Activism

America’s Socialist Legacy America’s Socialist Legacy

 As the right works to portray Obama as a socialist, John Nichols explains how positive socialist ideals have been blacklisted from our political discourse.

Feb 15, 2011 / Press Room

Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining

A harmful coal extraction technique has sparked a growing movement across the central Appalachian region.

Feb 15, 2011 / Huffington Post

Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining

A harmful coal extraction technique has sparked a growing movement across the central Appalachian region.

Feb 15, 2011 / Press Room

Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month

Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month

The Nation’s editors—from its abolitionist founders to the present—have always provided space for those persistent and too-often lonely voices inveighing against the evils of racial injustice. In this archival slide show, we present a small sampling of the many timeless articles highlighting issues of race and civil rights from The Nation’s past 146 years.

Feb 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

On Civil Liberties, War, Crony Capitalism: Ron Paul Is Saying Some Things Democrats Should Be Saying On Civil Liberties, War, Crony Capitalism: Ron Paul Is Saying Some Things Democrats Should Be Saying

Paul is wrong about a lot of things. But his willingness to defend civil liberties without apology, to criticize dictators and the US policies that support them, to call for b...

Feb 14, 2011 / John Nichols

Marking Black History Month Marking Black History Month

To mark Black History Month, here's a list of groups working to confront the persistent and pernicious stain of racism.

Feb 14, 2011 / Peter Rothberg

Valentine’s Message: Home Is Where the Heart Is Valentine’s Message: Home Is Where the Heart Is

Tenant leaders around the country unite for Valentine's Day demonstrations and direct actions against cuts to Housing and Urban Development programs.

Feb 14, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Obama and Egypt’s Revolution Obama and Egypt’s Revolution

It was the strength of the Egyptian people who brought down Mubarak and Obama made it clear that it was Egypt, not the US, which would decide Egypt's future. 

Feb 14, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Saudi Arabia’s Fear of Egypt Saudi Arabia’s Fear of Egypt

The Saudis are nervous. And they should be. They're a wealthy gated community next to a teeming slum. And the slum dwellers are angry.

Feb 13, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Ramona Steps Down Ramona Steps Down

Ramona Ripston, who is stepping down after forty years as the head of the ACLU of Southern California, transformed the meaning of civil liberties.

Feb 11, 2011 / Jon Wiener

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