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Volkswagen’s Nazi-Era Blood Crimes

Volkswagen’s Nazi-Era Blood Crimes Volkswagen’s Nazi-Era Blood Crimes

Its executives—not Nazi officials—oversaw the murder of hundreds of infants of slave laborers.

Dec 15, 2015 / Feature / Neal Gabler

Why Is the FBI Obsessed With This Portland Imam and His Mosque?

Why Is the FBI Obsessed With This Portland Imam and His Mosque? Why Is the FBI Obsessed With This Portland Imam and His Mosque?

Ever since 9/11, federal investigators have pursued Sheikh Mohamed Abdirahman Kariye. Yet he has never been charged with a terrorism-related crime.

Dec 15, 2015 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

An Afghan boy works at a construction site behind a US Army soldier in Logar province, Afghanistan.

Natural Resources Were Supposed to Make Afghanistan Rich. Here’s What’s Happening to Them. Natural Resources Were Supposed to Make Afghanistan Rich. Here’s What’s Happening to Them.

Traveling to Logar Province reveals unmanageable violence and co-optation by foreign companies.

Dec 14, 2015 / Feature / Antony Loewenstein

Linda and Keshawn Green pose in their backyard and (inset below) with Charles Green, loving husband and dad, who is serving a life sentence.

2.7 Million Kids Have Parents in Prison. They’re Losing Their Right to Visit. 2.7 Million Kids Have Parents in Prison. They’re Losing Their Right to Visit.

States have gutted family visitation programs in reaction to prison overcrowding, and racist ideas about black sexuality.

Dec 2, 2015 / Feature / Sylvia A. Harvey

Ralph Nader on 2016, Wall Street, and Our Broken Political System

Ralph Nader on 2016, Wall Street, and Our Broken Political System Ralph Nader on 2016, Wall Street, and Our Broken Political System

The consumer advocate, civil libertarian, and former presidential candidate talks to The Nation.

Dec 1, 2015 / Feature / John Nichols

Ralph Nader in front of a Chevy Corvair at the American Museum of Tort Law in Winsted, Connecticut, September 2015.

How Ralph Nader Changed America How Ralph Nader Changed America

On the 50th anniversary of Unsafe at Any Speed, a look at how his work launched the consumer-rights, corporate-accountability, and other citizen movements.

Dec 1, 2015 / Feature / Mark Green

Hillary Clinton

Are Black Women Ready for Hillary? Are Black Women Ready for Hillary?

In 2008, South Carolina was the epicenter of the Clinton campaign’s implosion. This year, she’s counting on black women to rally to her side.

Nov 24, 2015 / Feature / Joan Walsh

The Strange, True Story of the Man Whose Maid Was Worth Millions

The Strange, True Story of the Man Whose Maid Was Worth Millions The Strange, True Story of the Man Whose Maid Was Worth Millions

Manju Das thought her future was secured when she went to work as the housekeeper for a wealthy corporate executive. Little did she realize how she was being used.

Nov 9, 2015 / Feature / Nilita Vachani

Hillary Clinton rallies with union organizers outside a Trump hotel on October 12, 2015. Credit: John Locher / AP

This Time in Nevada, Hillary’s All In This Time in Nevada, Hillary’s All In

In 2008, Clinton took the state and its powerful unions for granted. She’s not making that mistake again.

Nov 5, 2015 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

FDR’s “good friend”: Socialist Party presidential candidate Norman Thomas in Milwaukee, September 1932

Why Grassroots Democrats Don’t Have a Problem With Democratic Socialism Why Grassroots Democrats Don’t Have a Problem With Democratic Socialism

They know that Bernie Sanders is advocating an old American tradition—in fact, Democrats now favor socialism over capitalism by 12 percentage points.

Nov 4, 2015 / Feature / John Nichols

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