Divine Intervention in the NFL Divine Intervention in the NFL
The big guy upstairs picks sides in the Super Bowl.
Feb 11, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Tell Congress: We Must Rein in the NSA Tell Congress: We Must Rein in the NSA
To truly end the NSA's out-of-control surveillance and abuse of power, we need real reform.
Feb 11, 2014 / NationAction
Samantha Retrosi: ‘Athletes Essentially Are Property of Corporate Sponsorship’ Samantha Retrosi: ‘Athletes Essentially Are Property of Corporate Sponsorship’
Speaking on C-SPAN, former US Olympic luge member Samantha Retrosi spoke about the tenuous position of amateur athletes.
Feb 10, 2014 / Press Room
This Week in the Student Movement: Citywide Walkouts, Athlete Unions, MICATS3, Operation Guinea Pig This Week in the Student Movement: Citywide Walkouts, Athlete Unions, MICATS3, Operation Guinea Pig
From Raleigh to Olympia, students mobilize for worker justice, prison abolition and educational equity.
Feb 10, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
A Snow Day Cost This Woman Her Job at Whole Foods A Snow Day Cost This Woman Her Job at Whole Foods
All over the country, parents are losing jobs because of conflicting orders: public health officials instructing parents to keep kids home, and bosses threatening to fire workers w...
Feb 10, 2014 / Ellen Bravo
Rand Paul Gets the Math Wrong on the Minimum Wage Rand Paul Gets the Math Wrong on the Minimum Wage
Paul claims that increasing the minimum wage leads to higher unemployment; actual economists disagree.
Feb 10, 2014 / Barbara Koeppel
De Blasio Signals Break With Bloomberg Era in State of the City Speech De Blasio Signals Break With Bloomberg Era in State of the City Speech
The mayor traded applause lines for critique and permitted comparisons of his ambition to La Guardia's.
Feb 10, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
Dave Zirin: Celebration Capitalism at the Sochi Games Dave Zirin: Celebration Capitalism at the Sochi Games
In a panel at the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Nation sports editor Dave Zirin discusses the myriad controversies swirling around the Sochi Olympics.
Feb 10, 2014 / Press Room
‘Right Now the System Works Very Well for Developers.’ Will de Blasio Update Zoning Policy? ‘Right Now the System Works Very Well for Developers.’ Will de Blasio Update Zoning Policy?
Squaring community needs with developers’ desires requires not kinder-and-gentler rezoning but a new process for shaping the city.
Feb 10, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
Sexual Assault Policies Under Fire at Columbia Sexual Assault Policies Under Fire at Columbia
Students are asking Columbia to disclose sexual assault statistics and make the process easier for survivors.
Feb 10, 2014 / StudentNation / Austin Ryan Heyroth and StudentNation