Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage
As a last resort to end a fourteen-year campaign for a living wage, fifteen students are now on day six of a hunger strike.
Feb 23, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Occupy Colleges and the 2012 Election Occupy Colleges and the 2012 Election
"The youth didn't lose energy, we lost our leader."
Feb 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli
John Nichols: From Wisconsin to Zuccotti Park John Nichols: From Wisconsin to Zuccotti Park
What made the Wisconsin protests revolutionary?
Feb 23, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
John Nichols: From Wisconsin to Zuccotti Park John Nichols: From Wisconsin to Zuccotti Park
What made the Wisconsin protests revolutionary?
Feb 23, 2012 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas
From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/22) From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (2/22)
Each week, The Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.
Feb 23, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
In Defense of Republican Debates In Defense of Republican Debates
Think the GOP field is bad? Just imagine how much worse it would be without the debates.
Feb 23, 2012 / Ben Adler
Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill Denied a Seat at Issa’s Hearing, Georgetown Student Has Her Day on the Hill
Democrats held a hearing on Capitol Hill today to hear about women that have been denied contraceptive access by a religious institution.
Feb 23, 2012 / George Zornick
The Majority-Majority Future The Majority-Majority Future
The definition of “white” will grow and expand as the country diversifies.
Feb 23, 2012 / Jamelle Bouie
Texans Unite Against the Keystone Pipeline Texans Unite Against the Keystone Pipeline
Last Friday, protesters gathered in Paris, Texas, to support Lamar County farm manager Julia Trigg Crawford’s eminent domain court fight with TransCanada, which is proposing...
Feb 23, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
Ron Paul Wants to Abolish the CIA; His Largest Donor Builds Toys for It Ron Paul Wants to Abolish the CIA; His Largest Donor Builds Toys for It
Why does 76 percent of the civil libertarian’s Super PAC money come from billionaire Peter Thiel, whose Palantir Technologies helps the government spy on citizens?
Feb 23, 2012 / Mark Ames