Why the New Film About the Gang Rape and Murder of Jyoti Singh Is Required Viewing Why the New Film About the Gang Rape and Murder of Jyoti Singh Is Required Viewing
The documentary has been banned in India—which makes watching it only more urgent.
Mar 20, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Nitasha Kaul
Columbia Students to Lee Bollinger: Divest From Prisons Now! Columbia Students to Lee Bollinger: Divest From Prisons Now!
As of last year, the university had $8 million invested in Corrections Corporation of America, as well as shares in other private security firms.
Mar 20, 2015 / Clare Sestanovich
What It Feels Like to Be a ‘Demographic Threat’ to Israel What It Feels Like to Be a ‘Demographic Threat’ to Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack on Arab voters was not just an electioneering tactic. Such fear-mongering is rooted in the foundation of the Zionist project in Palestine.
Mar 20, 2015 / Yousef Munayyer
Where in America Are Black People Safe From Racism? Nowhere. Where in America Are Black People Safe From Racism? Nowhere.
Starbucks’ “Race Together” campaign rings false as cases of police brutality multiply.
Mar 19, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
March 18, 1871: The Paris Commune is Established March 18, 1871: The Paris Commune is Established
The Nation was appalled when “grossly ignorant” laborers and “schemers and visionaries” took over the French capital.
Mar 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
The Laura Kipnis Melodrama The Laura Kipnis Melodrama
In the dead serious discussion about student sexual vulnerability, there’s no place for cheeky provocateurs.
Mar 16, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
Black Comedy in the Maldives Black Comedy in the Maldives
Why was former president and climate-justice hero Mohamed Nasheed sentenced to prison on terrorism charges?
Mar 16, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard
From Selma to Madison, a Generation Demands Justice From Selma to Madison, a Generation Demands Justice
Across the country, students and communities of color rise.
Mar 16, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The University of Wisconsin’s Point Guard Says Change the Mascot The University of Wisconsin’s Point Guard Says Change the Mascot
Bronson Koenig is using his newfound national platform to speak out against mistreatment of Native Americans.
Mar 16, 2015 / Brian Ward
The Most Beautiful Animal You’ve Never Seen The Most Beautiful Animal You’ve Never Seen
How the $20 billion illegal animal trade has pushed the saola—and countless other species—to the brink of extinction.
Mar 16, 2015 / William deBuys