Activism

Welcome to the Gilded City of New York

Welcome to the Gilded City of New York Welcome to the Gilded City of New York

In the Age of Bloomberg, America’s most iconic big city is also its most unequal.

Apr 17, 2013 / Feature / The Editors

Resurrecting Brownsville

Resurrecting Brownsville Resurrecting Brownsville

In a neighborhood immune to gentrification, a different model of revitalization is required.

Apr 17, 2013 / Feature / Ginia Bellafante

Kent State Students Demand Debt Redress Kent State Students Demand Debt Redress

Kent State students are mobilizing today against excessive costs and bleak job prospects.

Apr 17, 2013 / StudentNation / Kyle McCarthy and StudentNation

Greg Kaufmann: After Sequestration, Where Will Poor Families Sleep?

Greg Kaufmann: After Sequestration, Where Will Poor Families Sleep? Greg Kaufmann: After Sequestration, Where Will Poor Families Sleep?

Housing programs are getting the budgetary knife—a crisis for seniors, people with disabilities and poor families.

Apr 17, 2013 / Press Room

Tell Your Senators to Preserve Background Checks in Gun Control Legislation

Tell Your Senators to Preserve Background Checks in Gun Control Legislation Tell Your Senators to Preserve Background Checks in Gun Control Legislation

Right now, Senator Tom Coburn is advancing a change to the rules regarding background checks that would undermine much of the bill's intent.

Apr 16, 2013 / NationAction

Celebrating the Ridenhour Awards and Courageous Whistleblowers

Celebrating the Ridenhour Awards and Courageous Whistleblowers Celebrating the Ridenhour Awards and Courageous Whistleblowers

They are more vital now than ever, when the Obama administration has invoked the Espionage Act more than all other presidents combined.

Apr 16, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15

This week, Newark walks out, Arizona kneecaps its students and UNC rape survivors create a national underground network. And more!

Apr 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Undocumented Youth Infiltrates Another Immigrant Detention Center

Undocumented Youth Infiltrates Another Immigrant Detention Center Undocumented Youth Infiltrates Another Immigrant Detention Center

Twenty-seven-year-old Claudia Muñoz checked into a Michigan facility—to fight for the release of those being unfairly held.

Apr 15, 2013 / Aura Bogado

An Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust An Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust

"It is intellectually inconsistent for Harvard to invest in fossil fuel companies while our faculty publicize the consequences of inaction on climate change and continued foss...

Apr 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Tax Loopholes for All!

Tax Loopholes for All! Tax Loopholes for All!

Tax Day is here, and you can avail yourself of an offshore tax haven—just as the biggest businesses do. 

Apr 15, 2013 / Laura Flanders

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