Media, Activism and Sports: The Nation at the National Conference for Media Reform Media, Activism and Sports: The Nation at the National Conference for Media Reform
What is "independent media," and why is it so important?
Apr 10, 2013 / Press Room
The Marriage Con The Marriage Con
Society keeps telling women that marriage is for their benefit, but we know better.
Apr 10, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
Here Comes the Gun Bill: What’s In It? Here Comes the Gun Bill: What’s In It?
Everything you need to know about the gun control package being debated this week, including what might get weakened.
Apr 9, 2013 / George Zornick
My So-Called ‘Post-Feminist’ Life in Arts and Letters My So-Called ‘Post-Feminist’ Life in Arts and Letters
Slut-shaming, name-calling and no respect: welcome to life in literary America for a twenty-first-century female author.
Apr 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Deborah Copaken Kogan
Dave Zirin: When Will Homophobia in Big-Money Sports End? Dave Zirin: When Will Homophobia in Big-Money Sports End?
Now-former Rutgers coach Mike Rice is just the tip of a homophobic iceberg. What'll it take to melt it away?
Apr 9, 2013 / Press Room
Primitive Heterosexuality: From Steubenville to the Marriage Altar Primitive Heterosexuality: From Steubenville to the Marriage Altar
Straight culture teaches its children that sex is either of the jungle or the picket fence.
Apr 9, 2013 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Here’s a Real Watergate-Style Political Scandal Here’s a Real Watergate-Style Political Scandal
Mitch McConnell is claiming he's the victim of "Watergate-style" tactics; while the real modern Watergate scandal has gone ignored.
Apr 9, 2013 / Lee Fang
Immigration Reform: Good for Immigrant Women, Good for American Feminism Immigration Reform: Good for Immigrant Women, Good for American Feminism
Two-thirds of immigrants to America are women and children. But current immigration policy and past reform proposals are, as the author calls it, "sexclusionary."
Apr 9, 2013 / Rep. Pramila Jayapal
How the Left Fought Back Against Thatcher How the Left Fought Back Against Thatcher
It wasn't easy, but artists, musicians and activists met Thatcher's brutal tactics with compassionate responses.
Apr 9, 2013 / The Nation Video and Antonino D’Ambrosio
How Did Margaret Thatcher Do It? How Did Margaret Thatcher Do It?
In every way, her agenda opposed the interests of ordinary working people. How did she get so many of them to vote against their own economic interests again and again?
Apr 9, 2013 / Column / Gary Younge