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Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month

Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month

The Nation’s editors—from its abolitionist founders to the present—have always provided space for those persistent and too-often lonely voices inveighing against the evils of racial injustice. In this archival slide show, we present a small sampling of the many timeless articles highlighting issues of race and civil rights from The Nation’s past 146 years.

Feb 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Slide Show: 10 Works of Art the Right Wants to Censor Slide Show: 10 Works of Art the Right Wants to Censor

This past November 30, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery unceremoniously pulled David Wojnarowicz’s film A Fire in My Belly from an exhibit after complaints f…

Feb 9, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Slide Show: 7 Strongmen Behind the Unrest in the Middle East

Slide Show: 7 Strongmen Behind the Unrest in the Middle East Slide Show: 7 Strongmen Behind the Unrest in the Middle East

On December 17, 2010, a Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in front of an administrative building to protest the treatment he had received at the han…

Feb 9, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Slide Show: 8 Corporations That Owe You Money

Slide Show: 8 Corporations That Owe You Money Slide Show: 8 Corporations That Owe You Money

On the 2008 campaign trail, Barack Obama pledged to close tax loopholes that allow the company’s wealthiest corporations shield profits in offshore havens, and early in his p…

Feb 3, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Slide Show: Egypt’s Protests In Pictures

Slide Show: Egypt’s Protests In Pictures Slide Show: Egypt’s Protests In Pictures

On Monday, January 31, protesters took to Egypt’s streets for a seventh day, demanding an end to President Hosni Mubarak’s 30-year reign. The broad coalition of student…

Jan 31, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Slide Show: The State of the Union In Pictures

Slide Show: The State of the Union In Pictures Slide Show: The State of the Union In Pictures

In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama laid out the main policy proposals his administration will pursue in the coming year, and acknowledged the difficultie…

Jan 26, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Slide Show: 7 Ways Obama’s State of the Union Can Save His Presidency

Slide Show: 7 Ways Obama’s State of the Union Can Save His Presidency Slide Show: 7 Ways Obama’s State of the Union Can Save His Presidency

When President Obama makes his annual State of the Union Address Tuesday evening to a nation deeply riven by social and ideological divides, he will likely emphasize an economic pl…

Jan 24, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Slide Show: Tunisia in Revolt

Slide Show: Tunisia in Revolt Slide Show: Tunisia in Revolt

Since December 17, Tunisia has been in turmoil as thousands have taken to the streets to protest unemployment, high food prices, corruption and repression. The uprising began when…

Jan 21, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Slide Show: Defending ‘Roe v. Wade’ in 2011

Slide Show: Defending ‘Roe v. Wade’ in 2011 Slide Show: Defending ‘Roe v. Wade’ in 2011

On January 22nd, 1973, 38 years ago this week, the Supreme Court handed down the landmark Roe vs. Wade case, establishing a woman’s right to seek an abortion under the Consti…

Jan 21, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Slide Show: 18 Disturbing Things We Wouldn’t Know Without WikiLeaks

Slide Show: 18 Disturbing Things We Wouldn’t Know Without WikiLeaks Slide Show: 18 Disturbing Things We Wouldn’t Know Without WikiLeaks

“Nearly fifty days have passed since the WikiLeaks document release in late November, this one centering on US diplomatic cables and quickly dubbed ‘Cablegate,’&r…

Jan 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

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