What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/22/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/22/15?
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/22/15?
May 22, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation
#SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge #SayHerName Shows Black Women Face Police Violence, Too—and Pregnancy and Motherhood Are No Refuge
Today's national day of action hopes to draw attention to the lives of black women and girls lost to police violence.
May 21, 2015 / Dani McClain
Do Police Have a Right to Withhold Video When They Kill Someone? Do Police Have a Right to Withhold Video When They Kill Someone?
When the police kill somebody, it’s not “private.”
May 21, 2015 / Jon Wiener
Is the NSA’s Dragnet Surveillance Program in Its Final Hours? Is the NSA’s Dragnet Surveillance Program in Its Final Hours?
With less than 24 hours to act on surveillance reform, things in the Senate have gotten dramatic.
May 20, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s bin Laden Bombshell Seriously Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s bin Laden Bombshell Seriously
The dean of American investigative journalism knows a thing or two about how to vet sources and separate fact from fiction.
May 20, 2015 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Proof That Centrism is Dead The Proof That Centrism is Dead
Every story that centrists told about the recession turned out to be wrong.
May 20, 2015 / Mike Konczal
An Unsettling Sentence An Unsettling Sentence
On Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the federal death penalty.
May 20, 2015 / Bruce Shapiro
Birth Control That Works Too Well Birth Control That Works Too Well
A Colorado program to give low-income teens long-acting contraception dropped the teen abortion rate dramatically. But conservatives refuse to fund it.
May 20, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
EU Officials Are Considering Bombing Libyan Smuggling Boats. That’s the Last Thing Refugees Need. EU Officials Are Considering Bombing Libyan Smuggling Boats. That’s the Last Thing Refugees Need.
The refugees are fleeing abduction, torture, and assault—that’s why they’ll continue trying to reach Europe any way they can.
May 20, 2015 / Michelle Chen
The ‘Mad’ Man List The ‘Mad’ Man List
In this week's Altercation Eric honors the completion of the AMC's hit show Mad Men.
May 20, 2015 / Eric Alterman