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Civil liberties
Civil liberties news and analysis from The Nation
April 14, 2023
The Julian Assange Test Facing Every Member of the House
How many representatives have the courage to defend the freedom of the press? Rashida Tlaib wants to find out.
John Nichols
February 7, 2023
The Crusade Against Civil Liberties During World War I
Adam Hochschild’s latest book,
American Midnight,
examines a dark era in US history in which Woodrow Wilson and his administration went to war at home as well as abroad.
Eric Foner
November 30, 2022
Reverend William Barber’s Pastoral Letter to the Republican Party
Remember the role your forebears played in America’s first Reconstruction.
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
August 18, 2022
Why Walden Bello’s Arrest and Detention for Cyberlibel Demands Attention
The charge is a brazen case of weaponing the law against critics.
Walden Bello
October 6, 2021
Closing Rikers Island Is a Matter of Life and Death
Isaabdul Karim wasn’t sentenced to death. In fact, he was never sentenced at all.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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September 9, 2021
How the War on Terror Created the “Muslim American”
Before 9/11, Muslims were just another of this country’s many religious groups. After, they became a targeted, racialized minority.
Moustafa Bayoumi
September 7, 2021
The War on Terror: 20 Years of Bloodshed and Delusion
From the beginning, the War on Terror merged red-hot vengeance with calculated opportunism. Millions are still paying the price.
Tariq Ali
April 21, 2021
These Attacks on Maxine Waters Reveal the Grifter Politics of Republican Dog-Whistlers
Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene would punish Waters for supporting the right to assemble and petition for the redress of grievances.
John Nichols
April 16, 2021
Remembering Ramsey Clark 1927–2021
There will never be another like him.
Victor Navasky
March 22, 2021
The Untold History of Freedom
A new book charts the tension between individual and collective notions of liberty.
Tyler Stovall
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