Student Activists Occupy Novartis Student Activists Occupy Novartis
Activists in New York City, Boston and Washington, DC take over Novartis offices warning that pharma giant Novartis’ lawsuit in India could deny lifesaving medicines to milli...
Feb 22, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Why the Media Love the Violence of Protesters and Not of Banks Why the Media Love the Violence of Protesters and Not of Banks
As Occupy heads into the spring, the movement’s initial honeymoon phase is coming to a close.
Feb 21, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit
Occupy Colleges Stages National Teach-Ins Occupy Colleges Stages National Teach-Ins
Schools coast to coast hold teach-ins in preparation for March 1 nationwide march for education.
Feb 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Diana Delgado
Help Save the Montes Family Help Save the Montes Family
This heartbreaking video describes the outrageously unfair detention and deportation of an innocent man and the callous means by which immigration officials casually tear famil...
Feb 17, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
This Week in Poverty: Obama’s Budget, Your Server’s Budget This Week in Poverty: Obama’s Budget, Your Server’s Budget
If Obama wants his actions to match his rhetoric about helping the poor, he needs to show a lot more leadership.
Feb 17, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
For-Profit Higher Ed and the Occupy Movement For-Profit Higher Ed and the Occupy Movement
A Harper's journalist recently went undercover as a University of Phoenix student. What he found was an "education" that was anything but--and a prime example of how the ...
Feb 16, 2012 / Dana Goldstein
From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/16) From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/16)
Each week, The Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.
Feb 16, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Occupying the SEC for a Stronger Volcker Rule Occupying the SEC for a Stronger Volcker Rule
In a public comment to the SEC, an Occupy working group details troubling loopholes in the Volcker Rule, part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill.
Feb 16, 2012 / Rachel Signer
John Nichols: Wisconsin’s Uprising John Nichols: Wisconsin’s Uprising
Early 2011 was a dark time for the American left, until the Wisconsin protests began.
Feb 16, 2012 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas
John Nichols: What Do Barack Obama and Scott Walker Have in Common? John Nichols: What Do Barack Obama and Scott Walker Have in Common?
Wisconsin's fight back against Governor Walker is the most transformational movement in a long time.
Feb 15, 2012 / Press Room