Dignity Beyond Voting: Undocumented Immigrants Cast Their Hopes Dignity Beyond Voting: Undocumented Immigrants Cast Their Hopes
Long locked out of the front door to electoral process, undocumented immigrants are creating a window of opportunity.
Oct 25, 2012 / Aura Bogado, Kemi Bello, and Voting Rights Watch
Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality Stop Killing Our Youth: Protest Against Police Brutality
On October 22, people across the country gathered for the seventeenth National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation.
Oct 23, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
A True Army Responds to True the Vote Threats A True Army Responds to True the Vote Threats
DOJ, Congress, state senators, election protection lawyers and civil rights advocates—all eyes are on True the Vote.
Oct 19, 2012 / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Peter Dreier: ‘We Stand On the Shoulders’ of Social Justice Activists Peter Dreier: ‘We Stand On the Shoulders’ of Social Justice Activists
From Barbara Ehrenreich to Paul Wellstone, changemakers fighting for equality are the real American heroes.
Oct 15, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Press Room
We Need More than a New President We Need More than a New President
In a second Obama term, we must organize to win a new social contract for a new economy.
Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Saket Soni
A Politics of Love A Politics of Love
In this election and after, we need to write a new story for our changing nation that places care and connection at the center.
Oct 2, 2012 / Feature / Ai-jen Poo
Jesse Jackson Fights Capital Punishment in the Gambia Jesse Jackson Fights Capital Punishment in the Gambia
The reverend sat down with The Nation to talk about his humanitarian trip to Africa and poverty in America.
Oct 2, 2012 / Richard Kreitner
Let Former Felons Vote Let Former Felons Vote
Felon voting is a legitimate part of any functioning democracy.
Sep 27, 2012 / NationAction
Jeff Biggers: The Fight Against ‘Show Me Your Papers’ Jeff Biggers: The Fight Against ‘Show Me Your Papers’
As anti-immigration policymakers legalize racial profiling, a coalition of progressive Arizonans refuse to stand down.
Sep 25, 2012 / Press Room
The Strike Is Over, Segregation Is Not The Strike Is Over, Segregation Is Not
The Chicago Teacher Strike was just the first step in a march against educational inequality.
Sep 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Christie Thompson