‘Illegal’ ‘Illegal’
Why high-school honor students are being thrown in jail.
Jun 22, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
This Week in Poverty: Ms. Vasquez Goes to Washington This Week in Poverty: Ms. Vasquez Goes to Washington
Houston janitor Adriana Vasquez travels to Congress and asks Jamie Dimon one simple question.
Jun 22, 2012 / Blog / Greg Kaufmann
Can Street Violence Be Fought Like a Virus? Can Street Violence Be Fought Like a Virus?
CeaseFire Chicago, pioneered by an infectious disease expert, has been heralded as an unprecedented success. Will a summer spike in homicides threaten the program in other cities w...
Jun 21, 2012 / Jeff Deeney
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (6/20/12) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (6/20/12)
Our media coverage is often dominated by one big story that crowds out nearly everything else. As an antidote, every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and ch...
Jun 21, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Thousands of Doctors Strike in UK Protest Over Pensions Thousands of Doctors Strike in UK Protest Over Pensions
Thousands of doctors strike in the UK over changes to their pensions. Are they greedy, or does society have skewed priorities?
Jun 21, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Score So Far at the University of Missouri: Books 0, Football Coach $2.7 Million Score So Far at the University of Missouri: Books 0, Football Coach $2.7 Million
A university press is placed on the chopping block while the school’s head coach is paid nearly seven times its annual operation cost.
Jun 20, 2012 / Blog / Katha Pollitt
‘Jamie Dimon, You’re No Good. The People Need a Robin Hood’ (VIDEO) ‘Jamie Dimon, You’re No Good. The People Need a Robin Hood’ (VIDEO)
Nurses and their allies launch a national campaign to push for a tax on financial transactions.
Jun 20, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Father’s Day March Unites Thousands Against NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy Father’s Day March Unites Thousands Against NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy
Community members gathered to protest the discriminatory practice that has increased by 600 percent since Mayor Bloomberg took office.
Jun 19, 2012 / Max Rivlin-Nadler and Andrea Jones
Activists Protest G20 While US Media Talk Trivialities Activists Protest G20 While US Media Talk Trivialities
Thousands of activists in Mexico continue to protest the G20 while certain US media pundits blather away about trivialities.
Jun 19, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Help Stop Torture Help Stop Torture
A grand coalition of religious and human rights groups is sponsoring a month of actions aimed at ending torture sponsored or enabled by the United States.
Jun 18, 2012 / Blog / Peter Rothberg