Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (5/2/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (5/2/12)
Each week, Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.
May 3, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Scott Walker’s Austerity Agenda Is Losing Scott Walker’s Austerity Agenda Is Losing
A new independent poll from Wisconsin shows the anti-labor governor's approval ratings are tanking, and the leading Democratic candidate has moved narrowly ahead of him.
May 3, 2012 / John Nichols
New Study Says One Quarter of Young People Can’t Make Ends Meet New Study Says One Quarter of Young People Can’t Make Ends Meet
What lifestyle choices has the recession forced on you?
May 3, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Columbia Students Join New York’s May Day Columbia Students Join New York’s May Day
More than one hundred Columbia students congregated in the middle of campus to express solidarity with labor and their own personal frustrations with an economy that is run incre...
May 3, 2012 / StudentNation / Janine Balekdjian
London Chooses a Mayor—Again London Chooses a Mayor—Again
It’s hard to say which would be worse—four more years of Boris’s braying on behalf of Britain’s oppressed bankers or four more years of Ken’s overween...
May 3, 2012 / D.D. Guttenplan
Five Overlooked Battles in the War on Women Five Overlooked Battles in the War on Women
The war on women is real, but it doesn’t stop with abortion—or here at home.
May 3, 2012 / Jessica Valenti
Democratic Senate and House Leaders Call for the Resignation of an NLRB Member Democratic Senate and House Leaders Call for the Resignation of an NLRB Member
Members angered by leaks to Romney campaign and subsequent denials.
May 3, 2012 / George Zornick
Too Hot Not to Notice? Too Hot Not to Notice?
A planet connected by wild weather.
May 3, 2012 / Bill McKibben
Imitation Outrage: Faking Concern for the Chinese Masses Imitation Outrage: Faking Concern for the Chinese Masses
We do not care a whit about their human rights as long as they satiate our unbridled appetites.
May 3, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Massive May Day Turnout Highlights Media’s Disconnect From Reality Massive May Day Turnout Highlights Media’s Disconnect From Reality
How the establishment media failed during their May Day coverage.
May 3, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny