Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary, In Drawings Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary, In Drawings
Contributions to our special issue on Occupy at one by artist and occupier Molly Crabapple.
Sep 17, 2012 / The Nation
How Occupy Has Changed the Conversation on Class How Occupy Has Changed the Conversation on Class
The year-old movement doesn’t need its own candidate to influence politics.
Sep 17, 2012 / Blog / Melissa Harris-Perry
Occupy Your Victories Occupy Your Victories
Those claiming Occupy has failed already forget what other social justice sucesses have taught us: change is slow.
Sep 17, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit
Strike Against Inequality Strike Against Inequality
A strike in the country's most segregated school district is about more than union politics.
Sep 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Christie Thompson
Astra Taylor: Your Debt Is Not Your Fault! Astra Taylor: Your Debt Is Not Your Fault!
Occupy activists are moving debt from the personal to the political.
Sep 13, 2012 / Audio / The Nation
Help Halt Fracking Help Halt Fracking
Sign the pledge to make every effort to halt hydraulic fracturing.
Sep 13, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction
New York’s Fractivists Keep the Heat on Cuomo New York’s Fractivists Keep the Heat on Cuomo
As the Democratic governor considers whether to allow the controversial gas drilling practice, anti-fracking forces vow to stop it—even if they have to go to jail to do so.
Sep 12, 2012 / Editorial / Nicholas Kusnetz
Will Pennsylvania Execute a Man Who Killed His Abusers? Will Pennsylvania Execute a Man Who Killed His Abusers?
When a Pennsylvania jury sentenced Terrance Williams with the death penalty, they didn't know he had suffered years of violent sexual abuse at the hands of his victim.
Sep 12, 2012 / Blog / Liliana Segura
Philadelphia Groups Scramble to Help Residents Get Voter ID Philadelphia Groups Scramble to Help Residents Get Voter ID
Pennsylvania’s voter ID law is already proving to be a burden to local agencies and nonprofits.
Sep 12, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
Chris Hedges and Larry Gibson: ‘Days of Destruction’ [VIDEO] Chris Hedges and Larry Gibson: ‘Days of Destruction’ [VIDEO]
Larry Gibson, a leader of the fight against mountaintop removal, died Sunday. One of his last appearances is in Chris Hedges’s and Joe Sacco’s new book, Days of Destruc...
Sep 12, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders