It’s the New Economy, Stupid It’s the New Economy, Stupid
Efforts to reduce unemployment and curb inequality must be considered alongside urgent threats to the environment and democracy.
Nov 28, 2012 / Feature / John Cavanagh and Robin Broad
PHOTOESSAY: The Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways, One Month Out PHOTOESSAY: The Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways, One Month Out
Mutual aid is alive and well on the devastated peninsula, filling in where the government failed.
Nov 28, 2012 / StudentNation / Ayasha Guerin
Dear Media: Increased Oil Production Is Not Good News Dear Media: Increased Oil Production Is Not Good News
The recent World Energy Outlook report that has many cheering U.S. oil supremacy—when it should be setting off alarm bells on the climate crisis.
Nov 27, 2012 / Michael T. Klare
Harvard Students Vote 72 Percent Support for Fossil Fuel Divestment Harvard Students Vote 72 Percent Support for Fossil Fuel Divestment
The vote made Harvard College the first school in the nation to pass a student referendum in support of fossil fuel divestment.
Nov 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Alli Welton
Supertormenta Sandy: ¿El shock del Pueblo? Supertormenta Sandy: ¿El shock del Pueblo?
Cuando escribí La doctrina del shock estaba documentando crímenes del pasado. La buena noticia es que se trata de un crimen en desarrollo: todavía podemos detenerlo. Aseg...
Nov 20, 2012 / Naomi Klein
Fake Press Release Pushes College on Divestment Fake Press Release Pushes College on Divestment
Student activists at Middlebury College in Vermont are challenging the otherwise liberal school to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.
Nov 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Bronwyn Oatley
Keystone Protesters March on the White House Keystone Protesters March on the White House
A decision is due on the Keystone XL pipeline again, and grassroots activists don’t want the administration to forget their opposition.
Nov 19, 2012 / George Zornick
The Fight Against Fracking The Fight Against Fracking
In small hamlets and tiny towns you’ve never heard of, grassroots activists are taking a stand in what could be the final showdown for Earth’s future.
Nov 19, 2012 / Ellen Cantarow
Naomi Klein: Could Superstorm Sandy Create Space for Progressive Reform? Naomi Klein: Could Superstorm Sandy Create Space for Progressive Reform?
In the wake of the superstorm, we need to involve communities—not corporations—in reconstruction efforts.
Nov 15, 2012 / Press Room
Students Call for Divestment From the Fossil Fuel Industry Students Call for Divestment From the Fossil Fuel Industry
Students are the sleeping giant that rose to end apartheid and fight for many other just causes. Now more and more students are mobilizing against business as usual in the fossil f...
Nov 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and Alli Welton