Full Employment is Possible! Robert Pollin (VIDEO) Full Employment is Possible! Robert Pollin (VIDEO)
The world’s best president could roll back every last anti-organizing law and set organizers on a mission to sign up every last employed American. Still, the standing pool ...
Jul 30, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Having AIDS Is Not a Crime: A DC March Demands an End to Discriminatory Police Tactics Having AIDS Is Not a Crime: A DC March Demands an End to Discriminatory Police Tactics
Outside the International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, thousands of activists took to the White House to call for an end to the laws that drive the epidemic.
Jul 27, 2012 / Melissa Gira Grant
Protest Greets the International AIDS Conference in DC Protest Greets the International AIDS Conference in DC
With the return of the largest global AIDS conference to the US after a two decade absence, marginalized groups are still fighting for a seat at the table.
Jul 24, 2012 / Melissa Gira Grant
Destroying the Commons Destroying the Commons
How the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta.
Jul 23, 2012 / Noam Chomsky
Minnesota Voter ID Amendment Draws Youth Activists Minnesota Voter ID Amendment Draws Youth Activists
Minnesota’s voter ID is creating a new generation of activists fighting for social justice. Miracle Randle is one of them.
Jul 18, 2012 / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
Man Sets Himself on Fire During Tel Aviv March Man Sets Himself on Fire During Tel Aviv March
The act triggered further protest against inequality and the cost of housing.
Jul 16, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/12/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/12/12)
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Jul 12, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Today’s Social Justice Heroes Today’s Social Justice Heroes
Let’s celebrate a new generation of activists who challenge the powerful and mobilize the masses.
Jul 11, 2012 / Feature / Peter Dreier
This Week in Poverty: The Soul Sisters This Week in Poverty: The Soul Sisters
Sister Simone Campbell talks about the Nuns on the Bus and their work to address poverty in America.
Jul 6, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
Workers vs. Investors: Chicago Window Factory in Danger of Liquidation Workers vs. Investors: Chicago Window Factory in Danger of Liquidation
The workers at Republic Windows and Doors have formed a co-op, New Era Windows, and made a bid to buy the plant. The factory’s current owners seem intent on selling off its p...
Jul 5, 2012 / Laura Flanders