How the ‘Desaparecidos’ of Ayotzinapa Have Sparked a US-Mexican Solidarity Movement How the ‘Desaparecidos’ of Ayotzinapa Have Sparked a US-Mexican Solidarity Movement
Caravana43 will visit more than 40 US cities this spring to spread the call for justice—and against US funding of the drug war.
Apr 21, 2015 / Roberto Lovato
Liberals to Hillary: Make Public College Debt-Free Liberals to Hillary: Make Public College Debt-Free
Several congressional Democrats, along with progressive activists, are launching a campaign to eliminate student debt.
Apr 21, 2015 / George Zornick
SCOTUS Will Likely Legalize Same-Sex Marriage—but the Fight Over Marriage Is Not Done Yet SCOTUS Will Likely Legalize Same-Sex Marriage—but the Fight Over Marriage Is Not Done Yet
A win for LGBT advocates would be historic, but uncertainty over religious exemptions and the status of domestic partnerships and civil unions remains.
Apr 21, 2015 / Nan D. Hunter
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/21/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/21/15?
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/21/15?
Apr 21, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Cornel West Is Not Mike Tyson Cornel West Is Not Mike Tyson
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson’s 10,000-word excoriation of Dr. Cornel West is highly personal. But there is a political fight thrumming beneath the surface.
Apr 20, 2015 / Dave Zirin
It’s Not Hillary’s Personality, Stupid It’s Not Hillary’s Personality, Stupid
Media fear and self-loathing are already on the campaign trail.
Apr 17, 2015 / Leslie Savan
We Spend $600 Billion a Year on Defense, but Couldn’t Stop a Mailman From Landing His Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn We Spend $600 Billion a Year on Defense, but Couldn’t Stop a Mailman From Landing His Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn
Doug Hughes is not a dangerous fruitcake. In fact, he is a small-d democratic idealist who went out of his way to alert the authorities in advance of his so-called “Freedom F...
Apr 17, 2015 / William Greider
How NBC Knowingly Let Syria Rebels’ False War Propaganda Stand For Years How NBC Knowingly Let Syria Rebels’ False War Propaganda Stand For Years
Not correcting the story of Richard Engel’s kidnapping is worse than the Brian Williams scandal.
Apr 17, 2015 / Ali Gharib
Islamophobia Is a Joke Islamophobia Is a Joke
The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi hopes his mock sitcom will make us laugh our way to becoming Halal in the Family.
Apr 17, 2015 / Kristal Brent Zook
Senate Committee Votes to Kill No Child Left Behind, but the High-Stakes Testing Era Isn’t Over Senate Committee Votes to Kill No Child Left Behind, but the High-Stakes Testing Era Isn’t Over
The Senate's proprosal to replace the failed law would shift the public education battleground more fully to the states.
Apr 16, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter