The Attica Prison Uprising: Forty Years Later The Attica Prison Uprising: Forty Years Later
When inmates at Attica took over the prison in September of 1971, they were fighting for their basic rights. But their demands were ultimately met with tear gas and bullets.
Sep 9, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Liliana Segura
The Attica Prison Uprising: Forty Years Later The Attica Prison Uprising: Forty Years Later
When inmates at Attica took over the prison in September of 1971, they were fighting for their basic rights. But their demands were ultimately met with tear gas and bullets.
Sep 9, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Liliana Segura
After the Attica Uprising After the Attica Uprising
The history of the massacre at Attica should be used to challenge the continued injustices of mass incarceration.
Sep 9, 2011 / asha bandele
Attica at 40 Attica at 40
Four decades after the bloodiest prison massacre in US history, we have yet to accept the basic fact that prisoners are human.
Sep 7, 2011 / Liliana Segura
The NFL Will Remember 9/11 in All the Wrong Ways The NFL Will Remember 9/11 in All the Wrong Ways
I wish restraint was the order of the day as the NFL season opens on the tenth anniversary of 9/11. It won't be.
Sep 6, 2011 / Dave Zirin
A Nation Worried Sick A Nation Worried Sick
We nurses see the concrete health effects of an economy in freefall.
Sep 6, 2011 / Deborah Burger
Ten Years After 9/11 Ten Years After 9/11
Selections from The Nation's archives illuminate the ten years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the way the US response has damaged more than it has healed.
Sep 6, 2011 / The Nation
Give It Away Give It Away
A conversation with some of the top figures in American philanthropy reveals a shared belief in the power of institutional giving to benefit the most vulnerable among us.
Sep 6, 2011 / Sasha Abramsky
Stop Bashing Government Workers Stop Bashing Government Workers
In the wake of Hurricane Irene and on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, public workers deserve much better.
Sep 6, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s Better to Rust Than to Burn Out It’s Better to Rust Than to Burn Out
It turns out there's no such thing as too old to rock n' roll anymore.
Sep 6, 2011 / Eric Alterman