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Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 1

This week, students across the country rail against program cuts, tuition hikes and racist university policies. What’s next for reproductive justice in Alabama? Could Congres...

Mar 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/1/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/1/13)

Forecasts look gloomy from Chicago to Greece as politicians play on economic fears, but there are patches of sunlight in places like Chile, where factions are joining to protest ne...

Mar 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Ari Berman: Why Is the Voting Rights Act on the Chopping Block?

Ari Berman: Why Is the Voting Rights Act on the Chopping Block? Ari Berman: Why Is the Voting Rights Act on the Chopping Block?

Ari Berman appears on Washington Journal to debate the importance of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act—which is currently under review by the Supreme Court.

Feb 27, 2013 / Press Room

Stephane Hessel: There Is Always an Alternative to Injustice

Stephane Hessel: There Is Always an Alternative to Injustice Stephane Hessel: There Is Always an Alternative to Injustice

Remembering the French resistance spy, diplomat, Buchenwald survivor and human rights defender.

Feb 27, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

You Wearing Your Hoodie Today?

You Wearing Your Hoodie Today? You Wearing Your Hoodie Today?

Trayvon Martin’s death is important because it illustrates that race continues to mark the difference between life and death. 

Feb 26, 2013 / Aura Bogado

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/22/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/22/13)

This week's articles critique the United Nations, big labor, big business, the mainstream media and President Obama.

 

Feb 22, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Feminism Has Come a Long Way—or Has It?

Feminism Has Come a Long Way—or Has It? Feminism Has Come a Long Way—or Has It?

The last century—and the next—of women’s struggle for justice.

Feb 21, 2013 / Ruth Rosen

Time to Go Beyond Judging Rihanna and Chris Brown

Time to Go Beyond Judging Rihanna and Chris Brown Time to Go Beyond Judging Rihanna and Chris Brown

Nineteen years after the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, we need to reauthorize. We also need to do more.

Feb 15, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/15/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/15/13)

This week, articles critique the spotty broadband coverage in the United States, our complacent foreign policy in the Middle East, the idealistic education proposals in Barack Obam...

Feb 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Aura Bogado: Why Won’t Obama Halt Deportations?

Aura Bogado: Why Won’t Obama Halt Deportations? Aura Bogado: Why Won’t Obama Halt Deportations?

What didn't Obama say about immigration in his State of the Union address? The Nation’s Aura Bogado breaks it down at Democracy Now!

Feb 13, 2013 / Press Room

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