Slide Show: Witness to the Egyptian Revolution Slide Show: Witness to the Egyptian Revolution
Aug 2, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
From the Debt Debate to a Hostage Revolt From the Debt Debate to a Hostage Revolt
The priorities of most Americans were casualties of this summer’s melodrama in Washington. This reality will drive independent citizen mobilizations challenging both Republic...
Aug 1, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sherry Wolf: Revolution in the Air Sherry Wolf: Revolution in the Air
There is a unique global upheaval underway, with activists borrowing certain protest tactics and creating others to be shared as revolutions around the world create progressive cha...
Jul 29, 2011 / Video / The Nation
The Trouble With Tomatoes: Slave Labor (and That Cardboard Taste) The Trouble With Tomatoes: Slave Labor (and That Cardboard Taste)
South Florida is a terrible place to grow tomatoes—or to work in the tomato fields.
Jul 27, 2011 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
‘Deadly Cocktail’ of War, Hunger and Climate Change in the Horn of Africa ‘Deadly Cocktail’ of War, Hunger and Climate Change in the Horn of Africa
The United Nations has called an emergency meeting to discuss the devastating famine in the horn of Africa.
Jul 22, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Bloomberg Goes ‘Beyond Coal’; Activists Step Up Protests Against Tar Sands Bloomberg Goes ‘Beyond Coal’; Activists Step Up Protests Against Tar Sands
Mayor Mike makes a $50 million donation to help the Sierra Club's “Beyond Coal” campaign. Meanwhile, Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein rally over a thousand demonstrators f...
Jul 21, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard
Youth Continue to Fight for Their Future Youth Continue to Fight for Their Future
Despite having the deck stacked overwhelmingly against them, students continue to fight for their future.
Jul 19, 2011 / The Notion / Allison Kilkenny
Egypt’s Activists: Democracy Is a Practical Process Egypt’s Activists: Democracy Is a Practical Process
Social media may not play as pivotal a role in Egypt's electoral process as it did in the initial phases of the revolution; rather, grassroots, in-person campaigning will sustain t...
Jul 18, 2011 / Video / The Nation
Egypt’s Activists: Where Will the Money Come From? Egypt’s Activists: Where Will the Money Come From?
The same free-market policies that drained Egypt's finances and widened the gap between rich and poor over the past several years are now being proposed to reinvigorate the economy...
Jul 18, 2011 / Video / The Nation
The Rebirth of Russian Civil Society The Rebirth of Russian Civil Society
A new generation of web-savvy civic activists are steadily builiding a participatory, nonideological and conspicuously patriotic movement against official corruption.
Jul 18, 2011 / Vadim Nikitin