Where the Leadership of Black Women Can Take Us Where the Leadership of Black Women Can Take Us
No economic opportunity agenda for women can be complete without Black women’s needs, experiences and dreams at the forefront.
Feb 26, 2015 / Alicia Garza
Today Is a Big Day for the Internet Today Is a Big Day for the Internet
Today, a coalition of activists beat the well-funded cable lobby as the FCC voted to use Title II reclassification to preserve net neutrality.
Feb 26, 2015 / NationAction
The Activists Who Won Net Neutrality Must Defend It in 2016 The Activists Who Won Net Neutrality Must Defend It in 2016
The FCC has guaranteed net neutrality, for now. But special interests will try to elect a president to undo it.
Feb 26, 2015 / John Nichols
Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter
The tragic death of Trayvon Martin inspired a new generation of activists who fight to make black lives matter.
Feb 26, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed
Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.
Feb 25, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman
In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police
Activists and organizers gathered at the Schomburg Center to interrogate the current conditions of American policing.
Feb 25, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt? What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?
Fifteen former students of the for-profit Corinthian college chain are launching a debt strike to allow other debtors to do just that.
Feb 25, 2015 / Michelle Chen
The Furor Over Campus Rape Is More Than a Moral Panic The Furor Over Campus Rape Is More Than a Moral Panic
The new documentary The Hunting Ground is a reminder that the campus rape crisis is real.
Feb 25, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part III Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part III
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1957 to 1968.
Feb 24, 2015 / The Nation
A National Call for Criminal-Justice Reform A National Call for Criminal-Justice Reform
In the wake of nationwide cop-on-civilian violence, there is hope for criminal-justice reform.
Feb 24, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel