Peter Rothberg

Associate Publisher, Special Projects

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Peter Rothberg is the The Nation’s associate publisher.

My Potato Project: The Importance of Eating Organic My Potato Project: The Importance of Eating Organic

A child‘s experiment turns into a lesson on the toxins in our food supply.

Mar 2, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Virginia Students Hunger-Strike for Living Wage

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

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

Help Save the Montes Family Help Save the Montes Family

This heartbreaking video describes the outrageously unfair detention and deportation of an innocent man and the callous means by which immigration officials casually tear famil...

Feb 17, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline

The goal is to blitz the Senate with at least 500,000 messages in the next twenty-four hours imploring the reps to stop the pipeline, which would be the most concentrated burst o...

Feb 13, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Mohamed Nasheed Ousted as President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed Ousted as President of the Maldives

Help “the Mandela of the Indian Ocean” regain his office.

Feb 9, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Occupy Press Freedoms Occupy Press Freedoms

At least 50 journalists have been arrested covering the Occupy movement since it began last September.

Feb 7, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Poorest Countries Hit Hardest by Climate Change Poorest Countries Hit Hardest by Climate Change

One of the terrible ironies of the climate change crisis is that the nations that have contributed the least to the problem are the ones now working hardest to prevent consequent d...

Feb 6, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

New Film Takes on Komen Foundation and ‘Breast Cancer Industry’ New Film Takes on Komen Foundation and ‘Breast Cancer Industry’

Breast cancer has become the poster child of corporate cause-related marketing campaigns.

Feb 3, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Challenging Arizona’s Ban on Ethnic Studies

Challenging Arizona’s Ban on Ethnic Studies Challenging Arizona’s Ban on Ethnic Studies

Teacher Activist Groups are fighting back with a month of nationwide workshops based on the banned curriculum.

Feb 1, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

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