Social Justice

What It Takes to Unite Teachers Unions and Communities of Color

What It Takes to Unite Teachers Unions and Communities of Color What It Takes to Unite Teachers Unions and Communities of Color

Overcoming years of tensions and divisions, parents and teachers are linking arms to save public schools.

Sep 24, 2014 / Michelle Fine and Michael Fabricant

‘We Need to Convert That Energy’: Keith Ellison on What Comes After the People’s Climate March

‘We Need to Convert That Energy’: Keith Ellison on What Comes After the People’s Climate March ‘We Need to Convert That Energy’: Keith Ellison on What Comes After the People’s Climate March

A Q&A with the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Sep 24, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

How Hard Times Are Healing Bosnia

How Hard Times Are Healing Bosnia How Hard Times Are Healing Bosnia

Amid rising anti-government sentiment and a series of natural disasters, Bosnia-Herzegovina's fractured ethnic communities are drawing strength from an unlikely source: each ot...

Sep 17, 2014 / Peter Lippman and Foreign Policy In Focus

How Art Inspires Change

How Art Inspires Change How Art Inspires Change

The Nation and the Center for Community Change partnered together for an essay contest in which young people were asked to submit a photo they found meaningful and an essay ex...

Sep 17, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation and Faron Manuel

Climate Change Is a People’s Shock

Climate Change Is a People’s Shock Climate Change Is a People’s Shock

What if, instead of accepting a future of climate catastrophe and private profits, we decide to change everything?

Sep 16, 2014 / Naomi Klein

Mychal Denzel Smith: You Have to Upend the Entire System of Racism

Mychal Denzel Smith: You Have to Upend the Entire System of Racism Mychal Denzel Smith: You Have to Upend the Entire System of Racism

Mychal Denzel Smith appears on Melissa Harry-Perry to explain why we need a national movement to dismantle white supremacy. 

Sep 2, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry

What Would Real Economic Justice Look Like in Ferguson?

What Would Real Economic Justice Look Like in Ferguson? What Would Real Economic Justice Look Like in Ferguson?

Labor activists are deepening the conversation about what “justice for Mike Brown” should mean for the impoverished community that now grieves for him.

Aug 20, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Is Ferguson’s Ron Johnson the New Captain America?

Is Ferguson’s Ron Johnson the New Captain America? Is Ferguson’s Ron Johnson the New Captain America?

The media find the hero they’ve been looking for.

Aug 16, 2014 / Leslie Savan

How the Left Is Revitalizing Itself

How the Left Is Revitalizing Itself How the Left Is Revitalizing Itself

There’s more collaboration between progressive groups—and more coordination among donors—than ever before.

Aug 13, 2014 / Feature / Gara LaMarche

Is New York City Partnering With ICE to Rip Apart Immigrant Communities?

Is New York City Partnering With ICE to Rip Apart Immigrant Communities? Is New York City Partnering With ICE to Rip Apart Immigrant Communities?

According to a new report, the city’s collusion with immigration authorities has led to the unjust detention and deportation of noncitizens. 

Aug 13, 2014 / Michelle Chen

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