Rick Snyder’s Detroit Takeover Plan Is Not What Democracy Looks Like Rick Snyder’s Detroit Takeover Plan Is Not What Democracy Looks Like
The Republican governor seeks to give an “emergency manager,” not elected officials, authority over the city.
Mar 6, 2013 / John Nichols
McDonald’s Guest Workers Stage a Surprise Strike McDonald’s Guest Workers Stage a Surprise Strike
Alleging unpaid wages and repeated retaliation, workers are coming out about immigrant injustice.
Mar 6, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
Strike Debt Declares Healthcare Emergency: It’s a Matter of ‘Life or Debt’ Strike Debt Declares Healthcare Emergency: It’s a Matter of ‘Life or Debt’
Strike Debt, an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, has declared actions in response to a national “healthcare emergency.”
Mar 6, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
On the Legacy of Hugo Chávez On the Legacy of Hugo Chávez
Yes, the Venezuelan president could be a strongman. But he leaves behind what might be called the most democratic country in the Western Hemisphere.
Mar 6, 2013 / Greg Grandin
Re-examining Divestment Re-examining Divestment
A Princeton undergraduate makes the case for fossil-fuel divestment.
Mar 5, 2013 / StudentNation / Isaac Lederman and StudentNation
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Where Are the Women in the Sequestration Debate? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Where Are the Women in the Sequestration Debate?
Sequestration-driven cuts are coming down hard on programs that disproportionately help women and children.
Mar 5, 2013 / Press Room
FAU: Reject the GEO Group FAU: Reject the GEO Group
Join The Nation in asking FAU President Mary Jane Saunders and the Board of Trustees to reverse their deal with GEO Group.
Mar 5, 2013 / NationAction
‘The Nation’ on Hugo Chávez ‘The Nation’ on Hugo Chávez
A collection of The Nation’s reporting and opinion on the Venezuelan president, who died on March 5 at the age of 58.
Mar 5, 2013 / The Nation
Dave Zirin: Dennis Rodman’s North Korean Slam-Dunk Dave Zirin: Dennis Rodman’s North Korean Slam-Dunk
Kim Jong-un loved basketball. Could Dennis Rodman be America’s best liaison to North Korea?
Mar 5, 2013 / Press Room
At the UN, Twenty Years of Backlash to ‘Women’s Rights Are Human Rights’ At the UN, Twenty Years of Backlash to ‘Women’s Rights Are Human Rights’
Socially conservative American Catholics and evangelicals who have led a decades-long campaign against the rights of women in the United States are now gearing up for a season of b...
Mar 5, 2013 / Barbara Crossette