Social Justice

Students Demand End to NYU Ties With Deathtrap Factories in Bangladesh Students Demand End to NYU Ties With Deathtrap Factories in Bangladesh

By pressuring universities to cut their contracts, students can put meaningful pressure on international corporations to respond to the demands of workers.

Sep 17, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Bush, Petraeus and Napolitano Get Tough Student Welcomes

Bush, Petraeus and Napolitano Get Tough Student Welcomes Bush, Petraeus and Napolitano Get Tough Student Welcomes

As students build new fronts against austerity, some older opponents meet campus uproar.

Sep 16, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

From ‘Inequality for All’, a Challenge for America

From ‘Inequality for All’, a Challenge for America From ‘Inequality for All’, a Challenge for America

Jacob Kornbluth's new film, Inequality for All, reminds us that democracy is not a spectator sport and that divide between rich and poor is growing in the US.

Sep 10, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How We Can Reclaim Education Reform This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How We Can Reclaim Education Reform

Corporate-style education &lquo;reform” has been tried, and it has failed; the path forward is clear.

Sep 7, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Breaking My Silence

Breaking My Silence Breaking My Silence

For years I have written about mass incarceration, while staying mute about drones and other injustices. It is time to connect the dots.

Sep 4, 2013 / Michelle Alexander

From the Sunbelt to Capitol Hill, Students Mass for Racial Justice

From the Sunbelt to Capitol Hill, Students Mass for Racial Justice From the Sunbelt to Capitol Hill, Students Mass for Racial Justice

To commemorate the March on Washington, students sat-in, died-in and boycotted school.

Sep 4, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

How Will California’s Prison Hunger Strike End?

How Will California’s Prison Hunger Strike End? How Will California’s Prison Hunger Strike End?

With Governor Jerry Brown taking a hardline position, strikers must turn to the courts, public opinion or the legislature.

Aug 27, 2013 / Tom Hayden

Martin Luther King and the Two 9/11s

Martin Luther King and the Two 9/11s Martin Luther King and the Two 9/11s

Dr. King’s words in a world awash with surveillance. 

Aug 27, 2013 / Ariel Dorfman

As the School Year Approaches, Students Protest in Philadelphia, Chicago and Rhode Island

As the School Year Approaches, Students Protest in Philadelphia, Chicago and Rhode Island As the School Year Approaches, Students Protest in Philadelphia, Chicago and Rhode Island

Across the country, students sit-in, mobilize and unionize for justice.

Aug 21, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Workers ROC the Restaurant Industry

Workers ROC the Restaurant Industry Workers ROC the Restaurant Industry

How low-wage food service workers are serving up justice.

Aug 14, 2013 / Feature / Laura Flanders

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