Help Gulf Residents Reclaim Their Lives Help Gulf Residents Reclaim Their Lives
It's outrageous that, nearly two years after the spill, not a single bill has been signed into law to protect or restore the ecosystem and communities of the Gulf.
Apr 18, 2012 / NationAction
Police, Protests and Pepper Spray in California Police, Protests and Pepper Spray in California
According to a new report, the pepper spraying of peacefully protesting UC Davis students last year “should and could have been prevented.”
Apr 18, 2012 / Tom Hayden
Hundreds Protest America’s Crooked Tax System Hundreds Protest America’s Crooked Tax System
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets yesterday to protest America’s crooked tax system, in which the richest corporations and individuals avoid paying taxes and the res...
Apr 18, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
The Green Festival in New York The Green Festival in New York
The Green Festival is a two-day party with a very serious objective: expanding popular support for policies aimed at ecological sustainability and social justice.
Apr 17, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Student Activism as the Tip of the Spear: Raising the Minimum Wage in San Jose Student Activism as the Tip of the Spear: Raising the Minimum Wage in San Jose
A group of thirty San Jose State students recently put their studies into practice and launched a campaign that has gained the support of young labor activists, community group...
Apr 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Amy B. Dean
Time to Undo ALEC’s Damage Time to Undo ALEC’s Damage
ALEC claims that its real focus is “economic vitality.” Its investment in restrictive Voter ID and “kill at will” Stand Your Ground laws says otherwise.
Apr 17, 2012 / Brentin Mock
NYPD Arrests Occupiers For ‘Sleepful Protest’ NYPD Arrests Occupiers For ‘Sleepful Protest’
Ending its brief "truce" with OWS activists last night, the NYPD arrested some of the protesters who have been sleeping in front of the New York Stock Exchange all w...
Apr 17, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Five Ways to Support Re-Occupation Five Ways to Support Re-Occupation
A guide.
Apr 16, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Scott Walker Goes All In for NRA/ALEC ‘Shoot First’ Agenda Scott Walker Goes All In for NRA/ALEC ‘Shoot First’ Agenda
Forget Mitt Romney. Wisconsin’s governor gets a hero’s welcome at the NRA convention, with a gun-talk laden speech that claims his critics “want to take me o...
Apr 16, 2012 / John Nichols
Participatory Budgeting Hits New York City Participatory Budgeting Hits New York City
Residents in four New York City districts had the chance to allocate funding for community improvement themselves. Can participatory budgeting make American democracy less lonely?
Apr 16, 2012 / Elizabeth Whitman