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The Student Loan Fairness Act is Only Fair

The Student Loan Fairness Act is Only Fair The Student Loan Fairness Act is Only Fair

There's a way to offer meaningful relief to many of the more than 37 million Americans saddled with student loan debt while also kick-starting the economy.

Apr 4, 2013 / NationAction

Stand Up for Employment Protections for LGBT Workers

Stand Up for Employment Protections for LGBT Workers Stand Up for Employment Protections for LGBT Workers

While support for marriage equality grows, LGBT workers continue to face alarmingly high rates of employment discrimination. Tell Congress that now is the time to support the Emplo...

Mar 28, 2013 / NationAction

Stand with Walmart Warehouse Workers

Stand with Walmart Warehouse Workers Stand with Walmart Warehouse Workers

Tell Walmart CEO Mike Duke that Walmart-contracted warehouses must stop standing in the way of workers exercising their Constitutional right to organize.

Mar 21, 2013 / NationAction

Tell President Obama and Congress: No War With Iran

Tell President Obama and Congress: No War With Iran Tell President Obama and Congress: No War With Iran

Ten years after the US invasion of Iraq, it is imperative that we learn the lessons of the war that lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and 4,483 US sold...

Mar 20, 2013 / NationAction

Democracy Is for People

Democracy Is for People Democracy Is for People

Eleven states and more than 400 cities and towns have called on Congress to put forward a constitutional amendment to reverse the disastrous Citizens ruling.

Mar 19, 2013 / NationAction

Open Letter to McDonald’s CEO: Meet With Student Strikers

Open Letter to McDonald’s CEO: Meet With Student Strikers Open Letter to McDonald’s CEO: Meet With Student Strikers

McDonalds franchisees are taking advantage of young guest workers. Find out how to help.

Mar 15, 2013 / NationAction

President Obama: Extend Labor Protections to Homecare Workers

President Obama: Extend Labor Protections to Homecare Workers President Obama: Extend Labor Protections to Homecare Workers

The "companionship exemption" is both deeply archaic and patently unfair. 

Mar 14, 2013 / NationAction

On IWD, Protect Funding for VAWA

On IWD, Protect Funding for VAWA On IWD, Protect Funding for VAWA

Tell your representatives that domestic violence victims cannot be used as bargaining chips. Demand that any deal to avert the sequester restores full funding to VAWA programs.

Mar 8, 2013 / NationAction

FAU: Reject the GEO Group

FAU: Reject the GEO Group FAU: Reject the GEO Group

Join The Nation in asking FAU President Mary Jane Saunders and the Board of Trustees to reverse their deal with GEO Group.

Mar 5, 2013 / NationAction

Take the Pledge to Stand Up for Workers’ Rights

Take the Pledge to Stand Up for Workers’ Rights Take the Pledge to Stand Up for Workers’ Rights

Sign The Nation’s pledge endorsing the call to “recommit” to workers’ rights.

Mar 1, 2013 / NationAction

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