Activism

Harvard Vice President Reluctantly Accepts Signatures for Fossil Fuel Divestment

Harvard Vice President Reluctantly Accepts Signatures for Fossil Fuel Divestment Harvard Vice President Reluctantly Accepts Signatures for Fossil Fuel Divestment

The Divest Harvard campaign achieved a small but not insignificant victory this morning.

Apr 12, 2013 / StudentNation / Alli Welton and StudentNation

This Week in Poverty: Banks Got Nowhere to Run To, Baby

This Week in Poverty: Banks Got Nowhere to Run To, Baby This Week in Poverty: Banks Got Nowhere to Run To, Baby

The Big Banks are fleeing activists and shareholders who are challenging their bad practices. They can run, but they can't hide.

Apr 12, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

IU on Strike

IU on Strike IU on Strike

Students, workers and faculty are striking today and tomorrow in protest of massive tuition hikes, wage freezes and lack of diversity at IU.

Apr 11, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Do the Math: The Movie

Do the Math: The Movie Do the Math: The Movie

The Do the Math Movie tells the story of the rising movement trying to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis and fight the fossil fuel industry.

Apr 10, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

Dispatches From the US Student Movement Dispatches From the US Student Movement

From the All in the Red Collective in New York to the Oxy Sexual Assault Coalition in California, young activists are on the march.

Apr 10, 2013 / The Editors

Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal

Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal

The committee has recommended divestment only three times in its entire history.

Apr 10, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Stand With Indiana University Strikers

Stand With Indiana University Strikers Stand With Indiana University Strikers

Add your name to The Nation's open letter supporting the strikers' demands and imploring Indiana University to refrain from punishing students who choose to strike.

Apr 10, 2013 / NationAction

Foreclosure Review Report Shows That the OCC Continues to Bury Wall Street’s Bodies

Foreclosure Review Report Shows That the OCC Continues to Bury Wall Street’s Bodies Foreclosure Review Report Shows That the OCC Continues to Bury Wall Street’s Bodies

A GAO examination of the Independent Foreclosure Review reveals massive levels of incompetence and negligence.

Apr 10, 2013 / Alexis Goldstein

What is Student Power? What is Student Power?

Right now, Barnard Columbia Divest and 255 other college divestment campaigns across the country are building student power through work on one goal: destruction of the fossil fuel...

Apr 9, 2013 / StudentNation / Daniela Lapidous and StudentNation

Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the ‘Stonewall’ of the Climate Movement?

Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the ‘Stonewall’ of the Climate Movement? Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the ‘Stonewall’ of the Climate Movement?

And if so, is that terrible news?

Apr 8, 2013 / Bill McKibben

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