Activism

Occupy Valentine’s Day Occupy Valentine’s Day

A different way to celebrate the Hallmark holiday.  

Feb 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli

Occupy Harvard Occupies Lamont Library Occupy Harvard Occupies Lamont Library

The group intends to maintain a presence in the cafe until 10:00pm on Friday February 17th.

Feb 13, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline Tell Your Senators: Reject the Keystone Pipeline

The goal is to blitz the Senate with at least 500,000 messages in the next twenty-four hours imploring the reps to stop the pipeline, which would be the most concentrated burst o...

Feb 13, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Arizona Law Would Make It Illegal to Teach Law, History or Literature

Arizona Law Would Make It Illegal to Teach Law, History or Literature Arizona Law Would Make It Illegal to Teach Law, History or Literature

This law would not only block the teaching of such classics as Ulysses, The Canterbury Tales, and Catcher in the Rye, it’d prohibit historians and law professors from compe...

Feb 10, 2012 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston

Mohamed Nasheed Ousted as President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed Ousted as President of the Maldives

Help “the Mandela of the Indian Ocean” regain his office.

Feb 9, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

Mortgage Settlement Reached: A Beginning, Not an End

Mortgage Settlement Reached: A Beginning, Not an End Mortgage Settlement Reached: A Beginning, Not an End

The deal falls short in some areas, but big banks did not receive the immunity they desired and are still on the hook for collapsing the economy. 

Feb 9, 2012 / George Zornick

Eyal Press: Refusing to Serve in Israel’s Occupation

Eyal Press: Refusing to Serve in Israel’s Occupation Eyal Press: Refusing to Serve in Israel’s Occupation

Eyal Press discusses his new book, Beautiful Souls, which tells of a young Israeli who struggles with the question of whether to serve in the occupied territories.

Feb 8, 2012 / The Nation

The Komen Turnaround Was a Defensive Victory

The Komen Turnaround Was a Defensive Victory The Komen Turnaround Was a Defensive Victory

Forcing the Komen reversal was huge—but it was a campaign born of outrage, not ambitious vision.

Feb 8, 2012 / The Editors

Will Occupy Embrace Nonviolence?

Will Occupy Embrace Nonviolence? Will Occupy Embrace Nonviolence?

The Occupy movement has been a seedbed of creativity. Now it needs to declare its values.

Feb 8, 2012 / Todd Gitlin

Help Stop Pomona College’s Outrageous Anti-Immigrant Actions Help Stop Pomona College’s Outrageous Anti-Immigrant Actions

The National Labor Relations Board has leveled charges against the College for violating federal labor law.

Feb 8, 2012 / StudentNation / Peter Dreier

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