Society

A Flute in Palestine: Making Art in an Apartheid State

A Flute in Palestine: Making Art in an Apartheid State A Flute in Palestine: Making Art in an Apartheid State

In this increasingly confined land, art is a vital escape—if you can get the instruments past the checkpoint.

Apr 30, 2015 / Sandy Tolan

Right-Wing Media Try to Spin the Baltimore Riots Into a 2016 Victory

Right-Wing Media Try to Spin the Baltimore Riots Into a 2016 Victory Right-Wing Media Try to Spin the Baltimore Riots Into a 2016 Victory

Fox and friends are gearing up for a replay of the 1968 riots that helped bring us Richard Nixon.

Apr 29, 2015 / Leslie Savan

‘Now Political Prisoners Are Dead Black Kids’: Playwright Lemon Andersen Connects the Dots Between Attica and Police Violence

‘Now Political Prisoners Are Dead Black Kids’: Playwright Lemon Andersen Connects the Dots Between Attica and Police Violence ‘Now Political Prisoners Are Dead Black Kids’: Playwright Lemon Andersen Connects the Dots Between Attica and Police Violence

Andersen first heard about the Attica uprising during a stint on Rikers Island. His new play brings the rebellion to life at the Public Theater.

Apr 29, 2015 / Steve Colman

Will Preet Bharara, New York’s Anti-Corruption Crusader, Run for Higher Office?

Will Preet Bharara, New York’s Anti-Corruption Crusader, Run for Higher Office? Will Preet Bharara, New York’s Anti-Corruption Crusader, Run for Higher Office?

The powerful US Attorney insists he’s not interested—but even if he changes his mind, recent legal setbacks may foil his chances.

Apr 29, 2015 / Feature / William D. Cohan

Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot?

Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot? Why Put Trauma Centers Where No One Gets Shot?

A Nation investigation looks at the shuttering of needed trauma centers, beginning with those on Chicago’s violent South Side.

Apr 29, 2015 / Feature / Jeffrey Bishku-Aykul

American Money

Why Do Political Reporters Refuse to Show Us the Money? Why Do Political Reporters Refuse to Show Us the Money?

Fairytales about the health of our democracy disguise the corrupting influence of top donors.

Apr 29, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman

The American Ritual of Racial Killings

The American Ritual of Racial Killings The American Ritual of Racial Killings

We cannot turn away from police murders, but nor can we see them.

Apr 29, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

It All Comes Down to Justice Kennedy

It All Comes Down to Justice Kennedy It All Comes Down to Justice Kennedy

The man in the middle raised concerns about overturning millennia of tradition, but he also emphasized the dignity legal marriage confers to same-sex couples.

Apr 29, 2015 / Nan D. Hunter

Here Are All the Ways People Are Dying at Work

Here Are All the Ways People Are Dying at Work Here Are All the Ways People Are Dying at Work

Workers die because those in power look the other way.

Apr 29, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Power and Piety

Power and Piety Power and Piety

Is the promotion of violence inherent to any religion?

Apr 29, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Nirenberg

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