Swarthmore Students to Board of Managers: No More Business as Usual Swarthmore Students to Board of Managers: No More Business as Usual
On May 4, an open meeting between the Swarthmore Board of Managers and a coalition of student activist groups on fossil fuel divestment was transformed into an unusual general asse...
May 6, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It Noam Chomsky: Things Are Ugly—Do Something About It
Repression after 9/11 is nothing compared to what's come before, and our tools to fight it are greater.
May 6, 2013 / On The Earth Productions and The Nation Video
Occupy the Pipeline: Fracking Threat Comes to NYC Occupy the Pipeline: Fracking Threat Comes to NYC
Activists are opposing the construction of a pipeline beneath New York City that will carry the controversial highly pressurized gas.
May 6, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Stand Up for Access to Emergency Contraception Stand Up for Access to Emergency Contraception
Implore Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to drop the Plan B age restriction.
May 3, 2013 / NationAction
This Week in Poverty: Florida Gives Workers a Smackdown This Week in Poverty: Florida Gives Workers a Smackdown
The Florida state legislature takes action to bar local, pro-worker ordinances on living wages, paid sick leave and equal employee benefits.
May 3, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
May Day in NYC: Youth and Immigrant Rights Activists Demand Reform May Day in NYC: Youth and Immigrant Rights Activists Demand Reform
This year’s march was led by immigrant and youth activists pressing for long-awaited justice.
May 2, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
President Obama: Close Guantanamo Bay President Obama: Close Guantanamo Bay
While President Obama has rightly argued that Congress is standing in the way of closing the prison, human rights groups have pointed out the many meaningful actions he can take.
May 1, 2013 / NationAction
Time for Big Green to Go Fossil Free Time for Big Green to Go Fossil Free
Some mainstream environmental organizations are trying to wean themselves from fossil fuel investments—but some aren’t.
May 1, 2013 / Column / Naomi Klein
Banks on the Run (Continued) Banks on the Run (Continued)
Bank accountability activists continue to send a clear message to the big banks: “You can run, but you can’t hide.”
Apr 30, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Google’s Spymasters Are Now Worried About Your Secrets Google’s Spymasters Are Now Worried About Your Secrets
Search engine executives warn about invasive government surveillance, but the digital arms trade begins with their own technologies.
Apr 30, 2013 / Robert Scheer