Baltimore Oriole Adam Jones and the Power of Seeing Pain Baltimore Oriole Adam Jones and the Power of Seeing Pain
Rendering the oppressed invisible is a prerequisite to explosions like we have seen in Baltimore.
Apr 30, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Help Baltimore by Restoring Voting Rights to Ex-Felons Help Baltimore by Restoring Voting Rights to Ex-Felons
A bill recently passed by the Maryland Legislature would restore voting rights to 40,000 people, the majority of them African-American.
Apr 30, 2015 / Ari Berman
A Flute in Palestine: Making Art in an Apartheid State A Flute in Palestine: Making Art in an Apartheid State
In this increasingly confined land, art is a vital escape—if you can get the instruments past the checkpoint.
Apr 30, 2015 / Sandy Tolan
A Bold New Campaign for Economic Justice A Bold New Campaign for Economic Justice
A coalition of national, state and local organizations in 41 states is uniting around an agenda to put families first.
Apr 30, 2015 / Deepak Bhargava
April 30, 1945: Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide in a Berlin Bunker April 30, 1945: Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide in a Berlin Bunker
“It was once German and may be German again,” Thomas Mann wrote in The Nation, “to win respect and admiration by the human contribution, by the power of the sover...
Apr 30, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Right-Wing Media Try to Spin the Baltimore Riots Into a 2016 Victory Right-Wing Media Try to Spin the Baltimore Riots Into a 2016 Victory
Fox and friends are gearing up for a replay of the 1968 riots that helped bring us Richard Nixon.
Apr 29, 2015 / Leslie Savan
‘Now Political Prisoners Are Dead Black Kids’: Playwright Lemon Andersen Connects the Dots Between Attica and Police Violence ‘Now Political Prisoners Are Dead Black Kids’: Playwright Lemon Andersen Connects the Dots Between Attica and Police Violence
Andersen first heard about the Attica uprising during a stint on Rikers Island. His new play brings the rebellion to life at the Public Theater.
Apr 29, 2015 / Steve Colman
Will Preet Bharara, New York’s Anti-Corruption Crusader, Run for Higher Office? Will Preet Bharara, New York’s Anti-Corruption Crusader, Run for Higher Office?
The powerful US Attorney insists he’s not interested—but even if he changes his mind, recent legal setbacks may foil his chances.
Apr 29, 2015 / Feature / William D. Cohan
Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot? Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot?
A Nation investigation looks at the shuttering of needed trauma centers, beginning with those on Chicago’s violent South Side.
Apr 29, 2015 / Feature / Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul
The Case That Blew the Lid Off the World Bank’s Secret Courts The Case That Blew the Lid Off the World Bank’s Secret Courts
How Bolivian protesters and global activists exposed the dark side of global trade pacts and paved the way for the battles to come.
Apr 29, 2015 / Jim Shultz and Foreign Policy In Focus