No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal No More Tale of Two Cities? How de Blasio’s 2015 Budget Could Make New York More Equal
Could we finally be leaving Mayor Bloomberg’s Gilded City behind?
May 12, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stephen Cohen: Is the US Applauding War Crimes in Ukraine? Stephen Cohen: Is the US Applauding War Crimes in Ukraine?
Nation contributing editor Stephen Cohen appears on Democracy Now to discuss the frightening implications of US support for the ruling government in Kiev.
May 12, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
NYU Just Dropped Its Contract With JanSport—Why Is That a Victory for Global Labor Rights? NYU Just Dropped Its Contract With JanSport—Why Is That a Victory for Global Labor Rights?
New York University’s Student Labor Action Movement got the the administration to finally act responsibility when doing business with the global fashion industry.
May 12, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Democrat? Green? Independent? The ‘Run Bernie Run’ Jockeying Democrat? Green? Independent? The ‘Run Bernie Run’ Jockeying
Senator Sanders is considering a presidential bid. Activists want him to consider his political options.
May 12, 2014 / John Nichols
The True Costs of Remote Control War The True Costs of Remote Control War
Imagine if drone wars had a human face all the time so that we could understand what it was like to live constantly with the specter of death.
May 12, 2014 / Pratap Chatterjee
The Media Did Not Have Relations With ‘That Story’ The Media Did Not Have Relations With ‘That Story’
Have the media grown up half as much as Monica Lewinsky?
May 12, 2014 / Leslie Savan
As Iran and the P5+1 Meet Again, Optimism Abounds As Iran and the P5+1 Meet Again, Optimism Abounds
Hardliners in Israel, in Iran and in Congress are in the minority, it seems.
May 12, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Debate Over Voting Rights Is Shifting Dramatically. Just Ask Rand Paul. The Debate Over Voting Rights Is Shifting Dramatically. Just Ask Rand Paul.
The Tea Party darling has now criticized the GOP on voter ID and cutting early voting, and is pushing to restore voting rights to nonviolent felons.
May 12, 2014 / Ari Berman
Michael Sam Gets Drafted, and the NFL Has Issues Michael Sam Gets Drafted, and the NFL Has Issues
Sam fell to the 249th pick in the seventh round. His desire to control his own narrative was more harmful than his forty time.
May 10, 2014 / Dave Zirin
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/9/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/9/2014?
This week: Questlove, Marx and an infamous Mexican drug kingpin.
May 9, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation