Tell Your Senators to Preserve Background Checks in Gun Control Legislation Tell Your Senators to Preserve Background Checks in Gun Control Legislation
Right now, Senator Tom Coburn is advancing a change to the rules regarding background checks that would undermine much of the bill's intent.
Apr 16, 2013 / NationAction
Celebrating the Ridenhour Awards and Courageous Whistleblowers Celebrating the Ridenhour Awards and Courageous Whistleblowers
They are more vital now than ever, when the Obama administration has invoked the Espionage Act more than all other presidents combined.
Apr 16, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15
This week, Newark walks out, Arizona kneecaps its students and UNC rape survivors create a national underground network. And more!
Apr 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Undocumented Youth Infiltrates Another Immigrant Detention Center Undocumented Youth Infiltrates Another Immigrant Detention Center
Twenty-seven-year-old Claudia Muñoz checked into a Michigan facility—to fight for the release of those being unfairly held.
Apr 15, 2013 / Aura Bogado
An Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust An Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust
"It is intellectually inconsistent for Harvard to invest in fossil fuel companies while our faculty publicize the consequences of inaction on climate change and continued foss...
Apr 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Tax Loopholes for All! Tax Loopholes for All!
Tax Day is here, and you can avail yourself of an offshore tax haven—just as the biggest businesses do.
Apr 15, 2013 / Laura Flanders
John Nichols: How Saturday Mail Was Saved From Austerity John Nichols: How Saturday Mail Was Saved From Austerity
The USPS is not the only public service under full frontal attack. How did it stay standing?
Apr 12, 2013 / Press Room
Arizona’s Unprecedented Assault on Students Arizona’s Unprecedented Assault on Students
With HB 2169, which prohibits the use of student fees for political advocacy, students are the new victims of Arizona's right-wing regime.
Apr 12, 2013 / StudentNation / Maxwell Love and StudentNation
Tell Secretary of State John Kerry: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline Tell Secretary of State John Kerry: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
Join Bill McKibben in signing The Nation's open letter urging Secretary Kerry to consider his legacy and to find the courage to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
Apr 12, 2013 / NationAction
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/12/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/12/13)
In the latest picks, activists organize around education, economist Richard Wolff tells it like it is and Farc and the Colombian government make progress towards peace. Who said no...
Apr 12, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation