Students Push NYU to Sever Ties with JP Morgan Chase Students Push NYU to Sever Ties with JP Morgan Chase
"I’m not okay with being a part of an institution that enables suffering in the community that it inhabits."
Mar 29, 2012 / StudentNation / Lucy Xiong
Adrienne Rich’s Touch Was Political Adrienne Rich’s Touch Was Political
A poet passionately engaged with writing and politics, she said "art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of the power which holds it hostage."
Mar 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
#Plan4Trayvon #Plan4Trayvon
A new campaign is chronicling the movement that is not just demanding justice for Trayvon Martin but also honoring his legacy through individual acts.
Mar 28, 2012 / Peter Rothberg
John Nichols: Fighting Back Against Austerity John Nichols: Fighting Back Against Austerity
Why America is not so different from other countries that are facing austerity.
Mar 27, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Tell AT&T to Stop Funding ALEC Tell AT&T to Stop Funding ALEC
A range of prominent household names like AT&T help fund ALEC's work of suppressing voter turnout, privatizing public schools, Medicare and Social Security and gutting minimum ...
Mar 27, 2012 / NationAction
Participatory Democracy: From the Port Huron Statement to Occupy Wall Street Participatory Democracy: From the Port Huron Statement to Occupy Wall Street
On its fiftieth anniversary, the founding declaration of SDS echoes today in democracy movements around the world.
Mar 27, 2012 / Feature / Tom Hayden
A New Green Agenda for Commuters A New Green Agenda for Commuters
How progressives can make energy a pocketbook issue, with greener rides—and greener wallets—for the middle class.
Mar 27, 2012 / Feature / Lisa Margonelli
North Carolina Students Say No to Bloomberg North Carolina Students Say No to Bloomberg
UNC students are organizing an Alternative Commencement Ceremony to celebrate the achievements of the class of 2012 without symbolically honoring New York City Mayor Michael Bloo...
Mar 27, 2012 / StudentNation / Eric Bost
Worker Ownership For the 21st Century? Worker Ownership For the 21st Century?
The country's largest industrial labor union is teaming up with the world’s largest worker-cooperative to put people to work in enterprises that build worker power.
Mar 27, 2012 / Laura Flanders
This Week in Poverty: Paul Ryan’s Focus on Dignity This Week in Poverty: Paul Ryan’s Focus on Dignity
The congressman’s moral rhetoric doesn't square with his cruel budget.
Mar 23, 2012 / Greg Kaufmann