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August 24, 2022
When Rap Lyrics Become Incriminating Speech
The use of their songs in criminal cases has had dire consequences for hip-hop musicians.
Kali Holloway
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July 25, 2022
The Arizona Prison System Is Censoring “The Nation.” We’re Doing Something About It.
Arizona prison authorities are stopping incarcerated people from reading The Nation. We’re working with the ACLU’s National Prison Project to assert their First Amendment rights.
D.D. Guttenplan, Bhaskar Sunkara and Katrina vanden Heuvel
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June 28, 2022
The Theocrats on the Supreme Court Strike Again
With the praying football coach decision, the court’s conservatives upended a key precedent and knocked another hole in the wall separating church and state.
Elie Mystal
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June 22, 2022
The Supreme Court Strikes Another Blow to the Separation of Church and State
In a new ruling, the theocrats on the court turned one of the nation’s fundamental principles on its head.
Elie Mystal
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December 20, 2021
The Prosecution of Julian Assange Absolutely Threatens Freedom of the Press
The Biden administration should abandon a course that could lead to the criminalization of whistleblowers and investigative journalism.
John Nichols
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August 11, 2021
At Risk in Israel’s Backlash Against Ben and Jerry’s? The Right to Protest.
Israel’s push to punish the ice cream company is part of a larger offensive against Palestine activists—one that mirrors the broader right-wing assault on social justice movements.
Amira Mattar
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August 5, 2021
From a High-School Cheerleader, a Lesson in Free Speech
As school resumes, the Supreme Court’s decision in the most significant student free speech case in decades reverberates across the country.
Elie Mystal
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July 27, 2021
Letters From the August 9/16, 2021, Issue
Calling Arizona… Black Main Street… Privileged information… The bronze ceiling (web-only)…
Our Readers and Erin Thompson
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June 21, 2021
How the Supreme Court Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religious Bigotry
The Supreme Court’s decision last week allowing a Catholic foster care agency to discriminate against LGBTQ couples was narrow—but awful.
Elie Mystal
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May 20, 2021
I Will Not Be Silenced Because I Demand Justice for Palestine
Like many Palestinians, I have been attacked and punished for criticizing Israel. Now I’m filing a civil rights complaint against my university for encouraging those attacks.
Ahmad Omar Daraldik