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What You Need to Know About the Indiana University Strike

What You Need to Know About the Indiana University Strike What You Need to Know About the Indiana University Strike

This week, students and staff will walk out of class and off the job in support of a comprehensive set of demands for worker rights and economic equity.

Apr 8, 2013 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky and StudentNation

This Week: For Media Democracy This Week: For Media Democracy

Some perspective on the concentration of the press in the power of a few and the dangers of media consolidation.

Apr 6, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Labor Leader Ai-jen Poo: We Are All Domestic Workers Now

Labor Leader Ai-jen Poo: We Are All Domestic Workers Now Labor Leader Ai-jen Poo: We Are All Domestic Workers Now

The head of the National Domestic Workers Alliance discusses disappointments dealt by Democratic politicians, the challenges of sustaining non-union labor groups and how to confron...

Apr 5, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson

Live From the National Conference for Media Reform

Live From the National Conference for Media Reform Live From the National Conference for Media Reform

Watch Dave Zirin, Aura Bogado and other Nation writers at the National Conference for Media Reform's livestream, right here at TheNation.com.

Apr 5, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Ryan Devereaux: Just How Important Is New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Trial?

Ryan Devereaux: Just How Important Is New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Trial? Ryan Devereaux: Just How Important Is New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Trial?

For men of color in New York, getting stopped-and-frisked is a daily reality. Will the courts do anything to change it? 

Apr 5, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Former Walmart District Manager Accuses Company of Widespread Inventory Manipulation

Former Walmart District Manager Accuses Company of Widespread Inventory Manipulation Former Walmart District Manager Accuses Company of Widespread Inventory Manipulation

The charges form the crux of a federal discrimination lawsuit that goes to trial this month.

Apr 5, 2013 / Spencer Woodman

A New Chicago Freedom Ride

A New Chicago Freedom Ride A New Chicago Freedom Ride

Past shuttered schools and glass-strewn vacant lots, the Chicago Teachers Union documents the likely toll of Rahm Emanuel's latest disastrous education plan.

Apr 5, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein

On Roger Ebert, 1942-2013

On Roger Ebert, 1942-2013 On Roger Ebert, 1942-2013

Ebert was a great popularizer of discussion about the arts, and we'd do well not to forget that.

Apr 5, 2013 / Blog / Michelle Dean

The ‘Undo-Everything’ Congress: What the Press Doesn’t See The ‘Undo-Everything’ Congress: What the Press Doesn’t See

The hard-right wing exerts an oversized influence on our gridlocked Congress, thanks in part to a Beltway media enamored of them.

Apr 5, 2013 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

I Shattered My Leg at the NCAA Tournament and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

I Shattered My Leg at the NCAA Tournament and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt I Shattered My Leg at the NCAA Tournament and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

Adidas and the NCAA now have a t-shirt to commemerate Kevin Ware's broken leg.

Apr 3, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin

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