Nation Topics - Activism | The Nation

Hundreds of activists are braving arrest weekly to protest the state’s assault on democracy and the social safety net.

David Graeber’s account of Occupy Wall Street is essential—and somewhat maddening in its insistence on heightening the differences between anarchists and liberals.

From stopping wage theft to organizing carwasheros, victories have come from meeting workers where they live.

“I killed the thing that almost killed me,” said Kirk Bloodsworth, who faced execution in Maryland, the latest state to outlaw capital punishment.

The newly unveiled May 4 Visitors Center attempts to reconcile the search for truth with the need for reconciliation and healing.

Progressive activists can learn important lessons from a successful grassroots campaign against transit racism.

Repression after 9/11 is nothing compared to what's come before, and our tools to fight it are greater.

Some mainstream environmental organizations are trying to wean themselves from fossil fuel investments—but some aren’t.

Search engine executives warn about invasive government surveillance, but the digital arms trade begins with their own technologies.

America's military-masculinity complex is generating violence on a mass scale—at home.