Rebecca Nathanson is a freelance writer in New York City. She has written for Al Jazeera America, n+1, The Nation, NewYorker.com, The Progressive, RollingStone.com, and more.
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Labor
It’s Game On for Grad Students After NLRB Rules They Can Unionize
Rebecca Nathanson
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Dispatch
These Students Are Leading a Movement for Free College in the United States
At last, real organizing for tuition-free college is taking off in America.
Rebecca Nathanson
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Dispatch
Divesting for a Greener Planet?
Critics say divestment campaigns won’t hurt polluters’ profits. But Bill McKibben and student activists say that’s not the point.
Rebecca Nathanson