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Civil rights
Civil rights news and analysis from The Nation
July 21, 2020
Those who criticize young activists today as too radical or impatient should remember the John Lewis of 1963.
July 20, 2020
A tactic with deep roots in Black freedom movements shows promise, and pitfalls, for building a more equal future.
July 19, 2020
Republicans who refuse to restore the Voting Rights Act while decorating the grave of Representative John Lewis with flowery words testify against themselves.
July 18, 2020
In the last days of his life, the civil rights icon hailed Black Lives Matter protesters: “They’re going to help redeem the soul of America.”
July 14, 2020
A family legacy… The beef with red meat… Taxing efforts…
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June 24, 2020
My town voted overwhelmingly for Trump, so I didn’t expect a big crowd at a recent Black Lives Matter protest. I was wrong.
June 8, 2020
Across California, curfews are creating the potential for the exact type of racialized policing abuses that are being protested.
May 19, 2020
Educator Jesse Hagopian joins the show to talk about the role sports played in knocking down racial barriers.
May 4, 2020
The violence wasn’t caused by anti-war student protest; it was another chapter in the long history of state violence against African Americans.
April 28, 2020
What Sanders and Warren supporters can learn from the long tail of Jesse Jackson’s presidential runs.
