We Need a New US-Russia Détente We Need a New US-Russia Détente
What will it take to repair US-Russian relations?
Apr 20, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Cornel West Is Not Mike Tyson Cornel West Is Not Mike Tyson
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson’s 10,000-word excoriation of Dr. Cornel West is highly personal. But there is a political fight thrumming beneath the surface.
Apr 20, 2015 / Dave Zirin
New York City Just Outlawed Running Credit Checks on Job Applicants New York City Just Outlawed Running Credit Checks on Job Applicants
Why that’s a big win for the poor, people of color, and economic justice in general.
Apr 20, 2015 / Michelle Chen
The Foreclosure Conveyor Belt That Could Remove as Many as 100,000 Detroit Residents From Their Homes The Foreclosure Conveyor Belt That Could Remove as Many as 100,000 Detroit Residents From Their Homes
Long-time residents are fighting to keep their homes in what could be the single largest tax foreclosure in American history.
Apr 20, 2015 / Laura Gottesdiener
Jamie Raskin Is Running for Congress to ‘Renew Popular Democracy in America’ Jamie Raskin Is Running for Congress to ‘Renew Popular Democracy in America’
One of the nation’s leading advocates for voting rights, fair elections, and amending corporate cash out of politics wants to shake up the House.
Apr 20, 2015 / John Nichols
Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future
From the campaign to conserve hunting lands in the 19th century to the movement for climate justice in the 21st, The Nation has been a leading proponent of the idea that our succes...
Apr 20, 2015 / The Nation
In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened? In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened?
Today, the environment is a controversial issue divided along partisan lines—but it wasn't always that way.
Apr 20, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler, Letter-Writer to ‘The Nation’, Is Born April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler, Letter-Writer to ‘The Nation’, Is Born
Notoriously prickly about his press, Hitler wrote in to complain about a minor factual discrepancy.
Apr 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City Bombing, a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy? April 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City Bombing, a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy?
"The Oklahoma City bombers were goaded to action not just by their private mad impulses but by a broader political culture."
Apr 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 18, 1983: Alice Walker Becomes the First Woman of Color to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction April 18, 1983: Alice Walker Becomes the First Woman of Color to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
“By infusing the black experience into the Southern novel, she enriches both it and us.”
Apr 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac