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Rights and Wrongs

Rights and Wrongs Rights and Wrongs

Lives at stake.

Oct 25, 2021 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

A family watches the solar eclipse in Germany, 1999.

Richard Powers’s Radical Parenting Lessons Richard Powers’s Radical Parenting Lessons

His new novel Bewilderment examines the challenges of raising a child in a slowly dying world.

Oct 25, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Adams

Steven Donziger

Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced Facing Prison, Steven Donziger Refuses to Be Silenced

The environmentalist lawyer says Chevron has “to try and destroy what I represent.”

Oct 25, 2021 / James North

Bill McKibben and Akaya Windwood on Their New Initative, Third Act

Bill McKibben and Akaya Windwood on Their New Initative, Third Act Bill McKibben and Akaya Windwood on Their New Initative, Third Act

They spoke to The Nation about their generation—and how to get their peers back in the streets.

Oct 25, 2021 / Wen Stephenson

Climate Change Protest In Washington, D.C.

To Build a Beautiful World, You First Have to Imagine It To Build a Beautiful World, You First Have to Imagine It

Looking at the climate fight, it’s clear what we desperately need is more artists.

Oct 24, 2021 / Mary Annaïse Heglar

The New Campaign to Smear Palestinian Human Rights Defenders as Terrorists

The New Campaign to Smear Palestinian Human Rights Defenders as Terrorists The New Campaign to Smear Palestinian Human Rights Defenders as Terrorists

In a move that has been condemned as an effort to discredit Palestinian rights organizations, the Israeli government has designated six as “terror organizations.”

Oct 22, 2021 / Mohammed El-Kurd

Congress Escalates Pressure on the NFL to Release the Washington Football Team Report

Congress Escalates Pressure on the NFL to Release the Washington Football Team Report Congress Escalates Pressure on the NFL to Release the Washington Football Team Report

In a surprise move, two representatives are calling on the NFL to release a report many fear will be buried without public pressure. 

Oct 22, 2021 / Dave Zirin

Tuberculosis hospital staff face criminal charges over abuse of convicts in Saratov, Russia

A Video Leak Reveals the Use of Rape as Torture in Russian Prisons A Video Leak Reveals the Use of Rape as Torture in Russian Prisons

Footage of sexual assaults against incarcerated individuals in Russia shows the glaring need to combat such violence around the world.

Oct 22, 2021 / Finley Muratova

Savage Inequalities

Savage Inequalities Savage Inequalities

Manchinian candidates. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of October 18.

Oct 22, 2021 / Steve Brodner

The Joe Manchin-e

The Joe Manchin-e The Joe Manchin-e

Fossil fuels drive the senator’s positions and line his pockets.

Oct 22, 2021 / OppArt / Ryan Inzana

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