Dispatches From the US Student Movement: February 15 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: February 15
This week, students converge on Raleigh and Pasadena, ramp up BDS and occupy Adidas. With Scott Walker sticking around, what's next for Wisconsin's grad TAs? What do studen...
Feb 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/15/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/15/13)
This week, articles critique the spotty broadband coverage in the United States, our complacent foreign policy in the Middle East, the idealistic education proposals in Barack Obam...
Feb 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
One Billion Rising One Billion Rising
After breaking the silence around physical violence against women, will the global mobilization take on the economy?
Feb 14, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Make Organizing a Civil Right Make Organizing a Civil Right
It’s time to tie worker rights to “Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall.”
Feb 14, 2013 / Feature / Richard D. Kahlenberg and Moshe Z. Marvit
Bill McKibben: Stopping Keystone XL For Good Bill McKibben: Stopping Keystone XL For Good
"We're not going to outspend the fossil fuel industry," the 350.org founder explains. "We have to find other currencies to work in, and those are the currencies of movements."
Feb 13, 2013 / Francis Reynolds
Aura Bogado: Why Won’t Obama Halt Deportations? Aura Bogado: Why Won’t Obama Halt Deportations?
What didn't Obama say about immigration in his State of the Union address? The Nation’s Aura Bogado breaks it down at Democracy Now!
Feb 13, 2013 / Press Room
What Obama Didn’t Say on Immigration at the State of the Union What Obama Didn’t Say on Immigration at the State of the Union
Some undocumented immigrants expected more on immigration from Obama’s State of the Nation speech.
Feb 13, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Greek Factory Under Workers Control Greek Factory Under Workers Control
Greek workers are trying to kick-start production at a dormant factory and prove themselves a viable new model.
Feb 13, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
US District Judge Orders TUSD to Reinstate ‘Culturally Relevant Courses’ US District Judge Orders TUSD to Reinstate ‘Culturally Relevant Courses’
While unable to address the specific ban on the Mexican-American Studies program—which hinges on a federal court ruling with regard to Arizona’s ethnic studies law&mdas...
Feb 12, 2013 / StudentNation / Gabbriel Schivone and StudentNation
Divestment Conversation Moving Forward at UNH Divestment Conversation Moving Forward at UNH
Student activists at the University of New Hampshire have succeed in convincing the school's president to convene a forum on the issue of fossil fuel divestment.
Feb 12, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation