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Donte Ingram

Loyola Basketball’s March Madness Success Shaded By Student Unrest Loyola Basketball’s March Madness Success Shaded By Student Unrest

Protest over an unneeded stadium and a viral video of brutality by campus police engulf the Chicago campus.

Mar 16, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Alicia Garza Youtube

Black Americans Face ‘Impossible Choices’ at Election Time. Alicia Garza Wants to Change That. Black Americans Face ‘Impossible Choices’ at Election Time. Alicia Garza Wants to Change That.

The co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement talked to The Nation about her initiative to engage skeptics and build political power among black communities.

Mar 16, 2018 / Collier Meyerson

Beware of Big Philanthropy’s New Enthusiasm for Criminal Justice Reform

Beware of Big Philanthropy’s New Enthusiasm for Criminal Justice Reform Beware of Big Philanthropy’s New Enthusiasm for Criminal Justice Reform

Wealthy donors across the political spectrum are zeroing in on our jails and prisons as the latest locus of privatization.

Mar 16, 2018 / Michelle Chen

NRA Youth

Why Are Schools Still Accepting NRA Money? Why Are Schools Still Accepting NRA Money?

NRA Foundation grants to youth programs like Eddie Eagle help explain why guns are so popular in the US.

Mar 16, 2018 / StudentNation / Sophie Kasakove

CIA Deputy Director Gina Haspel

Why Gina Haspel, the Queen of Torture, Was Able to Rise to the Top of the CIA Why Gina Haspel, the Queen of Torture, Was Able to Rise to the Top of the CIA

Obama’s decision not to pursue accountability has given Bush administration criminals golden-shield powers.

Mar 16, 2018 / Lisa Hajjar

Human Rights Are Not Enough

Human Rights Are Not Enough Human Rights Are Not Enough

We must also embrace the fight against economic inequality.

Mar 16, 2018 / Feature / Samuel Moyn

This Supreme Court Case Could Make Corporate Giants Even More Powerful

This Supreme Court Case Could Make Corporate Giants Even More Powerful This Supreme Court Case Could Make Corporate Giants Even More Powerful

A decision in Ohio v. American Express could undermine our ability to curtail monopoly power.

Mar 16, 2018 / Mike Konczal

The Pentagon Wants You to Go Shopping While the Experts Go to War

The Pentagon Wants You to Go Shopping While the Experts Go to War The Pentagon Wants You to Go Shopping While the Experts Go to War

Americans are in the dark about the near-global warfare being waged in their name.

Mar 15, 2018 / William J. Astore

CIW Freedom Fast

These Farmworkers Know How to End Sexual Harassment in the Fields. Will Wendy’s Listen? These Farmworkers Know How to End Sexual Harassment in the Fields. Will Wendy’s Listen?

Members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers are fasting to pressure Wendy’s to join a breakthrough fair-food program that’s raised wages and made workplace harassment obsolete.

Mar 15, 2018 / Rinku Sen

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Letters From the April 9, 2018, Issue Letters From the April 9, 2018, Issue

Octopus’s garden… Is trust-busting enough?… Old justice made new… A nation of ignorance…

Mar 15, 2018 / Our Readers

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