The Senate’s Drone and Trigger-Happy Immigration Bill The Senate’s Drone and Trigger-Happy Immigration Bill
Legal permanent residency and eventual citizenship will be conditional on expanded border security—including the use of drones.
Apr 17, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Greg Kaufmann: After Sequestration, Where Will Poor Families Sleep? Greg Kaufmann: After Sequestration, Where Will Poor Families Sleep?
Housing programs are getting the budgetary knife—a crisis for seniors, people with disabilities and poor families.
Apr 17, 2013 / Press Room
Undocumented Youth Infiltrates Another Immigrant Detention Center Undocumented Youth Infiltrates Another Immigrant Detention Center
Twenty-seven-year-old Claudia Muñoz checked into a Michigan facility—to fight for the release of those being unfairly held.
Apr 15, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/12/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/12/13)
In the latest picks, activists organize around education, economist Richard Wolff tells it like it is and Farc and the Colombian government make progress towards peace. Who said no...
Apr 12, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Foreclosure Review Report Shows That the OCC Continues to Bury Wall Street’s Bodies Foreclosure Review Report Shows That the OCC Continues to Bury Wall Street’s Bodies
A GAO examination of the Independent Foreclosure Review reveals massive levels of incompetence and negligence.
Apr 10, 2013 / Alexis Goldstein
A Music Video Without Papers A Music Video Without Papers
If living through the reality of immigrant raids and detention seems difficult, try depicting it with cameras rolling.
Apr 8, 2013 / Aura Bogado
What You Need to Know About the Indiana University Strike What You Need to Know About the Indiana University Strike
This week, students and staff will walk out of class and off the job in support of a comprehensive set of demands for worker rights and economic equity.
Apr 8, 2013 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky and StudentNation
Ryan Devereaux: Just How Important Is New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Trial? Ryan Devereaux: Just How Important Is New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Trial?
For men of color in New York, getting stopped-and-frisked is a daily reality. Will the courts do anything to change it?
Apr 5, 2013 / Press Room
Schumer Wants to Have His Cake and Eat It, Too Schumer Wants to Have His Cake and Eat It, Too
The leading Democrat working to unveil a comprehensive immigration reform bill is getting his campaign money from the private detention industry.
Apr 3, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Victory! The Stopping of Owlcatraz Victory! The Stopping of Owlcatraz
When FAU accepted a private prison company's $6 million "goodwill" in stadium naming rights, students would have none of it. Now, the deal is dead.
Apr 2, 2013 / Dave Zirin