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Where’s the Outrage When the FBI Targets Muslims?

Where’s the Outrage When the FBI Targets Muslims? Where’s the Outrage When the FBI Targets Muslims?

The FBI employs the same repressive tactics as the NYPD in its broad surveillance of Muslim communities. Why does the FBI get a pass?

Oct 31, 2013 / Diala Shamas

Joe Lhota Is Likable Enough

Joe Lhota Is Likable Enough Joe Lhota Is Likable Enough

Lhota’s sincerity shone through in the final NYC mayoral debate, but he’s no match for de Blasio’s political savvy. 

Oct 31, 2013 / Leslie Savan

Is Pot-Growing Bad for the Environment?

Is Pot-Growing Bad for the Environment? Is Pot-Growing Bad for the Environment?

Thanks to the drug’s illegal status, marijuana farms are not regulated—with serious costs to water and wildlife.

Oct 31, 2013 / Feature / Seth Zuckerman

One on One, Part Two One on One, Part Two

The Nation constructors go on and on about themselves.

Oct 31, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

How States Taken Over by the GOP in 2010 Have Been Quietly Screwing Over the American Worker

How States Taken Over by the GOP in 2010 Have Been Quietly Screwing Over the American Worker How States Taken Over by the GOP in 2010 Have Been Quietly Screwing Over the American Worker

A broad campaign to strip employees of their rights is being fueled by corporate cash and conservative state lawmakers. 

Oct 31, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Tell President Obama: Pardon Prisoners and Commute Unjust Sentences

Tell President Obama: Pardon Prisoners and Commute Unjust Sentences Tell President Obama: Pardon Prisoners and Commute Unjust Sentences

Join us in calling on President Obama to pardon or commute the sentences of federal prisoners serving excessive sentences for nonviolent drug crimes. 

Oct 31, 2013 / NationAction

Remembering Doug Ireland

Remembering Doug Ireland Remembering Doug Ireland

Doug Ireland followed the truth wherever it took him.

Oct 31, 2013 / Micah L. Sifry

Special Issue: Marijuana Wars

Special Issue: Marijuana Wars Special Issue: Marijuana Wars

It’s time to end pot prohibition. It's time to legalize marijuana.

Oct 31, 2013 / The Nation

Boston Red Sox Party Like It’s 1918 and My Hate Is on Hold

Boston Red Sox Party Like It’s 1918 and My Hate Is on Hold Boston Red Sox Party Like It’s 1918 and My Hate Is on Hold

Baseball is about the unity of tradition and change. The Boston Red Sox's World Series victory has demonstrated this in dramatic fashion.

Oct 31, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Sorry, There’s No Evidence Big Business Has Abandoned the Tea Party or GOP

Sorry, There’s No Evidence Big Business Has Abandoned the Tea Party or GOP Sorry, There’s No Evidence Big Business Has Abandoned the Tea Party or GOP

Despite press chatter of a civil war, there’s no evidence big business has divorced the GOP or Tea Party. 

Oct 31, 2013 / Lee Fang

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