Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Why Bartolomé de las Casas should have nothing to do with it.
Oct 15, 2013 / Aura Bogado
The Time To Divest: A Response to Harvard President Drew Faust The Time To Divest: A Response to Harvard President Drew Faust
Divestment is a moral and political strategy to expose the reckless business model of the fossil fuel industry that puts our world at risk.
Oct 15, 2013 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin, Hannah Borowsky, and StudentNation
Should It Cost Less to Get Out of Jail if You’re Rich? Should It Cost Less to Get Out of Jail if You’re Rich?
Thanks to the $14 billion commercial bail industry, we have two criminal justice systems: one for the rich and one for the rest of us.
Oct 15, 2013 / NationAction
Eric Schlosser and the Illusion of Nuclear Weapons Safety Eric Schlosser and the Illusion of Nuclear Weapons Safety
A new book explores the alarming threat of accidental nuclear detonations.
Oct 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Robert Jervis
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Our Nobel Peace Prize–Winning Writers (and One Editor) This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Our Nobel Peace Prize–Winning Writers (and One Editor)
Former staff editor Emily Greene Balch's 1946 Peace Prize win “recognized how much private citizens can contribute to the conditions for international peace.”
Oct 12, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Across the South, Youth Resist Racism and Homophobia Across the South, Youth Resist Racism and Homophobia
As police brutality, deportation and voter suppression rage on, new movements emerge.
Oct 11, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
President Obama Nominates Janet Yellen to Head the Federal Reserve President Obama Nominates Janet Yellen to Head the Federal Reserve
Amid pressure from progressive and women's right organizations, President Obama has nominated Janet Yellen to head the Federal Reserve.
Oct 9, 2013 / Sarah Arnold and NationAction
The Grassroots Battle Against Big Oil The Grassroots Battle Against Big Oil
Activists in Texas are connecting the fight against the Keystone pipeline with the struggle for environmental justice.
Oct 9, 2013 / Feature / Wen Stephenson
How to Democratize the US Economy How to Democratize the US Economy
A long-term plan to renovate the American dream begins at the local level and scales up.
Oct 9, 2013 / Feature / Gar Alperovitz
Meet the Medical Company Making $1.4 Billion a Year Off Sick Prisoners Meet the Medical Company Making $1.4 Billion a Year Off Sick Prisoners
In states that use Corizon to provide healthcare in their prisons, medical neglect and abuse run rampant.
Oct 8, 2013 / NationAction