Campus Progress/Colorlines.com Keynote Contest Campus Progress/Colorlines.com Keynote Contest
Campus Progress and Colorlines.com are looking for the next great speaker on racial and social justice.
May 8, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation
NY Teachers Vow ‘Wisconsin-Style’ Protest NY Teachers Vow ‘Wisconsin-Style’ Protest
Budget cut protests continue while the GOP cools to Paul Ryan's extreme austerity plan.
May 8, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
How Town Hall Protests Against Paul Ryan’s Plan Changed the Medicare Debate How Town Hall Protests Against Paul Ryan’s Plan Changed the Medicare Debate
Budget committee chair can say what he wants, but the noisy protests against his plan -- especially in his home district -- have shaken congressional Republicans,
May 7, 2011 / John Nichols
March on Wall Street to Oppose Bloomberg’s Mass Teacher Firings March on Wall Street to Oppose Bloomberg’s Mass Teacher Firings
Mayor Mike has a plan to fire thousands of teachers; unions and students have a plan to make the the big banks pay their fair share.
May 7, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
Talking Tory Blues Talking Tory Blues
The British election has produced a surprise constitutional earthquake.
May 7, 2011 / D.D. Guttenplan and Maria Margaronis
Defiance in Day-Glo: Remembering Poly Styrene Defiance in Day-Glo: Remembering Poly Styrene
The lead singer of the punk band X-Ray Spex never stopped using her music to fight against poverty, war, racism and sexism.
May 6, 2011 / Alexander Billet
Citizen Zinn Citizen Zinn
Throughout his life and work, Howard Zinn was fashioning a living concept of what it means to be a good citizen.
May 6, 2011 / John Tirman
In Wisconsin, Judges Are Elected—But Candidates Are Now Publicly Financed In Wisconsin, Judges Are Elected—But Candidates Are Now Publicly Financed
Special interest groups poured millions of undisclosed dollars into Wisconsin's 2011 Supreme Court election. But the state's new public financing system allowed the candidates to g...
May 6, 2011 / Mark Ladov and Maria da Silva
This Week: The Future of the War on Terror. PLUS: A New Associate Editor This Week: The Future of the War on Terror. PLUS: A New Associate Editor
This week, the Nation brings you in-depth coverage of Osama bin Laden's death and what's next for the 'War on Terror.' And I argue for a saner budget blueprint modeled af...
May 6, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Greg Mitchell: How WikiLeaks Fuels the Traditional Media’s Headlines Greg Mitchell: How WikiLeaks Fuels the Traditional Media’s Headlines
Do newspapers, news programs, magazines and all the other old media need WikiLeaks?
May 6, 2011 / The Nation