Julian Bond Built Coalitions, Practiced Solidarity, and Showed Us the Future Julian Bond Built Coalitions, Practiced Solidarity, and Showed Us the Future
When the civil-rights leader was nominated for vice president in 1968, we got a glimpse of the new politics.
Aug 17, 2015 / John Nichols
Hurricane Katrina and the Revival of the Political Athlete Hurricane Katrina and the Revival of the Political Athlete
After Hurricane Katrina, athletes spoke out in rage for the first time in decades. It can’t stop and it won’t stop.
Aug 14, 2015 / Dave Zirin
How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own
We treat the Germans the same way we treat ourselves—like dogs.
Aug 14, 2015 / Norman Birnbaum
VIDEO: Hurricane Katrina Didn’t Kill New Orleans—But It Almost Did VIDEO: Hurricane Katrina Didn’t Kill New Orleans—But It Almost Did
A new documentary shows how the city has changed in the decade since the storm—and also how it hasn’t.
Aug 14, 2015 / Laura Flanders and Jordan Flaherty
Alfred Jarry’s Fun Home Alfred Jarry’s Fun Home
Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi gets reimagined as the murderous fantasy of an angsty teenage boy.
Aug 13, 2015 / Alisa Solomon
How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past
Volodymyr Viatrovych was the driving force behind new laws that restrict free speech and regulate how history is written.
Aug 13, 2015 / Jared McBride
Are Graduate Students ‘Workers’? Are Graduate Students ‘Workers’?
Not according to a new ruling against students at the New School.
Aug 13, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Why Maria Ochoa Has Crossed the Desert 100 Times Why Maria Ochoa Has Crossed the Desert 100 Times
An interview with the cofounder of Tucson Samaritans.
Aug 13, 2015 / Sasha Abramsky
Letters From the August 31-September 7, 2015, Issue Letters From the August 31-September 7, 2015, Issue
Sanders Speaks Is The Nation so anxious to sell Bernie Sanders to its readers that it publishes John Nichols’s interview with him in its July 20/27 issue [“Bernie Sanders Speaks”]…
Aug 13, 2015 / Our Readers and Richard Kreitner
Ten Years Since: A Meditation on New Orleans Ten Years Since: A Meditation on New Orleans
We are black and alive, still, despite what the pictures say.
Aug 13, 2015 / Feature / Kristina Kay Robinson