Activism

The US Reaches 500,000 Deaths From the Coronavirus

The US Reaches 500,000 Deaths From the Coronavirus The US Reaches 500,000 Deaths From the Coronavirus

The pandemic is disproportionately impacting communities of color.

Mar 2, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Student voting on campus

Even Blue States Suppress Student Voters Even Blue States Suppress Student Voters

The ongoing struggle to diminish the student vote in New York’s 19th Congressional District, a purple patch of the Hudson Valley, has echoes nationwide.

Mar 2, 2021 / StudentNation / Najwa Jamal

Cover of book by Steve Guridy

How Texas Led a Sporting Revolution How Texas Led a Sporting Revolution

Frank Guridy joins the show to talk about his new book, The Sports Revolution: How Texas Changed the Culture of American Athletics.

Mar 2, 2021 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

After a Decade of Misrule, the People of Haiti Have Had Enough

After a Decade of Misrule, the People of Haiti Have Had Enough After a Decade of Misrule, the People of Haiti Have Had Enough

But apprentice dictator Jovenel Moïse won’t go as long as the Biden administration backs his violent, corrupt regime.

Mar 1, 2021 / Amy Wilentz

Whistle While You Work?

Whistle While You Work? Whistle While You Work?

Not until they raise the minimum wage.

Mar 1, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Steve Cobble Waged a 50-Year Campaign for Justice and for Peace

Steve Cobble Waged a 50-Year Campaign for Justice and for Peace Steve Cobble Waged a 50-Year Campaign for Justice and for Peace

The strategist who started with George McGovern, stood at Jesse Jackson’s side, and drafted Bernie Sanders into presidential politics has died.

Mar 1, 2021 / John Nichols

Terry Dewayne Smith vigil

A Disability Day of Mourning: Remembering the Murdered and the Vulnerable A Disability Day of Mourning: Remembering the Murdered and the Vulnerable

On March 1 every year, communities gather to read aloud the names of disabled people killed by their caregivers.

Mar 1, 2021 / Sara Luterman

Execution chamber

VIDEO Sister Helen Prejean Is ‘On Fire’ to End the Death Penalty VIDEO Sister Helen Prejean Is ‘On Fire’ to End the Death Penalty

Sister Helen Prejean joined The Nation on Wednesday, February 24, for an intimate conversation about the first execution she saw and how it lit an unquenchable fire in her to…

Feb 26, 2021 / The Nation

Black Lives Matter Protest

Reckoning With a Year of Shared Isolation, Pandemic, and Protest Reckoning With a Year of Shared Isolation, Pandemic, and Protest

The pandemic has energized collective action on both the left and right.

Feb 26, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Blizzard Conditions

United States of Trauma United States of Trauma

Depletion allowance. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of  February 22.

Feb 26, 2021 / Steve Brodner

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