Activism

Meet the Company That Makes Huge Profits From Locking Up Immigrants

Meet the Company That Makes Huge Profits From Locking Up Immigrants Meet the Company That Makes Huge Profits From Locking Up Immigrants

The SAFE Act would turn millions of undocumented immigrants into criminals overnight, a windfall for the private prison industry.

Oct 22, 2013 / NationAction

Busting Food Myths for Two Generations

Busting Food Myths for Two Generations Busting Food Myths for Two Generations

There may be no family in the history of the republic which has done more to promote culinary awareness, sustainability and food justice than the indefatigable Lappé clan.

Oct 21, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Wendell Berry’s Humanism and Wisdom for Our Times

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Wendell Berry’s Humanism and Wisdom for Our Times This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Wendell Berry’s Humanism and Wisdom for Our Times

This year's winner of the Roosevelt Institute’s Freedom Medal is as adept detailing the mechanics of a mine-triggered landslide as he is at critiquing the dangerous combi...

Oct 19, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment

Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment

The Brown Divest Coal Campaign is asking Brown University to divest from any holdings it has in America's fifteen largest coal companies and is hopeful for a “yes” ...

Oct 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way

This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way This Week in Poverty: The Immokalee Way

The history of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers shows us just how much can be accomplished with savvy organizing at the grassroots and perseverance.  

Oct 18, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Evangeline Lilly Explains How the Government Tracks You

Evangeline Lilly Explains How the Government Tracks You Evangeline Lilly Explains How the Government Tracks You

“The government has turned the Internet we love into something it was never intended to be: a tool for surveilling everyone.”

Oct 17, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

How Congress Just Stuck It to Monsanto

How Congress Just Stuck It to Monsanto How Congress Just Stuck It to Monsanto

Farmers, civil liberties and food safety advocates had worried that a funding resolution would extend the rider, which crippled oversight over GMOs. 

Oct 17, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Farmworkers Hit NYC to Protest Wendy’s Labor Practices

Farmworkers Hit NYC to Protest Wendy’s Labor Practices Farmworkers Hit NYC to Protest Wendy’s Labor Practices

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers protests the fast-food company’s refusal to sign on to its fair labor initiative.

Oct 17, 2013 / Aaron Miguel Cantú

Netroots Goes Global

Netroots Goes Global Netroots Goes Global

A new wave of online organizations are replicating the MoveOn model across the world.

Oct 16, 2013 / Feature / David Karpf

Praying for Broken Hearts in the GOP

Praying for Broken Hearts in the GOP Praying for Broken Hearts in the GOP

A hundred and fifty people of faith and furloughed workers marched on the offices of GOP leaders.

Oct 16, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

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