Activism

Exxon’s Pro-Fracking CEO Is Suing to Stop Fracking Near His Mansion

Exxon’s Pro-Fracking CEO Is Suing to Stop Fracking Near His Mansion Exxon’s Pro-Fracking CEO Is Suing to Stop Fracking Near His Mansion

Chris Hayes introduces the latest victim of hydraulic fracking: an ExxonMobil CEO and his super-rich friends. 

Feb 25, 2014 / Chris Hayes

Ari Berman: Ties Between LGBT Groups and the NAACP Are Vital to the Moral Mondays Movement

Ari Berman: Ties Between LGBT Groups and the NAACP Are Vital to the Moral Mondays Movement Ari Berman: Ties Between LGBT Groups and the NAACP Are Vital to the Moral Mondays Movement

Nation contributing writer Ari Berman discusses the neccesity of coalition building for the contemporary civil rights movement on MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry show.

Feb 25, 2014 / Press Room

Now That the Olympics Are Over, Is Sochi Screwed?

Now That the Olympics Are Over, Is Sochi Screwed? Now That the Olympics Are Over, Is Sochi Screwed?

The environmental legacy of the Sochi Games includes habitat destruction, polluted waterways and razed forests. 

Feb 25, 2014 / Alec Luhn

Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest

Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest

Youth and students around the country are mobilizing, preparing to return to the White House to demand action in what could be the most crucial environmental decision of Obama&rsqu...

Feb 22, 2014 / StudentNation / Adam Greenberg and StudentNation

Stop the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger

Stop the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger Stop the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger

The merger would be bad for consumers, bad for our free press and bad for democracy. 

Feb 20, 2014 / NationAction

What’s Next for the Moral Monday Movement?

What’s Next for the Moral Monday Movement? What’s Next for the Moral Monday Movement?

This multiracial, multi-issue progressive coalition is not only remobilizing in North Carolina—its model of activism is now spreading all over the South.

Feb 19, 2014 / Feature / Ari Berman

How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars

How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars

A funny thing happened on the way to the fiscal cliff: real people fought back.

Feb 19, 2014 / Mary Bottari

High Time for a Robin Hood Tax

High Time for a Robin Hood Tax High Time for a Robin Hood Tax

A properly implented FTT can benefit the economy from top to bottom.

Feb 19, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test The Comcast/Time Warner Merger Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

The merger doesn’t just impact the marketplace of cable; it threatens the marketplace of ideas.

Feb 18, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Whom Should TED Talks Invite to Speak About Abortion?

Whom Should TED Talks Invite to Speak About Abortion? Whom Should TED Talks Invite to Speak About Abortion?

There are countless brilliant writers and activists TED Talks could invite to speak about abortion.  

Feb 14, 2014 / NationAction

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