Activism

Dan Snyder

Is Dan Snyder Really Changing the Washington Team’s Name? Is Dan Snyder Really Changing the Washington Team’s Name?

He has always said he would never change the name of his team, but “never” is coming up mighty fast. 

Jul 6, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Chase Iron Eyes, Takota Iron Eyes, and Madonna Thunder Hawk

Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Chase Iron Eyes, Takota Iron Eyes, and Madonna Thunder Hawk Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Chase Iron Eyes, Takota Iron Eyes, and Madonna Thunder Hawk

Join Lakota Sioux activists in discussion with Nation contributing writer Zoë Carpenter for our weekly virtual series.

Jul 6, 2020 / The Nation

Ja'Mal Green points amid a sea of hands

Why JPMorgan Chase Should Give $1 Billion to Black Neighborhoods in Chicago Why JPMorgan Chase Should Give $1 Billion to Black Neighborhoods in Chicago

Activist Ja’Mal Green wants the nation’s biggest bank to pay reparations for its history of racist lending.

Jul 6, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Fernandez

American Dreamers

American Dreamers American Dreamers

The Supreme Court blocks Trump from ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Jul 3, 2020 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

51 Years After Stonewall, New York’s Queer Liberation March Faces Police Violence

51 Years After Stonewall, New York’s Queer Liberation March Faces Police Violence 51 Years After Stonewall, New York’s Queer Liberation March Faces Police Violence

This is a moment of reckoning that is knitting together seemingly disparate social movements.

Jul 3, 2020 / Jay W. Walker

Maya Moore for the Win

Maya Moore for the Win Maya Moore for the Win

Jonathan Irons finally walks free thanks to the efforts of the all-time basketball great.

Jul 2, 2020 / Dave Zirin

A person lies on the ground in front of a group of police officers

New York’s City Hall Encampment Is a Middle Finger to Our Elected Leaders New York’s City Hall Encampment Is a Middle Finger to Our Elected Leaders

A ragtag group of strangers is taking care of New Yorkers—including homeless comrades—better than the City is.

Jul 2, 2020 / Chris Gelardi

Kiara Williams holds a megaphone in the air that says

The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership The White Left Needs to Embrace Black Leadership

The current uprisings are what class struggle in the 21st century looks like.

Jul 2, 2020 / Barbara Ransby

Zuccotti Park

Tear Gas and Clubs in Lafayette Square Were Just the Beginning Tear Gas and Clubs in Lafayette Square Were Just the Beginning

Trump and Barr are turning to the “Occupy model” to crush the current uprising against police brutality.

Jul 2, 2020 / Dave Lindorff

Defund—and Disarm—the Police

Defund—and Disarm—the Police Defund—and Disarm—the Police

Kelly Lytle Hernandez, D.D. Guttenplan, and Zoë Carpenter.

Jul 2, 2020 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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