Remembering Don Shaffer Remembering Don Shaffer
An original long distance runner, in Michael Harrington's term.
Feb 19, 2013 / Daniel Cantor
Thousands of Climate Change Activists Gather in Washington for ‘Forward On Climate’ Rally Thousands of Climate Change Activists Gather in Washington for ‘Forward On Climate’ Rally
An estimated 40,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, on Sunday to urge President Obama to act against climate change and the Keystone XL pipeline.
Feb 18, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Greek Workers Take Over a Factory [Video Interview] Greek Workers Take Over a Factory [Video Interview]
On GRITtv, a member of the Open Solidarity Initiative discusses the ongoing occupation of a Greek factory.
Feb 15, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Time to Go Beyond Judging Rihanna and Chris Brown Time to Go Beyond Judging Rihanna and Chris Brown
Nineteen years after the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, we need to reauthorize. We also need to do more.
Feb 15, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Dispatches From the US Student Movement: February 15 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: February 15
This week, students converge on Raleigh and Pasadena, ramp up BDS and occupy Adidas. With Scott Walker sticking around, what's next for Wisconsin's grad TAs? What do studen...
Feb 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/15/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/15/13)
This week, articles critique the spotty broadband coverage in the United States, our complacent foreign policy in the Middle East, the idealistic education proposals in Barack Obam...
Feb 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
One Billion Rising One Billion Rising
After breaking the silence around physical violence against women, will the global mobilization take on the economy?
Feb 14, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Make Organizing a Civil Right Make Organizing a Civil Right
It’s time to tie worker rights to “Seneca Falls, Selma and Stonewall.”
Feb 14, 2013 / Feature / Richard D. Kahlenberg and Moshe Z. Marvit
Bill McKibben: Stopping Keystone XL For Good Bill McKibben: Stopping Keystone XL For Good
"We're not going to outspend the fossil fuel industry," the 350.org founder explains. "We have to find other currencies to work in, and those are the currencies of movements."
Feb 13, 2013 / Francis Reynolds
Aura Bogado: Why Won’t Obama Halt Deportations? Aura Bogado: Why Won’t Obama Halt Deportations?
What didn't Obama say about immigration in his State of the Union address? The Nation’s Aura Bogado breaks it down at Democracy Now!
Feb 13, 2013 / Press Room