Baltimore Oriole Adam Jones and the Power of Seeing Pain Baltimore Oriole Adam Jones and the Power of Seeing Pain
Rendering the oppressed invisible is a prerequisite to explosions like we have seen in Baltimore.
Apr 30, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Help Baltimore by Restoring Voting Rights to Ex-Felons Help Baltimore by Restoring Voting Rights to Ex-Felons
A bill recently passed by the Maryland Legislature would restore voting rights to 40,000 people, the majority of them African-American.
Apr 30, 2015 / Ari Berman
A Flute in Palestine: Making Art in an Apartheid State A Flute in Palestine: Making Art in an Apartheid State
In this increasingly confined land, art is a vital escape—if you can get the instruments past the checkpoint.
Apr 30, 2015 / Sandy Tolan
Right-Wing Media Try to Spin the Baltimore Riots Into a 2016 Victory Right-Wing Media Try to Spin the Baltimore Riots Into a 2016 Victory
Fox and friends are gearing up for a replay of the 1968 riots that helped bring us Richard Nixon.
Apr 29, 2015 / Leslie Savan
‘Now Political Prisoners Are Dead Black Kids’: Playwright Lemon Andersen Connects the Dots Between Attica and Police Violence ‘Now Political Prisoners Are Dead Black Kids’: Playwright Lemon Andersen Connects the Dots Between Attica and Police Violence
Andersen first heard about the Attica uprising during a stint on Rikers Island. His new play brings the rebellion to life at the Public Theater.
Apr 29, 2015 / Steve Colman
Will Preet Bharara, New York’s Anti-Corruption Crusader, Run for Higher Office? Will Preet Bharara, New York’s Anti-Corruption Crusader, Run for Higher Office?
The powerful US Attorney insists he’s not interested—but even if he changes his mind, recent legal setbacks may foil his chances.
Apr 29, 2015 / Feature / William D. Cohan
Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot? Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot?
A Nation investigation looks at the shuttering of needed trauma centers, beginning with those on Chicago’s violent South Side.
Apr 29, 2015 / Feature / Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul
Why Do Political Reporters Refuse to Show Us the Money? Why Do Political Reporters Refuse to Show Us the Money?
Fairytales about the health of our democracy disguise the corrupting influence of top donors.
Apr 29, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
The American Ritual of Racial Killings The American Ritual of Racial Killings
We cannot turn away from police murders, but nor can we see them.
Apr 29, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
It All Comes Down to Justice Kennedy It All Comes Down to Justice Kennedy
The man in the middle raised concerns about overturning millennia of tradition, but he also emphasized the dignity legal marriage confers to same-sex couples.
Apr 29, 2015 / Nan D. Hunter