Activism

No Justice for Trayvon Martin, No Peace

No Justice for Trayvon Martin, No Peace No Justice for Trayvon Martin, No Peace

A thousand demonstrators gathered in Union Square to call for the prosecution of George Zimmerman, Martin’s killer. More protests are planned across the country.

Mar 22, 2012 / Umar Farooq and Connor Guy

Seven Steps to a Homeland Security Campus Seven Steps to a Homeland Security Campus

Campus spies. Pepper spray. SWAT teams. Welcome to Repress U, class of 2012.

Mar 22, 2012 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Occupy Davis’s Bank Boycott Victory Occupy Davis’s Bank Boycott Victory

College occupiers demonstrate powerful new tactic.

Mar 21, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

No More Trayvon Martins No More Trayvon Martins

Abolish Florida’s “Stand Your Ground“ Law.

Mar 21, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

An Economy We Want to Occupy An Economy We Want to Occupy

At a time when so many are so clear that the current system is not working—what might? Is it already happening?

Mar 21, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders

The Ryan Budget: Who It Helps and Who It Hurts

The Ryan Budget: Who It Helps and Who It Hurts The Ryan Budget: Who It Helps and Who It Hurts

The House GOP budget is extremely generous to the wealthy and corporations—and the middle class is asked to pay the tab. 

Mar 20, 2012 / Blog / George Zornick

90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like 90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like

The last days of winter and the first days of spring have seen hundreds of record-breaking high temperatures. Worry.

Mar 20, 2012 / Bill McKibben

Help Free Imprisoned Journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye Help Free Imprisoned Journalist Abdulelah Haider Shaye

Multiple human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists, have decried Shaye's...

Mar 19, 2012 / Take Action / NationAction

John Nichols: The GOP’s Wisconsin Crisis John Nichols: The GOP’s Wisconsin Crisis

Republicans in Wisconsin continue to lose political strength and control.

Mar 19, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Investigate NYPD Violence Against #OWS Investigate NYPD Violence Against #OWS

Join the call for a full, independent investigation by the state Attorney General into the active suppression of the Occupy movement.

Mar 19, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg

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