s Muslims

How the Left Failed France’s Muslims How the Left Failed France’s Muslims

When the left abdicated its outreach to marginalized communities, the Islamists moved in.

Feb 6, 2015 / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus

Bratton’s Police State on Steroids

Bratton’s Police State on Steroids Bratton’s Police State on Steroids

The formation of the NYPD’s new Strategic Response Unit raises disturbing questions about police brutality.

Feb 6, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

10 Ways to Help Keep Fish Healthy and Water Clean

10 Ways to Help Keep Fish Healthy and Water Clean 10 Ways to Help Keep Fish Healthy and Water Clean

“We all live upstream”—and we can all fight storm-water runoff.

Feb 5, 2015 / NationAction

We’ve Almost Won the Fight for Net Neutrality

We’ve Almost Won the Fight for Net Neutrality We’ve Almost Won the Fight for Net Neutrality

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has said that he’ll support real net neutrality. Make sure that Congress doesn’t get in the way.

Feb 4, 2015 / NationAction

Why Is There No Massive Antiwar Movement in America?

Why Is There No Massive Antiwar Movement in America? Why Is There No Massive Antiwar Movement in America?

Sometimes, serving your country means standing up against it.

Feb 3, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

The City That Outlawed Free Food

The City That Outlawed Free Food The City That Outlawed Free Food

Activists in Fort Lauderdale have just filed a lawsuit alleging that the city’s ban on providing food to the homeless violates the First Amendment.

Feb 2, 2015 / Michelle Chen

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