Activism

John Nichols: How Saturday Mail Was Saved From Austerity

John Nichols: How Saturday Mail Was Saved From Austerity John Nichols: How Saturday Mail Was Saved From Austerity

The USPS is not the only public service under full frontal attack. How did it stay standing?

Apr 12, 2013 / Press Room

Arizona’s Unprecedented Assault on Students

Arizona’s Unprecedented Assault on Students Arizona’s Unprecedented Assault on Students

With HB 2169, which prohibits the use of student fees for political advocacy, students are the new victims of Arizona's right-wing regime. 

Apr 12, 2013 / StudentNation / Maxwell Love and StudentNation

Tell Secretary of State John Kerry: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

Tell Secretary of State John Kerry: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline Tell Secretary of State John Kerry: Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline

Join Bill McKibben in signing The Nation's open letter urging Secretary Kerry to consider his legacy and to find the courage to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.

Apr 12, 2013 / NationAction

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/12/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/12/13)

In the latest picks, activists organize around education, economist Richard Wolff tells it like it is and Farc and the Colombian government make progress towards peace. Who said no...

Apr 12, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Harvard Vice President Reluctantly Accepts Signatures for Fossil Fuel Divestment

Harvard Vice President Reluctantly Accepts Signatures for Fossil Fuel Divestment Harvard Vice President Reluctantly Accepts Signatures for Fossil Fuel Divestment

The Divest Harvard campaign achieved a small but not insignificant victory this morning.

Apr 12, 2013 / StudentNation / Alli Welton and StudentNation

This Week in Poverty: Banks Got Nowhere to Run To, Baby

This Week in Poverty: Banks Got Nowhere to Run To, Baby This Week in Poverty: Banks Got Nowhere to Run To, Baby

The Big Banks are fleeing activists and shareholders who are challenging their bad practices. They can run, but they can't hide.

Apr 12, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

IU on Strike

IU on Strike IU on Strike

Students, workers and faculty are striking today and tomorrow in protest of massive tuition hikes, wage freezes and lack of diversity at IU.

Apr 11, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Do the Math: The Movie

Do the Math: The Movie Do the Math: The Movie

The Do the Math Movie tells the story of the rising movement trying to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis and fight the fossil fuel industry.

Apr 10, 2013 / Peter Rothberg

Dispatches From the US Student Movement Dispatches From the US Student Movement

From the All in the Red Collective in New York to the Oxy Sexual Assault Coalition in California, young activists are on the march.

Apr 10, 2013 / The Editors

Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal

Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal

The committee has recommended divestment only three times in its entire history.

Apr 10, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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