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‘The Nation’ Magazine Names Kai Wright as Features Editor

‘The Nation’ Magazine Names Kai Wright as Features Editor ‘The Nation’ Magazine Names Kai Wright as Features Editor

Provocative, prolific writer and thinker on the politics of race, sex, health, and inequality joins masthead.

Jan 28, 2015 / Press Room

How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else

How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else How the Roberts Supreme Court Has Strengthened the Powerful and Screwed Everyone Else

From criminal justice to workers’ and voting rights to campaign finance, it has defied customs that buttress the Court’s legitimacy.

Jan 28, 2015 / Nan Aron, William Yeomans, and Michelle D. Schwartz

Fox News: The World’s Comic Relief

Fox News: The World’s Comic Relief Fox News: The World’s Comic Relief

Our friends abroad give the network the derision and the mockery it deserves.

Jan 28, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman

The Spectacular Incoherence of Race Goes Global

The Spectacular Incoherence of Race Goes Global The Spectacular Incoherence of Race Goes Global

From Ferguson to France, pliable racial categories are used to mark who counts as fully human—and who does not.

Jan 28, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Why Is Marissa Alexander Still Being Punished for Fighting Back?

Why Is Marissa Alexander Still Being Punished for Fighting Back? Why Is Marissa Alexander Still Being Punished for Fighting Back?

As Alexander leaves prison for house arrest, it’s time to question the system that turns women into criminals for trying to stay alive.

Jan 28, 2015 / Victoria Law

Marshawn Lynch and Roger Goodell: Compare and Contrast

Marshawn Lynch and Roger Goodell: Compare and Contrast Marshawn Lynch and Roger Goodell: Compare and Contrast

The fining of Marshawn Lynch by Roger Goodell speaks to far larger hypocrisies and prejudices that emanate from the NFL's central office. 

Jan 28, 2015 / Dave Zirin

What’s the Difference Between Sheldon Silver and Jamie Dimon?

What’s the Difference Between Sheldon Silver and Jamie Dimon? What’s the Difference Between Sheldon Silver and Jamie Dimon?

Federal prosecutors want to put one in prison for taking kickbacks for doing political favors. The other has been richly rewarded for defrauding investors and saving fellow bankers...

Jan 27, 2015 / William Greider

The European Union May Be on the Verge of Collapse

The European Union May Be on the Verge of Collapse The European Union May Be on the Verge of Collapse

The complex federal project of the EU has proven fragile in the absence of a strong external threat.

Jan 27, 2015 / John Feffer

Latin Lives

Latin Lives Latin Lives

Is the revival of a dead language breathing new life into the humanities?

Jan 26, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Anthony Grafton

Patriots Balls and Christopher Hitchens

Patriots Balls and Christopher Hitchens Patriots Balls and Christopher Hitchens

At the heart of a silly scandal, there is a damning truth about NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the billionaires he represents. 

Jan 26, 2015 / Dave Zirin

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