Grinnell College Announces $300,000 Annual Social Justice Prize Program Grinnell College Announces $300,000 Annual Social Justice Prize Program
Up to three $100,000 prizes will honor young innovators, organizations advancing positive social change
Nov 30, 2010 / StudentNation / Joanna Chiu
Police Detained UK Student Protesters En Masse: A Firsthand Account Police Detained UK Student Protesters En Masse: A Firsthand Account
Take a protest, toss in hundreds of police officers with riot shields, then block the protesters into an area of open space with no toilets, food or shelter, for hours. If anyone t...
Nov 30, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Penny
The Latest on the British Student Movement The Latest on the British Student Movement
While most American students took the long weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving, education cut protests in the UK rolled on.
Nov 29, 2010 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston
Ten Things You Should Know About Slow Ten Things You Should Know About Slow
As the holiday rush approaches, take yourself out of the fast lane.
Nov 23, 2010 / The Nation
War Is a Lie War Is a Lie
With a groundbreaking new book, veteran antiwar activist David Swanson argues that: "The oil in the [war] machine is lies. The monkey wrench we can throw into the gears is pu...
Nov 23, 2010 / John Nichols
Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Confronting the Media’s Flaws Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel on Confronting the Media’s Flaws
Faced with the cynical coverage of the mainstream media, what can ordinary Americans do to work toward an alternative that more accurately reflects the problems facing our countr...
Nov 22, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Charlie Rose’s FAIR Take on the Deficit Debate Charlie Rose’s FAIR Take on the Deficit Debate
Pressed by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Charlie Rose finally offers the other side of the deficit debate -- featuring truth tellers Dean Baker and Jan Schakowsky.
Nov 19, 2010 / John Nichols
Briefing: Laurie Penny on the UK Student Protests Briefing: Laurie Penny on the UK Student Protests
"It's fair to smash up someone's future but not to smash up someone's lobby," says UK journalist Laurie Penny of the student protests in London last week.
Nov 18, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Obama’s Failures… and Ours Obama’s Failures… and Ours
Obama's mistakes in office are nowhere near the whole story. The rest of us must shoulder our share of the blame, too.
Nov 17, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman
What Malcolm Gladwell Missed About Online Organizing and Creating Big Change What Malcolm Gladwell Missed About Online Organizing and Creating Big Change
Gladwell's critique of online organizing mistakes the tools for the strategy—and encourages people to abandon a vital force to defend democracy just when we need it most.
Nov 15, 2010 / Ben Brandzel