Activism

Trayvon Martin Rallies Are Held Across the Country After the George Zimmerman Verdict

Trayvon Martin Rallies Are Held Across the Country After the George Zimmerman Verdict Trayvon Martin Rallies Are Held Across the Country After the George Zimmerman Verdict

Trayvon Martin rallies were held across the country following the George Zimmerman not-guilty verdict.

Jul 16, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

This Week in Poverty: Confronting Congressional Hunger Games

This Week in Poverty: Confronting Congressional Hunger Games This Week in Poverty: Confronting Congressional Hunger Games

Recent votes on food stamps reveal that Congress is pummeling low-income people with increasing ferocity. What can be done to confront and change this cruelty and shortsightedness?...

Jul 15, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Don Rose: For Sixty Years, Chicago’s Warrior for Justice

Don Rose: For Sixty Years, Chicago’s Warrior for Justice Don Rose: For Sixty Years, Chicago’s Warrior for Justice

Some stories and lessons on fighting for the long haul from Martin Luther King Jr.’s bashful but bold former press secretary.

Jul 12, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (7/12/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (7/12/13)

This week: Tariq Ramadan calls a coup a coup, California prisoners begin a hunger strike for basic human rights, and Dinyar Godrej unpacks the exploitation of debt. 

Jul 11, 2013 / StudentNation

Peter Ludlow: Why Is Barrett Brown Facing 105 Years in Federal Prison?

Peter Ludlow: Why Is Barrett Brown Facing 105 Years in Federal Prison? Peter Ludlow: Why Is Barrett Brown Facing 105 Years in Federal Prison?

The reporter has already spent 300 days behind bars. His crime? Daring to investigate the highly secretive world of private intelligence and military contractors.

Jul 11, 2013 / Press Room

Student Loan Bill Fails Again

Student Loan Bill Fails Again Student Loan Bill Fails Again

The student interest rate debacle needs to foster a much broader and deeper exploration of the student lending crisis.

Jul 11, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

The War on Coal Obama Isn’t Fighting

The War on Coal Obama Isn’t Fighting The War on Coal Obama Isn’t Fighting

In the Powder River Basin, coal companies are pushing to unlock more carbon pollution each year than the Keystone KL pipeline. 

Jul 11, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Sherry Wolf: The Future of LGBTQ Liberation

Sherry Wolf: The Future of LGBTQ Liberation Sherry Wolf: The Future of LGBTQ Liberation

After the defeat of DOMA, the LGBTQ movement needs to push beyond marriage equality.

Jul 10, 2013 / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions

An Oregon Trail to End Student Debt

An Oregon Trail to End Student Debt An Oregon Trail to End Student Debt

The new public education financing model is not only a progressive victory for the state, but also a common-sense national model on an issue where Congress has been derelict. ...

Jul 10, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

From Austin to Charleston, Students One-Up the Supreme Court

From Austin to Charleston, Students One-Up the Supreme Court From Austin to Charleston, Students One-Up the Supreme Court

As John Roberts and John Boehner drop the axe, students build new fronts against racism and austerity.

Jul 9, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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