Activism

Update: Saudi Activists Need Your Help

Update: Saudi Activists Need Your Help Update: Saudi Activists Need Your Help

Call on the Canadian ambassador to Saudi Arabia to help get Wajeha Al-Huwaider out of prison now.

Jun 24, 2013 / Katha Pollitt

From Albuquerque to Albany, Students Build Regional Networks

From Albuquerque to Albany, Students Build Regional Networks From Albuquerque to Albany, Students Build Regional Networks

As students in Philadelphia and Chicago resist draconian budget cuts, organizers across the country build for August’s National Student Power Convergence.

Jun 21, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

This Week in Poverty: The Older Americans Act and US Seniors

This Week in Poverty: The Older Americans Act and US Seniors This Week in Poverty: The Older Americans Act and US Seniors

Older Americans Act programs save money and lives. Why is it so hard to reauthorize something that consumes just 0.06 percent of the budget?

Jun 21, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Dave Zirin: Brazil’s Protests Are About More Than Bus Fare

Dave Zirin: Brazil’s Protests Are About More Than Bus Fare Dave Zirin: Brazil’s Protests Are About More Than Bus Fare

And they’re picking up steam throughout the country.

Jun 19, 2013 / Press Room

Former Obama Campaign Staffers Protest Keystone XL Pipeline

Former Obama Campaign Staffers Protest Keystone XL Pipeline Former Obama Campaign Staffers Protest Keystone XL Pipeline

Twenty-two protesters were arrested in front of the State Department office in Chicago.

Jun 18, 2013 / Zoƫ Carpenter

What Congress and the Media Are Missing in the Food Stamp Debate

What Congress and the Media Are Missing in the Food Stamp Debate What Congress and the Media Are Missing in the Food Stamp Debate

The current debate about food stamps is fantastic—unless you are someone who likes facts and evidence.

Jun 18, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Guitar Center: Prices So Low, Employees Can’t Survive on Wages

Guitar Center: Prices So Low, Employees Can’t Survive on Wages Guitar Center: Prices So Low, Employees Can’t Survive on Wages

Workers at Guitar Center, the music gear company recently purchased by Bain Capital, say they can’t survive under new pay structures.

Jun 18, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

Students Push to Limit School Police After Newtown

Students Push to Limit School Police After Newtown Students Push to Limit School Police After Newtown

As school districts bolster their police forces, students across California are pushing Sacramento for restorative justice.

Jun 17, 2013 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky and StudentNation

Whose Walmart?: Workers Crash Walmart’s Party

Whose Walmart?: Workers Crash Walmart’s Party Whose Walmart?: Workers Crash Walmart’s Party

Taking inspiration from small strikes and actions over the past few years, OUR Walmart activists struck a note of dissent at the corporation’s annual party.

Jun 17, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

This Week in Poverty: Congress Turns Its Back on Rural America

This Week in Poverty: Congress Turns Its Back on Rural America This Week in Poverty: Congress Turns Its Back on Rural America

The closing of a Head Start center in Neodesha, Kansas shows what sequester cuts mean to rural America.

Jun 14, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

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