May Day 2012: Love in a Hopeless Place? May Day 2012: Love in a Hopeless Place?
May Day in New York was chaotic, creative and diffuse. Was it a glimpse of what’s to come? Or a the wreckage of what’s left on the left?
May 3, 2012 / Laura Flanders
A Guide to May Day A Guide to May Day
This year, with the Occupy movement taking full advantage of May Day’s historic significance, we're likely to see the greatest explosion of outrage at the excesses of capital...
Apr 27, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Student Activism as the Tip of the Spear: Raising the Minimum Wage in San Jose Student Activism as the Tip of the Spear: Raising the Minimum Wage in San Jose
A group of thirty San Jose State students recently put their studies into practice and launched a campaign that has gained the support of young labor activists, community group...
Apr 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Amy B. Dean
Time to Undo ALEC’s Damage Time to Undo ALEC’s Damage
ALEC claims that its real focus is “economic vitality.” Its investment in restrictive Voter ID and “kill at will” Stand Your Ground laws says otherwise.
Apr 17, 2012 / Brentin Mock
Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare Raising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare
Neither Republicans nor Democrats treat parenting as work, and thousands of poor women are living in poverty today as living proof of that fact.
Apr 16, 2012 / Laura Flanders
The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism
Katniss Everdeen is a new kind of pop heroine. No boy-crazy shopaholic, she's a complex character on a quest of her own.
Apr 3, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Participatory Democracy: From the Port Huron Statement to Occupy Wall Street Participatory Democracy: From the Port Huron Statement to Occupy Wall Street
On its fiftieth anniversary, the founding declaration of SDS echoes today in democracy movements around the world.
Mar 27, 2012 / Feature / Tom Hayden
This Week in Poverty: Paul Ryan’s Focus on Dignity This Week in Poverty: Paul Ryan’s Focus on Dignity
The congressman’s moral rhetoric doesn't square with his cruel budget.
Mar 23, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann
The Truth About Muslim Student Associations The Truth About Muslim Student Associations
My years in an MSA were spent packing lunches for the homeless, mentoring high school kids and learning about my faith with my best friends.
Mar 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy
In Defense Of ‘The Help’ In Defense Of ‘The Help’
Though complicated by controversy, a weekend in Los Angeles with thirty domestic workers underscores the power of Hollywood to propel social change.
Feb 27, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Ilyse Hogue