How the Moral Mondays ‘Fusion Coalition’ Is Taking North Carolina Back How the Moral Mondays ‘Fusion Coalition’ Is Taking North Carolina Back
The state’s rightward lurch mobilized thousands, but the progressive movement behind Moral Mondays has deep, enduring roots.
Jul 2, 2014 / Feature / Dani McClain
How ENDA Still Allows Discrimination Against LGBT Workers How ENDA Still Allows Discrimination Against LGBT Workers
The religious exemption in the current version of ENDA would enshrine the idea that LGBT equality is incompatible with the free exercise of religion.
Jun 20, 2014 / Tobias Barrington Wolff
‘Black Women, Like Black Men, Scar’: Conversation on My Brother’s Keeper Heats Up ‘Black Women, Like Black Men, Scar’: Conversation on My Brother’s Keeper Heats Up
A new letter signed by 1,000 women of color calls on the president’s initiative on boys and men to include girls and women.
Jun 18, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain
Maya Angelou’s Civil Rights Legacy Maya Angelou’s Civil Rights Legacy
A brilliant author who organized with Dr. King and served on the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
May 28, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Why Immigrant Detainees Are Turning to Civil Disobedience Why Immigrant Detainees Are Turning to Civil Disobedience
Reform legislation has stalled, and the private-prison industry is making obscene profits from a captive population.
May 23, 2014 / Max Blumenthal
Easy and Instant Voting: A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come, Again Easy and Instant Voting: A Great Idea Whose Time Has Come, Again
Why a forty-year-old plan for universal same-day registration makes more sense now than when reformers promoted it in the 1970s.
May 17, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
‘Brown v. Board of Education’ Didn’t End Segregation, Big Government Did ‘Brown v. Board of Education’ Didn’t End Segregation, Big Government Did
Sixty years after the decision, it’s worth remembering it took Congress to finally smash Jim Crow.
May 14, 2014 / Editorial / Ian Millhiser
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Broken Promise of ‘Brown v. Board of Ed.,’ Sixty Years Later This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Broken Promise of ‘Brown v. Board of Ed.,’ Sixty Years Later
Anniversaries of the decision are opportunities to reflect on how much has been promised, how much delivered, how much still owed.
May 14, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Debate Over Voting Rights Is Shifting Dramatically. Just Ask Rand Paul. The Debate Over Voting Rights Is Shifting Dramatically. Just Ask Rand Paul.
The Tea Party darling has now criticized the GOP on voter ID and cutting early voting, and is pushing to restore voting rights to nonviolent felons.
May 12, 2014 / Blog / Ari Berman
ACLU Lawsuit: Ohio Early Voting Cuts Violate Voting Rights Act ACLU Lawsuit: Ohio Early Voting Cuts Violate Voting Rights Act
Voting rights groups allege that Ohio early voting cuts disproportionately burden black voters
May 1, 2014 / Blog / Ari Berman