Snapshot: Desperate Crossing Snapshot: Desperate Crossing
The US-Mexico border is only one of many places in the world where people risk death in search of a better life. Below, the Italian navy recovers the bodies of African refugees who drowned while crossing the Mediterranean.
Sep 3, 2014 / Antonio Parrinello
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
Zephyr Teachout for Governor of New York Zephyr Teachout for Governor of New York
A vote for Teachout is a demand for a more progressive, ideas-driven politics.
Aug 27, 2014 / The Editors
A Q&A With Angela Davis on Black Power, Feminism and the Prison-Industrial Complex A Q&A With Angela Davis on Black Power, Feminism and the Prison-Industrial Complex
“Like Nelson Mandela, we must be willing to embrace the long walk toward freedom.”
Aug 27, 2014 / Frank Barat
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
How the New Black Activists Are Fighting Back in Ferguson How the New Black Activists Are Fighting Back in Ferguson
Young leaders are taking advantage of digital media to advance the conversation about police violence.
Aug 26, 2014 / The Nation
Snapshot: ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!’ Snapshot: ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot!’
Running through a parking lot in Ferguson, Missouri, scrawled with messages dedicated to Michael Brown, a young boy smiles for the camera. From 2006 to 2012, a white police officer killed a black person at least twice a week in the United States.
Aug 26, 2014 / Lucas Jackson
Is America on the Brink of Another Iraq War? Is America on the Brink of Another Iraq War?
President Obama must seek authorization for any further military action from both the UN Security Council and Congress.
Aug 13, 2014 / The Editors
Why This Fall’s Elections for Secretaries of State Are So Important Why This Fall’s Elections for Secretaries of State Are So Important
Conservatives are pouring big money into these contests to get a leg up on the 2016 presidential race.
Aug 13, 2014 / John Nichols
The US Keeps 34,000 Immigrants in Detention Each Day Simply to Meet a Quota The US Keeps 34,000 Immigrants in Detention Each Day Simply to Meet a Quota
It’s time for Congress to eliminate the immigrant detention mandate.
Aug 13, 2014 / Robert M. Morgenthau