Women Rise Women Rise
First we march, then we run (for office).
May 9, 2019 / OppArt / Kathleen Sweeney
DC’s Leaders Shouldn’t Wait to Prioritize Racial Equity DC’s Leaders Shouldn’t Wait to Prioritize Racial Equity
Activists in Washington say the mayor’s proposed budget would worsen disinvestment in black communities.
May 7, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann
Take Action Now: No Way to Treat a Child Take Action Now: No Way to Treat a Child
Push Congress and corporations to acknowledge the rights of Palestinians.
May 7, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction
Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal
The group represents a new tactic in abortion-rights activism, which skirts legal restrictions and the often risky surgical procedures that defined clandestine abortions in the pas...
May 7, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter
A Frontal Attack on Roe v. Wade A Frontal Attack on Roe v. Wade
As a Republican-majority court threatens the legal right to abortion, it’s time for states to step up.
May 7, 2019 / Editorial / The Nation
Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail
For decades, abortion was considered a private matter. Now, a Nation investigation shows, women who terminate—or lose—pregnancies are facing prosecution and prison time.
May 7, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
A Radical Reunion: Harvard’s Student Strikers, 50 Years Later A Radical Reunion: Harvard’s Student Strikers, 50 Years Later
We are older, grayer, and for the most part, more rotund—but our commitments to left politics haven’t changed.
May 6, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong? Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong?
The ANC has failed to tackle poverty and inequality—and will win the presidency anyway.
May 6, 2019 / Kenichi Serino
How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks
New agricultural methods offer hope of restoring ecological balance.
May 6, 2019 / Feature / Wilbur Wood
Black Women Create a Force Field of Support Around Ilhan Omar Black Women Create a Force Field of Support Around Ilhan Omar
From Angela Davis to Ayanna Pressley, Black women leaders rallied in DC in defense of Omar—and called on Democrats to do the same.
May 3, 2019 / Rebecca Pierce