This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness
With sequestration, a bleak housing and homelessness situation is about to get a lot worse.
Apr 5, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
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
Why the Climate Movement is Historically Unique Why the Climate Movement is Historically Unique
Never before has an issue involved every single human being on this planet, and never before has the window for action been so short.
Apr 4, 2013 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation
One Million Comments Against Keystone XL One Million Comments Against Keystone XL
The Keystone tar sands pipeline will create just a handful of jobs, won’t improve US energy security, and just isn’t worth the potential cost to our health and our clim...
Apr 3, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
John Kerry’s Fateful Decision on the Keystone Pipeline John Kerry’s Fateful Decision on the Keystone Pipeline
Four decades ago, he spoke out bravely against the Vietnam War. Will he show the same courage today, in helping to end the fossil-fuel era?
Apr 3, 2013 / Bill McKibben
Will the Supreme Court Punt on Same-Sex Marriage? Will the Supreme Court Punt on Same-Sex Marriage?
Gay rights advocates were hoping that the Court would issue a broad ruling, but the justices seem most concerned with issues of standing.
Apr 3, 2013 / Nan D. Hunter
The New Telecom Oligarchs The New Telecom Oligarchs
In her book Captive Audience, Susan Crawford shows how media giants exert a stranglehold over consumers and government.
Apr 3, 2013 / Feature / Michael J. Copps
Schumer Wants to Have His Cake and Eat It, Too Schumer Wants to Have His Cake and Eat It, Too
The leading Democrat working to unveil a comprehensive immigration reform bill is getting his campaign money from the private detention industry.
Apr 3, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Ban the Box in New Jersey Ban the Box in New Jersey
The passage of The Opportunity to Compete Act would make the employment process fairer for young people in the state, especially young people of color, while also expanding employm...
Apr 2, 2013 / StudentNation / Morgan Jerkins and StudentNation
Victory! The Stopping of Owlcatraz Victory! The Stopping of Owlcatraz
When FAU accepted a private prison company's $6 million "goodwill" in stadium naming rights, students would have none of it. Now, the deal is dead.
Apr 2, 2013 / Dave Zirin