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Political dissent
Political dissent news and analysis from The Nation
July 28, 2020
Honest officials have begun to use the “f” word in describing the president's assaults on American cities and the right to dissent.
June 25, 2020
As the city braces for a new law that could stifle free speech, local artists are still spurring on the protest movement.
May 31, 2020
The murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor prove what we already knew—police “reform” has failed.
April 6, 2020
Surviving the coronavirus will be meaningless if Chileans do not simultaneously address the underlying causes of injustice and inequality.
February 21, 2020
In the 1930s, retired Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler became one of the country’s most prominent anti-war dissidents.
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October 25, 2019
A fraught standoff between incumbent Evo Morales and his centrist opponent Carlos Mesa reveals deep popular mistrust in the Bolivian democratic process.
August 22, 2019
The use of “watch lists” to harass dissidents and journalists—as well as Muslims—appears to be growing, as the author discovered when he recently got caught in the net.
July 29, 2019
The president wants African Americans to kiss his ring.
June 11, 2019
Western reporters used to be markedly freer than their colleagues in the Arab world. Can they still claim that privilege?
May 1, 2019
The message to black people: They can come for us at any time.
