Activism

Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home Occupy Atlanta Joins Forces With Police to Save Retired Detective’s Home

Occupy Our Homes ATL is forging an unlikely partnership in an effort to stop foreclosures.  

Oct 9, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Hong Kong Students Fight for the Integrity of their Education

Hong Kong Students Fight for the Integrity of their Education Hong Kong Students Fight for the Integrity of their Education

Student activists are still pushing for a complete withdrawal of a Beijing-backed, "brainwashing" curriculum.

Oct 8, 2012 / StudentNation / Steven Hsieh

How Young Madrid Rejects Austerity: The What and Why of 25S

How Young Madrid Rejects Austerity: The What and Why of 25S How Young Madrid Rejects Austerity: The What and Why of 25S

With university fees rising, general social budgets disappearing and the youth unemployment rate over 50 percent, it is no wonder that many young people in Spain feel cheated.

Oct 8, 2012 / StudentNation / Julia Ramírez Blanco

Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike Tens of Thousands Protest Austerity in Spain, Unions Threaten National Strike

Tens of thousands of individuals in Spain protest further harsh austerity measures recently announced by their right-wing government.

Oct 8, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Ralph Nader, ‘Lone Ranger,’ Rides Again Ralph Nader, ‘Lone Ranger,’ Rides Again

Nader’s The Seventeen Solutions is a subversive primer that should be read in every high school civics class.

Oct 4, 2012 / Books & the Arts / William Greider

Will Students Vote in November? Will Students Vote in November?

Electoralism and radicalism don't have to be mutually exclusive but students at the National Student Power Convergence felt that finding common ground is still a challenge. ...

Oct 3, 2012 / StudentNation / Zachary A. Bell

Movements Need Politicians—and Vice Versa Movements Need Politicians—and Vice Versa

Where their interests overlap, progressive politics can thrive.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Frances Fox Piven and Lorraine C. Minnite

We Need More than a New President We Need More than a New President

In a second Obama term, we must organize to win a new social contract for a new economy.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Saket Soni

A Politics of Love A Politics of Love

In this election and after, we need to write a new story for our changing nation that places care and connection at the center.

Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Ai-jen Poo

Jesse Jackson Fights Capital Punishment in the Gambia Jesse Jackson Fights Capital Punishment in the Gambia

The reverend sat down with The Nation to talk about his humanitarian trip to Africa and poverty in America.

Oct 2, 2012 / Richard Kreitner

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