Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights Building a Museum Shouldn’t Violate Human Rights
The Guggenheim’s Abu Dhabi project is just the latest cultural institution in the Persian Gulf to be targeted by this coalition of workers, academics, and artists.
Oct 26, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Teaching While Poor: Adjunct Professors and the Fight for Fair Wages Teaching While Poor: Adjunct Professors and the Fight for Fair Wages
Across the country, adjunct professors are being exploited for profit, and many of them have had enough of it.
Oct 26, 2015 / Brave New Films
October 26, 2001: President George W. Bush Signs the USA Patriot Act Into Law October 26, 2001: President George W. Bush Signs the USA Patriot Act Into Law
“At times of crisis the most patriotic act of all is the unyielding defense of civil liberties, the right to dissent and equality before the law for all Americans.”
Oct 26, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
October 25, 1881: Pablo Picasso Is Born October 25, 1881: Pablo Picasso Is Born
“Cultured young men were seen to faint with delight. Ladies of uncertain age struck attitudes giving one to understand that they felt—inexpressible things.”
Oct 25, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Netanyahu’s Holocaust Revisionism Actually Reflects Widespread Dehumanization of Palestinians Netanyahu’s Holocaust Revisionism Actually Reflects Widespread Dehumanization of Palestinians
Racist, blame-the-victim language plays an important role in obscuring the violence of Israel’s occupation.
Oct 24, 2015 / Yousef Munayyer
October 24, 1923: Denise Levertov Is Born October 24, 1923: Denise Levertov Is Born
Denise Levertov, born on this day in 1923, was The Nation’s poetry editor in the 1960s. Her first poem in our pages was “The Sage,” published in the issue of November 1, 1958. The…
Oct 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Pimps All Around: In Defense of ‘Louisville Madam’ Katina Powell Pimps All Around: In Defense of ‘Louisville Madam’ Katina Powell
People castigating the woman who supplied sex workers to Louisville basketball groups should be pointing their fingers elsewhere.
Oct 23, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Live, From New York, It’s a Poke in the Eye for Latinos! Live, From New York, It’s a Poke in the Eye for Latinos!
Make Saturday Night Live (almost) great again—dump Trump.
Oct 23, 2015 / Leslie Savan
The Select Committee on Benghazi Is a Joke. Not All Congressional Inquiries Are. The Select Committee on Benghazi Is a Joke. Not All Congressional Inquiries Are.
Five cases that prove that congressional inquiries can lead to real change.
Oct 23, 2015 / George Zornick
Walmart’s Wage Increase Is Hurting Its Stock Price—and That’s OK Walmart’s Wage Increase Is Hurting Its Stock Price—and That’s OK
The stock market doesn’t take long-term economic growth into account very well, so why do we look to it to see if higher wages are succeeding?
Oct 23, 2015 / Bryce Covert