The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street The Audacity of Occupy Wall Street
The protesters have put their faith in the last seemingly credible force in the world: each other.
Nov 2, 2011 / Decade in Review / Richard Kim
OWS@TNS: Bringing Occupy Wall Street into the Classroom OWS@TNS: Bringing Occupy Wall Street into the Classroom
The New School, with its tradition of outspoken dialogue and free debate, is probably the ideal site for an OWS teach-in.
Nov 2, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Meeting Offers Syracuse Students Chance to Learn About Occupy Movement Meeting Offers Syracuse Students Chance to Learn About Occupy Movement
A Syracuse senior issues a call to action.
Nov 2, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli
‘You Are the NOW of Now!’ The Future of (Online) Feminism ‘You Are the NOW of Now!’ The Future of (Online) Feminism
The proof-of-concept phase for feminist online movement-building is long past. Now it's time for a funded feminist web.
Nov 2, 2011 / Courtney E. Martin
Ai-jen Poo: Domestic Workers and the Roots of Exclusion Ai-jen Poo: Domestic Workers and the Roots of Exclusion
Domestic workers, many of them women of color or undocumented immigrants, are one of the most vulnerable labor pools when it comes to workplace abuses and sexual violence.
Nov 2, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas
Melissa Harris-Perry: The Occupy Movement Takes On Classroom Inequality Melissa Harris-Perry: The Occupy Movement Takes On Classroom Inequality
One out of five American children live in poverty. Among them, 40 percent of African-American children and 35 percent of Hispanic children live below the poverty line. We know this...
Nov 1, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Occupy Bowdoin Kicks Off Occupy Bowdoin Kicks Off
The anatomy of a movement at Bowdoin College.
Nov 1, 2011 / StudentNation / Erica Berry
What Is Occupy Wall Street About? What Is Occupy Wall Street About?
This video, courtesy of Occupy Animators, helps explain what’s at stake and why the new movement against economic inequality is growing so rapidly.
Nov 1, 2011 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Occupy Oakland Calls for a November 2 General Strike Occupy Oakland Calls for a November 2 General Strike
In less than two weeks, Occupy Oakland went from its first public action to calling for a city-wide general strike.
Nov 1, 2011 / Gabriel Thompson
Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change Katrina vanden Heuvel: People Are in Motion for Change
Katrina's first book, The Change I Believe In: Fighting for Progress in the Age of Obama, examines the systemic dysfunction that plagues American politics.
Oct 31, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room