Activism

Black Lives Matter

Republican Cancel Culture: State Laws to Suppress Activism Republican Cancel Culture: State Laws to Suppress Activism

Republicans in 33 states have introduced bills to make protesting a crime.

May 19, 2021 / David Cole

Amazon union

Was the Failed Union Drive in Bessemer a Net Positive for the Labor Movement? Was the Failed Union Drive in Bessemer a Net Positive for the Labor Movement?

Will it demonstrate the need for labor law reform—or will it scare workers away from organizing?

May 19, 2021 / The Debate / Alex Han and Adam Ryan

VIDEO Mónica Ramírez Talks About the Severe Lack of Workplace Protections for Farmworkers

VIDEO Mónica Ramírez Talks About the Severe Lack of Workplace Protections for Farmworkers VIDEO Mónica Ramírez Talks About the Severe Lack of Workplace Protections for Farmworkers

Activist, author, and civil rights attorney Mónica Ramírez joined The Nation for an intimate conversation about gender-based violence and discrimination against farmworker women at…

May 18, 2021 / The Nation

Steven Donziger

Steven Donziger Wants to Convince ‘a Different Jury’ Steven Donziger Wants to Convince ‘a Different Jury’

Denied legal judgment by his peers, the lawyer who took on Chevron wants the world to know about his persecution.

May 18, 2021 / James North

Israeli / Palestinian Conflict

Israeli / Palestinian Conflict Israeli / Palestinian Conflict

Israel’s imbalance of power.

May 18, 2021 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Our Team book cover

How a 1948 Baseball Team Explains the World How a 1948 Baseball Team Explains the World

Author Luke Epplin joins the show to talk about his new book, Our Team: The Epic Story of Four Men and the World Series That Changed Baseball.

May 18, 2021 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Tahanie Aboushi

Meet the Woman Who Would Transform the Nation’s Most Powerful DA’s Office Meet the Woman Who Would Transform the Nation’s Most Powerful DA’s Office

The Manhattan district attorney’s office is a vital cog in New York City’s vast incarceration machine. Tahanie Aboushi is running to change that.

May 18, 2021 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi

Stop Gun Violence

Stop Gun Violence Stop Gun Violence

Countless casualties.

May 17, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Standing section of St. Francis Dam

Exhuming California’s St. Francis Dam Disaster Exhuming California’s St. Francis Dam Disaster

The unrecognized past of America’s newest national monument presents a chance for us to better understand our present environmental challenges.

May 17, 2021 / Josh Lappen

The California Prosecutors Who Want to Keep People Out of Jail

The California Prosecutors Who Want to Keep People Out of Jail The California Prosecutors Who Want to Keep People Out of Jail

In the state that once pioneered the punitive Three Strikes policy, a coalition of recently elected district attorneys is pushing back against mass incarceration.

May 17, 2021 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

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