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University Enrolls Illegal Immigrants University Enrolls Illegal Immigrants

Five undocumented immigrants joined the freshman class at the University of Pennsylvania this year.

Oct 18, 2010 / StudentNation / Anjali Tsui

Street & Digital Heat: Why We Need Both to Make Change Street & Digital Heat: Why We Need Both to Make Change

For real political change we need to combine the flexibility of digital organizing with the tangible results of on-the-ground activism.

Oct 18, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Dobbs and Pony Show: Snapshots of America’s Immigration Hypocrisy The Dobbs and Pony Show: Snapshots of America’s Immigration Hypocrisy

On Huffington Post, Isabel Macdonald asks whether the spectacle of Lou Dobbs's undocumented worker hypocrisy will force Obama to face this country's own immigration injustices?

Oct 18, 2010 / Press Room

Georgia Bans Undocumented Students From Top Schools Georgia Bans Undocumented Students From Top Schools

Georgia's decision to ban undocumented students from top state schools is part of a larger assault on Plyler vs. Doe, the decision that established the right to K-12 education fo...

Oct 18, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette

Nation Conversations: The Future of Film Criticism Nation Conversations: The Future of Film Criticism

The Nation's Stuart Klawans recently joined David Sterrit of the National Society of Film Critics and Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly for a panel discussion moderated by...

Oct 18, 2010 / The Nation

Sherrod Brown Seeing ‘Reds’ Over China Trade Sherrod Brown Seeing ‘Reds’ Over China Trade

A liberal Ohio senator uses an unfortunate baseball analogy.

Oct 18, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Indocumentados Trabajaron Para Dobbs Indocumentados Trabajaron Para Dobbs

Lou Dobbs regularmente arremetía contra los “empleadores de ilegales.” Sin embargo, el propio Dobbs utilizó mano de obra de indocumentados para qu...

Oct 18, 2010 / Isabel Macdonald

Penn Democrats Register 1,300 New Voters Penn Democrats Register 1,300 New Voters

Numbers show promise for voter turnout on campuses in Nov. 2 midterm election.

Oct 18, 2010 / StudentNation / Victor Gamez

The Campaign Trail: A Break From Politics The Campaign Trail: A Break From Politics

Canvassing the slums of Philadelphia gave one student an unexpected opportunity to climb down from the ivory tower and see the real impact of government policy for himself.

Oct 17, 2010 / StudentNation / Mike Madoff

Nobody Told Me There’d Be Days Like This… Nobody Told Me There’d Be Days Like This…

American culture from Saul Bellows to Janeane Garofalo to NPR.

Oct 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

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