This Week in Poverty: Twelve Things You Can Do To Fight Poverty Now This Week in Poverty: Twelve Things You Can Do To Fight Poverty Now
It’s a tough moment in the fight against poverty, but twelve anti-poverty leaders have suggestions of what you can do right now to take action.
May 10, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
Against Connecting Terrorist ‘Dots’ Against Connecting Terrorist ‘Dots’
The last thing we need is having US police intelligence departments tracking down leads from the Russian secret service.
May 10, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Fast Food Strike Wave Spreads to Detroit Fast Food Strike Wave Spreads to Detroit
The non-union fast food walkout follows similar actions in New York, Chicago and St. Louis.
May 10, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
A Petition That Just Might Save the Post Office A Petition That Just Might Save the Post Office
Congressman Peter DeFazio is calling on Americans to ask President Obama to stand up for rural post offices, urban sorting centers and an essential American service.
May 10, 2013 / John Nichols
Why Is Tom Corbett Speaking at Millersville’s Commencement? Why Is Tom Corbett Speaking at Millersville’s Commencement?
In a case of shaking-the-hand-that-slaps you, the Pennsylvania state school will host the Tea Party governor for its May 18 commencement. To whose benefit?
May 10, 2013 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky and StudentNation
The Cleveland Horror and a Week of Violence Against Women The Cleveland Horror and a Week of Violence Against Women
The kidnapped women in Cleveland, sexual assault in the military, the NRA’s “Ex-Girlfriend” bleeding target—do we see a pattern?
May 9, 2013 / Leslie Savan
Race, Redemption and Charles Ramsey Race, Redemption and Charles Ramsey
With his criminal record dragged into the light, Cleveland “hero” Charles Ramsey is being widely defended as more than his violent past. Can we learn from this?
May 9, 2013 / Liliana Segura
As Semester Winds Down, Divestment Heats Up As Semester Winds Down, Divestment Heats Up
At semester’s end, many student leaders involved with campus divestment campaigns will graduate. But the struggle grows stronger.
May 9, 2013 / StudentNation / Kevin Proft and StudentNation
Suicides or Hate Crimes in Immigrant Detention? Suicides or Hate Crimes in Immigrant Detention?
Two Guatemalan immigrants apparently commited suicide just two days apart at an Arizona detention center. Some are wondering if their deaths were hate crimes.
May 9, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Mixing It Up Even More Mixing It Up Even More
Anagramming is twisting an arm and gaming
May 9, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto