Activism

Biden’s Rescue Plan Will Be a Huge Benefit for Undocumented Workers

Biden’s Rescue Plan Will Be a Huge Benefit for Undocumented Workers Biden’s Rescue Plan Will Be a Huge Benefit for Undocumented Workers

This federal sea change in policy comes after years of efforts by Western states to reimagine their social safety nets.

Mar 12, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

Ben Jealous Profile

VIDEO Ben Jealous Makes the Case for Immediate Democracy Reform VIDEO Ben Jealous Makes the Case for Immediate Democracy Reform

Ben Jealous, president of People For the American Way, joined The Nation for an intimate conversation about how democracy reform is fundamental to every other policy change he and…

Mar 12, 2021 / The Nation

Inequity in a Globalized Economy

Inequity in a Globalized Economy Inequity in a Globalized Economy

Every day in Brazil, 10-year-old Isabela picks through a putrid garbage heap searching for bottles and cans to sell to the middleman.

Mar 10, 2021 / OppArt / Robin Holder

Shirley Chisholm

The Times Have Finally Caught Up With Shirley Chisholm The Times Have Finally Caught Up With Shirley Chisholm

When Representative Sheila Jackson Lee spoke on the floor of the House at the end of February, she began by asking, “Who would ever forget the Honorable Shirley Chisholm, the first…

Mar 10, 2021 / John Nichols

Greta Thunberg

Meet the Climate Kids Who Are Mobilizing a Generation of Parents Meet the Climate Kids Who Are Mobilizing a Generation of Parents

Across the country and the world, children are waking moms and dads to the urgent need to take climate action.

Mar 10, 2021 / Feature / Angely Mercado

Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor

Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor Now Is the Time to Restore the Power of Labor

Strengthening unions would play a critical part in tackling our country’s staggering inequality.

Mar 9, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Paralympics Tokyo

Leroy Moore, Krip Hop Nation, and the Politics of the Paralympics Leroy Moore, Krip Hop Nation, and the Politics of the Paralympics

The famed disability rights activist weighs in on the Paralympics.

Mar 9, 2021 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day International Women’s Day

Healing hands project.

Mar 8, 2021 / OppArt / Marietta Bernstorff

March on Washington

Democracy Is Not Exclusive Democracy Is Not Exclusive

The For the People Act works to fulfill the democratic promise of the United States. Those who seek to thwart it do not actually want a democracy.

Mar 8, 2021 / Ben Jealous

Jing Fong workers solidarity

Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown? Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown?

The pandemic has tipped the scales even further in favor of landlords over workers.

Mar 8, 2021 / Wilfred Chan

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