Nation Topics - Activism | The Nation

Fifty years after the March on Washington, Dr. King’s most famous speech, like his own political legacy, is widely misunderstood.

On city walls across the country, muralists and street artists depict him as a statesman, visionary, hero and martyr.

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

Fifty years after King’s historic march, the struggle for racial justice faces unprecedented challenges.

To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington, we’re asking our readers to share their thoughts and memories. 

A band of finance wizards take on the system they now say is corrupt.

The landscape of Wall Street’s creative destruction.

So-called "Ag-Gag" laws reveal the lengths to which the agriculture industry will go to keep their business practices secret.

Where has it gone?

The anti-corruption activist’s mayoral campaign in Moscow is dividing voters, while testing the country’s diminished opposition party.