Hawks on Both Sides Could Upend Ukraine Diplomacy Hawks on Both Sides Could Upend Ukraine Diplomacy
Russia’s foreign minister threatens further intervention as Biden arrives in Kiev.
Apr 21, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Ten Years Later: Questions Still Surround Pat Tillman’s Death Ten Years Later: Questions Still Surround Pat Tillman’s Death
We should demand the truth about the death of Pat Tillman.
Apr 21, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Gabriel García Márquez—a Rebel Against Form, an Artist Against the Forces of Oblivion Gabriel García Márquez—a Rebel Against Form, an Artist Against the Forces of Oblivion
He taught us how to live with loss, and he told us, over and over again, that other utopias are possible.
Apr 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
On the Death and Life’s Work of the Unconquerable Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter On the Death and Life’s Work of the Unconquerable Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter
The passing of prisoner-rights advocate Rubin “Hurricane” Carter should be a clarion call to champion prisoner’s rights.
Apr 20, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Pope Francis: Government Has a Role in Addressing Inequality and Injustice Pope Francis: Government Has a Role in Addressing Inequality and Injustice
A new project by NETWORK, the Catholic social justice lobby, invites a reconsideration of a duty to the poor.
Apr 19, 2014 / John Nichols
Will George Bush Ever Paint the Ghost of an Iraqi Child? Will George Bush Ever Paint the Ghost of an Iraqi Child?
Well, he does in The Onion.
Apr 18, 2014 / Leslie Savan
40 Years After Breaking Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record, Hank Aaron Still Gets Racist Hate Mail 40 Years After Breaking Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record, Hank Aaron Still Gets Racist Hate Mail
Appearing on Al Jazeera America’s Consider This, Nation sports editor Dave Zirin comes to Hank Aaron‘s defense.
Apr 18, 2014 / Dave Zirin
‘American Military, Economic and Political Power Has Been Coming at Russia for Twenty Years’ ‘American Military, Economic and Political Power Has Been Coming at Russia for Twenty Years’
The Nation’s Stephen Cohen theorizes about President Putin’s motivations in Ukraine on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
Apr 18, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
Thomas Piketty Undermines the Hallowed Tenets of the Capitalist Catechism Thomas Piketty Undermines the Hallowed Tenets of the Capitalist Catechism
Not only does capitalist growth not reduce inequality; it increases it.
Apr 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Faux
As Deportations Continue to Tear Families Apart, Tell President Obama to Act As Deportations Continue to Tear Families Apart, Tell President Obama to Act
While Congress drags its feet, President Obama could make a real difference in the lives of millions of immigrants and their families.
Apr 18, 2014 / NationAction