Global Noise: Worldwide Debt Protests Global Noise: Worldwide Debt Protests
Hundreds of thousands of protesters in more than thirty countries flooded the streets over the weekend to protest debt and austerity.
Oct 15, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Stop Stop-and-Frisk Stop Stop-and-Frisk
After years of complaints that the stops are racially discriminatory, the hearings signal that the public debate has gotten loud enough that lawmakers feel they have to be a part o...
Oct 10, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction
‘Occupy Unmasked’—Unmasked ‘Occupy Unmasked’—Unmasked
The documentary, starring the late Andrew Breitbart, is a deranged hodge-podge of bizarre memes, wild dot-connecting and unadulterated fury.
Oct 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Michael Tracey
Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home
Occupy Our Homes ATL is forging an unlikely partnership in an effort to stop foreclosures.
Oct 9, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Hong Kong Students Fight for the Integrity of their Education Hong Kong Students Fight for the Integrity of their Education
Student activists are still pushing for a complete withdrawal of a Beijing-backed, "brainwashing" curriculum.
Oct 8, 2012 / StudentNation / Steven Hsieh
How Young Madrid Rejects Austerity: The What and Why of 25S How Young Madrid Rejects Austerity: The What and Why of 25S
With university fees rising, general social budgets disappearing and the youth unemployment rate over 50 percent, it is no wonder that many young people in Spain feel cheated.
Oct 8, 2012 / StudentNation / Julia Ramírez Blanco
Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike
Tens of thousands of individuals in Spain protest further harsh austerity measures recently announced by their right-wing government.
Oct 8, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Ralph Nader, ‘Lone Ranger,’ Rides Again Ralph Nader, ‘Lone Ranger,’ Rides Again
Nader’s The Seventeen Solutions is a subversive primer that should be read in every high school civics class.
Oct 4, 2012 / Blog / William Greider
Will Students Vote in November? Will Students Vote in November?
Electoralism and radicalism don't have to be mutually exclusive but students at the National Student Power Convergence felt that finding common ground is still a challenge. ...
Oct 3, 2012 / StudentNation / Zachary A. Bell
Movements Need Politicians—and Vice Versa Movements Need Politicians—and Vice Versa
Where their interests overlap, progressive politics can thrive.
Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Frances Fox Piven and Lorraine C. Minnite