Keith Ellison on Police Brutality: ‘We Need a Vision That Says There’s Going to Be Accountability’ Keith Ellison on Police Brutality: ‘We Need a Vision That Says There’s Going to Be Accountability’
Minnesota’s attorney general, in an exclusive interview with The Nation, says we must challenge the social order that maintains an unjust status quo.
May 31, 2020 / John Nichols
The Only Solution Is to Defund the Police The Only Solution Is to Defund the Police
The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor prove what we already knew—police “reform” has failed.
May 31, 2020 / Alex S. Vitale
Exclusive: The US Military Is Monitoring Protests in 7 States Exclusive: The US Military Is Monitoring Protests in 7 States
A National Guard member says troops are ill-equipped to respond to civil unrest.
May 30, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
Workers Need a ‘Newer Deal’ to Tackle This Crisis Workers Need a ‘Newer Deal’ to Tackle This Crisis
So far, government relief efforts have been helping banks and corporations rather than Main Street.
May 29, 2020 / Nomi Prins
How the CIA Learned to Rock How the CIA Learned to Rock
A new podcast illuminates why the spy agency preferred pop music in the cultural Cold War.
May 29, 2020 / Jeet Heer
The Coronavirus Thrives on Hate The Coronavirus Thrives on Hate
Homophobia may help tip South Korea back into its Covid-19 crisis. It may also keep America deeply mired in its own public health disaster.
May 29, 2020 / Patrick G. Lee
Argentina and the Future of Finance Capitalism Argentina and the Future of Finance Capitalism
Don’t the country's creditors know the only choice is between an orderly restructuring and a disorderly restructuring?
May 29, 2020 / Joseph E. Stiglitz
It’s Time to Cancel the Rent It’s Time to Cancel the Rent
Democrats are pushing two proposals to help Americans cover rent payments. Neither gives tenants what they really need: more power.
May 29, 2020 / Tracy Rosenthal
Trump’s Twitter Tirade Is the Tantrum of a Troll Trump’s Twitter Tirade Is the Tantrum of a Troll
Social media probably does need public regulation—but make no mistake, Trump’s latest move is a would-be tyrant’s attack on truth-telling.
May 29, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Trump’s Social Media Executive Order Shows Just How Low He’ll Go to Win Trump’s Social Media Executive Order Shows Just How Low He’ll Go to Win
His attack on Twitter is really an attack on the right to criticize the president.
May 29, 2020 / John Nichols