Activism

The Very Human Labor That Powers Artificial Intelligence

The Very Human Labor That Powers Artificial Intelligence The Very Human Labor That Powers Artificial Intelligence

Crowd-working platforms obscure—and profit from—the tedious human labor behind the digital age’s shiny successes.

Oct 27, 2020 / Arvind Dilawar

A crowd of demonstrators wearing masks and waving flags.

A New Constitution: What the United States Can Learn From Chile A New Constitution: What the United States Can Learn From Chile

Do the problems that beset us, so similar to those that plague our Chilean brothers and sisters, not cry out for a radical reimagining of who we are?

Oct 26, 2020 / Ariel Dorfman

What Amy Coney Barrett Means for the Future of Voting Rights

What Amy Coney Barrett Means for the Future of Voting Rights What Amy Coney Barrett Means for the Future of Voting Rights

Unless we act, I fear a return to Jim Crow regime under which my grandparents and tens of millions of Black people suffered is inevitable.

Oct 26, 2020 / Mondaire Jones

Vote for What You Believe In

Vote for What You Believe In Vote for What You Believe In

Words of optimism.

Oct 26, 2020 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

‘The Nation’ Launches ‘System Check,’ A New Podcast With Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren

‘The Nation’ Launches ‘System Check,’ A New Podcast With Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren ‘The Nation’ Launches ‘System Check,’ A New Podcast With Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren

The latest addition to The Nation’s stable of popular podcasts seeks to diagnose and repair our malfunctioning democracy.

Oct 26, 2020 / Press Room

Vote! (Save America)

Vote! (Save America) Vote! (Save America)

Voter suppression is one of the most important issues of our time. Billboard location: 1024 Grand Avenue, Phoenix, Ariz.

Oct 24, 2020 / OppArt / Karen Fiorito

Betsy DeVos Attacks Trans Athletes Again

Betsy DeVos Attacks Trans Athletes Again Betsy DeVos Attacks Trans Athletes Again

By using Title IX to threaten a school’s federal funding, DeVos and Trump are imposing their own definition of what constitutes a woman athlete. 

Oct 23, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Cage Rage

Cage Rage Cage Rage

Atlas plugged. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of October 19.

Oct 23, 2020 / Steve Brodner

Women Will Decide

Vote! Vote!

Resist, persist, vote him out.

Oct 23, 2020 / OppArt / Kat Gooch-Breault, India Tresselt, and Dara Herman Zierlein

Dianne Feinstein Demonstrates Why Democratic Challenges to Democratic Incumbents Are Necessary

Dianne Feinstein Demonstrates Why Democratic Challenges to Democratic Incumbents Are Necessary Dianne Feinstein Demonstrates Why Democratic Challenges to Democratic Incumbents Are Necessary

The California senator’s praise for the disastrous Amy Coney Barrett confirmation process played into Republican hands.

Oct 23, 2020 / John Nichols

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