Say No to Fracking Say No to Fracking
The early evidence from heavily fracked regions suggests that drilling and fracking operations represent a severe threat to the nation’s food security.
Nov 29, 2012 / NationAction
The Walmart Rebellion The Walmart Rebellion
This year’s historic strike wave is an indictment not just of the retail giant’s business model but of our broken labor laws.
Nov 28, 2012 / The Editors
How Students in San Jose Raised the Minimum Wage How Students in San Jose Raised the Minimum Wage
A regional college class made social justice happen on November 6.
Nov 28, 2012 / Gabriel Thompson
PHOTOESSAY: The Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways, One Month Out PHOTOESSAY: The Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways, One Month Out
Mutual aid is alive and well on the devastated peninsula, filling in where the government failed.
Nov 28, 2012 / StudentNation / Ayasha Guerin
Rolling Jubilee Is a Spark—Not the Solution Rolling Jubilee Is a Spark—Not the Solution
The campaign to buy and abolish debt was never intended to fix the debt crisis by itself. It’s an act of solidarity and an opportunity for public education.
Nov 27, 2012 / Andrew Ross and Astra Taylor
UC Irvine Students Vote to Divest From Israel UC Irvine Students Vote to Divest From Israel
Students showed resilience in the face of intimidation from school authorities and outside interest groups.
Nov 27, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy
‘No Services, No Rent’: NYCHA Residents Call For Action in Sandy’s Wake ‘No Services, No Rent’: NYCHA Residents Call For Action in Sandy’s Wake
NYC public housing residents call for a cancellation of rent following Hurricane Sandy and loss of basic services.
Nov 27, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
President Obama: We Had Your Back. Do You Have Ours? President Obama: We Had Your Back. Do You Have Ours?
Let President Obama know that Americans re-elected him with a mandate to make government work for 100 percent of the people.
Nov 26, 2012 / NationAction
Photos Show Walmart Apparel at Site of Deadly Factory Fire in Bangladesh Photos Show Walmart Apparel at Site of Deadly Factory Fire in Bangladesh
A monitoring organization is slamming Walmart for creating the conditions for the fire that killed 112 workers.
Nov 26, 2012 / Josh Eidelson
Jane McAlevey: Building the Labor Movement in Obama’s Second Term Jane McAlevey: Building the Labor Movement in Obama’s Second Term
With a Democrat again in the White House for the next four years, the labor movement has won some much-needed breathing room, says organizer and author Jane McAlevey.
Nov 26, 2012 / Laura Flanders