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Remembering Bob Edgar [VIDEO] Remembering Bob Edgar [VIDEO]
Common Cause CEO Bob Edgar died last week. As New Yorkers, among others, push forward on bills to change campaign financing, it's worth remembering his words.
Apr 29, 2013 / Laura Flanders
RISD Students Stage First Fossil Fuel Divestment Sit-In RISD Students Stage First Fossil Fuel Divestment Sit-In
Student activists are demanding that President Maeda endorse divestment from the coal, gas, and oil industries and commit to presenting the case for divestment to the Board of Trus...
Apr 29, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor, Occupy Plan May Day Protests Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor, Occupy Plan May Day Protests
The upcoming protests have already attracted the attention of authorities—including the FBI.
Apr 29, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
You Are a Guinea Pig You Are a Guinea Pig
How Americans unwittingly entered—and become exposed to biohazards in—the greatest uncontrolled experiment ever launched.
Apr 29, 2013 / David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz
Stay Out of Syria! Part II Stay Out of Syria! Part II
The New York Times blows the cover off the Syrian rebel movement.
Apr 29, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Fighter by His Trade: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Sports and the American Dream A Fighter by His Trade: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Sports and the American Dream
Sports have been a historic avenue for immigrant acceptance in the US, but Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s story shows just how much that’s changed.
Apr 29, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Chilean Students Run For Congress Chilean Students Run For Congress
Several former Chilean student leaders are capitalizing on their high approval ratings to run for Congress and challenge Chile binomial voting system.
Apr 28, 2013 / StudentNation / Brittany Peterson and StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/28/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/28/13)
Gender segmentation still prevails in the workplace, the greenery of West Virginia hides the scars of strip mining and Canada's border service holds off on capturing terror sus...
Apr 28, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Sequestration 101: If a Budget Cut Doesn’t Impact the Wealthy, Congress Won’t Fix It Sequestration 101: If a Budget Cut Doesn’t Impact the Wealthy, Congress Won’t Fix It
The poor have long known that a budget cut passed in Congress means hardship in real life. Now middle-class Americans realize that, too.
Apr 28, 2013 / Bryce Covert
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: George W. Bush Opens His Presidential Library & Collective Amnesia Reigns This Week in ‘Nation’ History: George W. Bush Opens His Presidential Library & Collective Amnesia Reigns
The Nation's archive helps us remember.
Apr 27, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel