Activism

Hands Off Yoko! Oil and Gas Drillers Complain About Anti-Fracking Campaign

Hands Off Yoko! Oil and Gas Drillers Complain About Anti-Fracking Campaign Hands Off Yoko! Oil and Gas Drillers Complain About Anti-Fracking Campaign

Our friendly frackers have forgotten about the right of citizens to petition for a redress of grievances.

Apr 1, 2013 / Jon Wiener

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 2

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 2 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 2

This week, students fight for racial justice from Texas to Binghamton. The 2013 National Student Power Convergence is in the works. And Colorado students walk out on standardized t...

Apr 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Five Fears About ’42’

Five Fears About ’42’ Five Fears About ’42’

If the new Jackie Robinson biopic follows standard Hollywood procedure, here's the complicated legacy it'll whitewash.

Apr 1, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Thousands Protest the UK Government’s Brutal Austerity

Thousands Protest the UK Government’s Brutal Austerity Thousands Protest the UK Government’s Brutal Austerity

Britain's worst off are getting hit harder today than at the height of Thatcherism in 1983. The Tory's regressive "bedroom tax" only makes thing worse. 

Apr 1, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

This Week: Deliberating on DOMA and Prop 8 This Week: Deliberating on DOMA and Prop 8

A watershed moment for marriage equality—and Tony Kushner’s moving essay nearly two decades ago: Introducing The Nation Archive!

Mar 30, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Shocking Rahm’s Shock Doctrine

Shocking Rahm’s Shock Doctrine Shocking Rahm’s Shock Doctrine

Mayor Emanuel’s flash school-closing announcement is meeting civil disobeidence from Chicago teachers—who are having no trouble poking gaping holes in every one of the city’s argum...

Mar 29, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Is ‘Game of Thrones’ Escapist Enough?

Is ‘Game of Thrones’ Escapist Enough? Is ‘Game of Thrones’ Escapist Enough?

We need escapist fantasies like Game of Thrones. But what’s it doing to our revolutionary imagination?

Mar 29, 2013 / Michelle Dean

Obama Hiccups on Guest Workers

Obama Hiccups on Guest Workers Obama Hiccups on Guest Workers

We do know that a comprehensive immigration reform bill will soon surface. The trouble is, we don’t know what it will contain.

Mar 28, 2013 / Aura Bogado

What Can Men Do to Stop Rape Culture?

What Can Men Do to Stop Rape Culture? What Can Men Do to Stop Rape Culture?

Or, what does it mean to be a man? Eve Ensler talks to a panel of men, including Dave Zirin, Jimmy Briggs and Tony Porter, on the role men can play in ending rape culture.

Mar 27, 2013 / Press Room

Security Staff Barricade Chicago Board of Education in Anticipation of Mass Rally

Security Staff Barricade Chicago Board of Education in Anticipation of Mass Rally Security Staff Barricade Chicago Board of Education in Anticipation of Mass Rally

As Chicago Public Schools plans mass school closings, its interests lie in public perception—not facilitating a space for students, parents and activists to defend their scho...

Mar 27, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

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