Activism

Cornell NYC Tech’s Alarming Ties to the Israeli Occupation

Cornell NYC Tech’s Alarming Ties to the Israeli Occupation Cornell NYC Tech’s Alarming Ties to the Israeli Occupation

Community members are concerned about Cornell’s partnership with Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, whose research and development help sustain Israel’s occupatio...

Mar 1, 2013 / Adam Hudson

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1

This week, students across the country rail against program cuts, tuition hikes and racist university policies. What’s next for reproductive justice in Alabama? Could Congres...

Mar 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/1/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/1/13)

Forecasts look gloomy from Chicago to Greece as politicians play on economic fears, but there are patches of sunlight in places like Chile, where factions are joining to protest ne...

Mar 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions

This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions This Week in Poverty: Gangnam-Style Counting With Senator Jeff Sessions

Republican Senator Jeff Sessions uses some very creative math to prove that people in poverty have incomes that are similar to the middle class.

Mar 1, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Honoring Rosa Parks Requires More Than a Statue

Honoring Rosa Parks Requires More Than a Statue Honoring Rosa Parks Requires More Than a Statue

The memorial to Parks turned her into a meek and redemptive figure—instead of the radical freedom fighter she was until the end of her life.

Feb 28, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Marwa Amer and Jeanne Theoharis

A Fierce Green Planet A Fierce Green Planet

The argument that we’re living in a new golden age of documentaries will be significantly furthered tomorrow with the release of A Fierce Green Fire, the first major cinemati...

Feb 28, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

Ari Berman: Why Is the Voting Rights Act on the Chopping Block?

Ari Berman: Why Is the Voting Rights Act on the Chopping Block? Ari Berman: Why Is the Voting Rights Act on the Chopping Block?

Ari Berman appears on Washington Journal to debate the importance of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act—which is currently under review by the Supreme Court.

Feb 27, 2013 / Press Room

Stephane Hessel: There Is Always an Alternative to Injustice

Stephane Hessel: There Is Always an Alternative to Injustice Stephane Hessel: There Is Always an Alternative to Injustice

Remembering the French resistance spy, diplomat, Buchenwald survivor and human rights defender.

Feb 27, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Challenging Georgia’s Ban on Undocumented Students

Challenging Georgia’s Ban on Undocumented Students Challenging Georgia’s Ban on Undocumented Students

As the national debate on comprehensive immigration reform heats up, Georgia activists are fighting racist state-level policy.

Feb 27, 2013 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers and StudentNation

What’s Next for the Student Divestment Movement?

What’s Next for the Student Divestment Movement? What’s Next for the Student Divestment Movement?

Students are rising up and taking action to make their voices heard on divestment. Everyone, from Shell and Exxon to Boards of Trustees to President Obama, should stop and take not...

Feb 26, 2013 / StudentNation / Caitlin Kidder and StudentNation

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