On International Women’s Day, Congolese Women Declare Their Rights On International Women’s Day, Congolese Women Declare Their Rights
After surviving years of gender-based violence as a weapon of war, grassroots activists from Eastern Congo developed a list of twelve demands for equality and justice.
Mar 8, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate
On November 28th of last year, WikiLeaks began releasing their massive cache of classified correspondence cables to and from US diplomats around the world, an unprecedented publica…
Mar 7, 2011 / The Nation
Thom Hartmann: Corporations Are Fueling Our Peak Oil Crisis Thom Hartmann: Corporations Are Fueling Our Peak Oil Crisis
We have to to fight back against the corporate capture of government because the companies profiting off our addiction to oil are doing everything in their power to keep us on our...
Mar 2, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Weekend of Protest Slide Show: Wisconsin’s Weekend of Protest
With protests in Wisconsin now in their third week, tensions are running high among the state Republicans who have stonewalled any effort at compromise or negotiation with public-s…
Mar 1, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Jesse Jackson on the Energy of Egypt in Wisconsin Nation Conversations: Jesse Jackson on the Energy of Egypt in Wisconsin
The civil rights leader explains how the protests in Cairo and Madison have broken our "cynical disbelief" and revealed that people have the power to change their situations.
Mar 1, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: America’s Day of Action: US Uncut and Solidarity with Wisconsin Slide Show: America’s Day of Action: US Uncut and Solidarity with Wisconsin
On Saturday, February 26, progressives carried out a major day of action as protesters from coast to coast joined Wisconsin workers in solidarity against right-wing attacks on unio…
Feb 28, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Jesse Jackson: Without Collective Bargaining, Workers Face Private Begging Nation Conversations: Jesse Jackson: Without Collective Bargaining, Workers Face Private Begging
The fight in Wisconsin, Jackson urges, cannot be about public worker versus private worker: defeating Governor Walker's bill would be a victory for all workers.
Feb 25, 2011 / The Nation
Video: Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello on Union Workers Fighting Back Video: Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello on Union Workers Fighting Back
Morello has experienced first hand how the people of Wisconsin are taking the narrative back from right-wing politicians.
Feb 24, 2011 / GRITtv and The Nation
Jesse Jackson in Wisconsin: Economic Justice Is a Civil Right Jesse Jackson in Wisconsin: Economic Justice Is a Civil Right
From Madison, the civil rights leader explains how the protests of working people in Wisconsin are deeply connected to the struggle for civil rights in America's past and present.
Feb 24, 2011 / GRITtv and The Nation
Did You Join US Uncut on Saturday? Send Us Your Pictures Did You Join US Uncut on Saturday? Send Us Your Pictures
This Saturday, February 26, a new grassroots movement began their series of protests against Bank of America's tax evasion at locations across the country. The Nation wants your im...
Feb 24, 2011 / The Nation