How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism How Trayvon Martin’s Death Launched a New Generation of Black Activism
A host of new groups are reviving the grassroots fight for racial equality.
Aug 27, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
It’s Time for a 21st-Century Anti-Lynching Movement It’s Time for a 21st-Century Anti-Lynching Movement
Black women have made connections between their struggles and those of black men since the 1800s.
Aug 27, 2014 / Paula J. Giddings
As People of Color, We’re Not All in the Same Boat As People of Color, We’re Not All in the Same Boat
We all have different places in the racial hierarchy. But we can still work together for justice.
Aug 27, 2014 / Rinku Sen
Obama’s Racial Justice Initiative—for Boys Only Obama’s Racial Justice Initiative—for Boys Only
Black girls face daunting odds, too. Why does My Brother’s Keeper neglect their struggles?
Aug 27, 2014 / Feature / Dani McClain
Can Monasteries Be a Model for Reclaiming Tech Culture for Good? Can Monasteries Be a Model for Reclaiming Tech Culture for Good?
Hackers are transforming an ancient city into a prototype for the future.
Aug 27, 2014 / Feature / Nathan Schneider
Why 2014 Is the Year to Demand Medicaid-Funded Abortions Why 2014 Is the Year to Demand Medicaid-Funded Abortions
Advocates behind a national bus tour want to enlist young people in the fight to repeal the Hyde Amendment.
Aug 27, 2014 / Dani McClain
The New Fight for Racial Justice The New Fight for Racial Justice
Read all the pieces in The Nation’s special issue on the new wave of racial justice organizing.
Aug 27, 2014 / The Nation
Science as Salvation? Science as Salvation?
Marcelo Gleiser wants to heal the rift between humanists and scientists by deflating scientific dreams of establishing final truths.
Aug 27, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Saler
Renewing the Struggle for Racial Justice, Post-Ferguson Renewing the Struggle for Racial Justice, Post-Ferguson
We must face the true causes of the chasm between white and black America.
Aug 27, 2014 / The Editors
RIP, Robert Sherrill: A Man Who Never Kissed Ass RIP, Robert Sherrill: A Man Who Never Kissed Ass
He was a passionate purist in his prose, his populist politics and his expectations of others and himself.
Aug 27, 2014 / Victor Navasky