Bogus Bipartisanship: Congress Cooperates in the Service of Corporations Bogus Bipartisanship: Congress Cooperates in the Service of Corporations
House Republicans and Democrats overwhelmingly approve extending absurd corporate tax breaks.
Dec 5, 2014 / John Nichols
The Most Dangerous Time in Russian-US Relations Since the Cuban Missile Crisis The Most Dangerous Time in Russian-US Relations Since the Cuban Missile Crisis
The people who deny that we’re in a new Cold War are the people who got us into it in the first place.
Dec 5, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
Want to Exploit Retail Workers? In San Francisco, It’ll Cost You Want to Exploit Retail Workers? In San Francisco, It’ll Cost You
The city now has a Retail Workers Bill of Rights.
Dec 5, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Right-Wing Media’s Painful Pivot From Demonizing Mike Brown to Giving Eric Garner a Moral Pass Right-Wing Media’s Painful Pivot From Demonizing Mike Brown to Giving Eric Garner a Moral Pass
How to bury two dead black men in the “reverse racism” narrative.
Dec 5, 2014 / Leslie Savan
Jameis Winston’s Peculiar Kind of Privilege Jameis Winston’s Peculiar Kind of Privilege
College football star Jameis Winston finds himself protected by police. But not without a price.
Dec 5, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Thousands of Americans Demand Transparency Around Bush-Era Torture Thousands of Americans Demand Transparency Around Bush-Era Torture
Democratic Senator Mark Udall of Colorado could enter the history books as the second lawmaker to read classified controversial government documents into public record.
Dec 5, 2014 / Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro and NationAction
The Anarchist and the Refugees: Two Hunger Strikes in Athens The Anarchist and the Refugees: Two Hunger Strikes in Athens
A hunger strike touches on the the things all human beings share: the way pain and deprivation are written on the body.
Dec 5, 2014 / Maria Margaronis
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 12/05/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 12/05/14?
What are interns reading for the week of 12/05/14?
Dec 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation
‘It Hurts Me So Much’: A Dispatch From Ferguson ‘It Hurts Me So Much’: A Dispatch From Ferguson
How residents are doing Mike Brown’s legacy justice.
Dec 5, 2014 / The Nation
Can the Military Fix Its Sexual-Assault Problem on Its Own? Can the Military Fix Its Sexual-Assault Problem on Its Own?
Despite promises of “zero tolerance” for sex crimes, new reforms and a report showing fewer incidences of assault, members of the military are still being raped, filmed...
Dec 5, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter