Nation Topics - Activism | The Nation

The early twenty-first century will be remembered as an era of tumult and protest.

While Washington debates a grand immigration resolution, some activists are putting their bodies on the line to free those in detention today.

The well-known musician talks about the adoption ban, Pussy Riot and the future of the opposition movement.

Against the backdrop of record deportations, undocumented activists outline what it would take to make immigration reform both comprehensive and meaningful.

From Cuba to climate change to criminal justice, progressives must push the president to act—and forge a better future.

Shawn Francis Peters’s The Catonsville Nine.

In his second inaugural address, the president stood for collective action, solidarity, social justice. Now let’s make him act on it.

We all know the damage done by corporate money in politics. On January 19, we have the opportunity to do something about it.

A decade after Illinois Governor George Ryan emptied death row and pardoned four innocent men who were tortured by police under Commander Jon Burge, the city of Chicago has not admitted to its collective crimes.

It's the antidote to the consumerism and cynicism that define our culture.