Activism

UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights

UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights

Students at the University of North Carolina want to ensure workers who make UNC apparel operate under safe conditions.

Mar 11, 2014 / StudentNation / Alexandra Willcox and StudentNation

The ‘Next Citizens United’ May Fuel a Popular Uprising

The ‘Next Citizens United’ May Fuel a Popular Uprising The ‘Next Citizens United’ May Fuel a Popular Uprising

The stage is set for New York to ignite a nationwide movement rolling back some of the catastrophic consequences of Citizens United and (likely) McCutcheon. 

Mar 11, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

By the Way, Your Home Is On Fire

By the Way, Your Home Is On Fire By the Way, Your Home Is On Fire

The climate of change and the dangers of stasis.

Mar 11, 2014 / Rebecca Solnit

How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform

How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform How to Win the Fight for Immigration Reform

Change won’t come to America’s broken immigration system from policymakers. It will come from organizers.

Mar 10, 2014 / Oscar Chacon, Amy Shannon, and Foreign Policy In Focus

Rep. Keith Ellison—on His Faith, His Family & Our Future

Rep. Keith Ellison—on His Faith, His Family & Our Future Rep. Keith Ellison—on His Faith, His Family & Our Future

The four-term congressman from Minnesota’s Fifth District is boldly following in the footsteps of Humphrey, McCarthy, Mondale and Wellstone.

Mar 10, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What’s the Matter With California? Student Dispatches From Santa Cruz to the Border

What’s the Matter With California? Student Dispatches From Santa Cruz to the Border What’s the Matter With California? Student Dispatches From Santa Cruz to the Border

Across the state and beyond, students rail against racism and austerity.

Mar 7, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Nearly 400 Arrested at XL Dissent—the Largest White House Civil Disobedience Action in a Generation

Nearly 400 Arrested at XL Dissent—the Largest White House Civil Disobedience Action in a Generation Nearly 400 Arrested at XL Dissent—the Largest White House Civil Disobedience Action in a Generation

The student-led protest was a dramatic demonstration of the youth climate movement’s growing resolve—and its sense of solidarity.

Mar 7, 2014 / Wen Stephenson

Oppose the Nomination of Ted Mitchell to the Department of Education

Oppose the Nomination of Ted Mitchell to the Department of Education Oppose the Nomination of Ted Mitchell to the Department of Education

President Obama's choice of Ted Mitchell as Under Secretary of the Department of Education has set off alarm bells for advocates for public education.

Mar 7, 2014 / NationAction

Campaign to Address the Student Loan Crisis Launches

Campaign to Address the Student Loan Crisis Launches Campaign to Address the Student Loan Crisis Launches

With student loan debt and college costs skyrocketing, a new group aims to push for change inside and outside Washington. 

Mar 6, 2014 / George Zornick

Tufts Students Say Fear Held the University Back From Fossil Fuel Divestment

Tufts Students Say Fear Held the University Back From Fossil Fuel Divestment Tufts Students Say Fear Held the University Back From Fossil Fuel Divestment

Tufts University declines to divest and students respond.

Mar 5, 2014 / StudentNation / Ben Weilerstein, Devyn Powell, and StudentNation

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