Nation Topics - Race and Religion | The Nation

The American government is currently employing counterterrorism strategies against Muslim communities here in the United States that were first developed by the military for use abroad.

Community partnerships are seen as a softer counterterrorism. But who are the partners?

Seemingly within reach of unprecedented power in a post-Mubarak Egypt, the group faces the prospect of implosion.

Is a vote for Bachmann actually a vote for her husband?

Antigovernment zealots and biblical literalists are driving the race for 2012's Republican presidential nomination.

We will be an equal society when we can all celebrate and criticize our country together.

Did the Poverty Tour succeed in dramatizing the magnitude of poverty’s impact on America—or simply draw attention to its organizers' criticisms of Obama?

What is the link between the Norway killer’s actions and the ideas he espoused?

Why has Obama been cautious in arguing for what’s right? Westen misses the profound impact of race-based attacks on the president.