Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition
As the school year draws to an end, activists fear that this tuition decision marks the end of free higher education in the United States.
Apr 23, 2013 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia and StudentNation
Tell President Obama: Halt Deportations Now Tell President Obama: Halt Deportations Now
While Congress debates, President Obama could make a real difference in the lives of the 11 million undocumented immigrants who have made their home in the United States.
Apr 23, 2013 / NationAction
Jeremy Scahill: America’s Secret Wars Around the World Jeremy Scahill: America’s Secret Wars Around the World
Under a Democratic administration's military crusade, the US is putting out a global warrant for its own attack.
Apr 23, 2013 / Press Room
The ‘Thinspiration’ Behind an Impossible Ideal of Beauty The ‘Thinspiration’ Behind an Impossible Ideal of Beauty
Rooting out "thinspiration" in social media is a start, but we must not turn "thinspo" into a scapegoat.
Apr 23, 2013 / Chloe Angyal
Pennsylvania Think Tank Plans to ‘Slay’ Unions, Like in Wisconsin Pennsylvania Think Tank Plans to ‘Slay’ Unions, Like in Wisconsin
A fundraising letter obtained by The Nation lays out right-wing efforts in Pennsylvania to go after labor unions.
Apr 23, 2013 / Lee Fang
Exit of Wall Street–Friendly Max Baucus is No Loss for Democrats Exit of Wall Street–Friendly Max Baucus is No Loss for Democrats
The Senate Finance Committee chair who often clashed with party progressives and populists is quitting. A very different Democrat might replace him.
Apr 23, 2013 / John Nichols
Jeremy Scahill: The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen Jeremy Scahill: The Secret Story Behind Obama’s Assassination of Two Americans in Yemen
Who were the al-Awlakis, and why did the US kill them?
Apr 23, 2013 / Press Room
Jeremy Scahill: Telling the Story of America’s Dirty Wars Jeremy Scahill: Telling the Story of America’s Dirty Wars
What do we know—and not know—about the US’s covert, extrajudicial ops?
Apr 23, 2013 / Press Room
277 Million Boston Bombings 277 Million Boston Bombings
The United States has dropped millions of cluster bombs on other countries that continue to kill today.
Apr 23, 2013 / Robert Scheer
The Austerity Doctrine Exposed The Austerity Doctrine Exposed
Budget cuts arise because of crises, not vice versa. Will congressional Republicans ever learn?
Apr 23, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel