Activism

Time for Outrage!

Time for Outrage! Time for Outrage!

On the American publication of Stéphane Hessel’s Indignez-vous!

Feb 16, 2011 / Feature / Charles Glass

Indignez-vous!

Indignez-vous! Indignez-vous!

In the first English translation of a cri de coeur that has topped bestseller lists for months in France, the 93-year-old hero of the French Resistance urges a new generation to re...

Feb 16, 2011 / Feature / Stephane Hessel

Slide Show: Who’s Behind Egypt’s Revolution?

Slide Show: Who’s Behind Egypt’s Revolution? Slide Show: Who’s Behind Egypt’s Revolution?

Egypt’s revolution, still unfolding, is not a leaderless one. At the core of the movement that turned out hundreds of thousands in Tahrir Square, in Cairo’s suburbs and…

Feb 16, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

A Prayer for America

A Prayer for America A Prayer for America

Imagine an America which stands not in pursuit of an axis of evil, but which is itself at the axis of peace and freedom.

Feb 16, 2011 / Dennis Kucinich

Wisconsin Students Protest Governor’s Attack on Unions

Wisconsin Students Protest Governor’s Attack on Unions Wisconsin Students Protest Governor’s Attack on Unions

A proposed bill to end collective bargaining for nearly all public employees has mobilized the state's students to protect teacher's unions.

Feb 15, 2011 / StudentNation / Sara Jerving

America’s Socialist Legacy America’s Socialist Legacy

 As the right works to portray Obama as a socialist, John Nichols explains how positive socialist ideals have been blacklisted from our political discourse.

Feb 15, 2011 / Press Room

Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining

A harmful coal extraction technique has sparked a growing movement across the central Appalachian region.

Feb 15, 2011 / Huffington Post

Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining Wendell Berry on the Kentucky Statehouse Sit-in to Stop Mountaintop Mining

A harmful coal extraction technique has sparked a growing movement across the central Appalachian region.

Feb 15, 2011 / Press Room

Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month

Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month

The Nation’s editors—from its abolitionist founders to the present—have always provided space for those persistent and too-often lonely voices inveighing against the evils of racial injustice. In this archival slide show, we present a small sampling of the many timeless articles highlighting issues of race and civil rights from The Nation’s past 146 years.

Feb 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

On Civil Liberties, War, Crony Capitalism: Ron Paul Is Saying Some Things Democrats Should Be Saying On Civil Liberties, War, Crony Capitalism: Ron Paul Is Saying Some Things Democrats Should Be Saying

Paul is wrong about a lot of things. But his willingness to defend civil liberties without apology, to criticize dictators and the US policies that support them, to call for b...

Feb 14, 2011 / John Nichols

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