Activism

Trump sitting at a table in the White House.

10 Ways Trump Could Use His Power for Good, Not Evil 10 Ways Trump Could Use His Power for Good, Not Evil

The president can still use his executive powers to do the right thing.

Apr 20, 2020 / Todd N. Tucker

Organizing on the Coasts Won’t Save the Planet

Organizing on the Coasts Won’t Save the Planet Organizing on the Coasts Won’t Save the Planet

Rural America has the land, the people, and the potential to flip the political equation on climate change.

Apr 20, 2020 / Feature / Jane Fleming Kleeb

Putting Food on the Table During a Pandemic

Putting Food on the Table During a Pandemic Putting Food on the Table During a Pandemic

Photos from the grassroots food distribution networks that are keeping Los Angeles’s undocumented communities afloat.

Apr 20, 2020 / Photo Essay / Arlene Mejorado, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation

How Sex Workers Are Using Mutual Aid to Respond to the Coronavirus

How Sex Workers Are Using Mutual Aid to Respond to the Coronavirus How Sex Workers Are Using Mutual Aid to Respond to the Coronavirus

Their efforts highlight the deep history of organizing and radical mutual support in the sex worker community.

Apr 20, 2020 / Jack Herrera

Hong Kong activists 1970s

The Radical ’70s Magazine That Shaped the Hong Kong Left The Radical ’70s Magazine That Shaped the Hong Kong Left

Caught between China and colonial rule, this grassroots collective pushed to change the terms of the debate.

Apr 17, 2020 / Promise Li

‘The Nation’ Names Wilfred Chan as Contributing Writer

‘The Nation’ Names Wilfred Chan as Contributing Writer ‘The Nation’ Names Wilfred Chan as Contributing Writer

He joins a newly minted masthead of diverse writers and advisers at a pivotal moment for the future of progressive politics in America.

Apr 17, 2020 / Press Room

An Open Letter to the New New Left From the Old New Left

An Open Letter to the New New Left From the Old New Left An Open Letter to the New New Left From the Old New Left

Now it is time for all those who yearn for a more equal and just social order to face facts.

Apr 16, 2020 / Former leaders of the Students for a Democratic Society

Student Climate Strike

Fossil Fuel Companies Are Suffering Under the Coronavirus. Good. Fossil Fuel Companies Are Suffering Under the Coronavirus. Good.

If fossil fuel companies and their financial backers are scared now, then they should be terrified of what’s to come.

Apr 16, 2020 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

None of Us Knows How to Pivot Between Crises, and Online Agitation Doesn’t Feel like Enough

None of Us Knows How to Pivot Between Crises, and Online Agitation Doesn’t Feel like Enough None of Us Knows How to Pivot Between Crises, and Online Agitation Doesn’t Feel like Enough

Scenes from a pandemic: 3

Apr 15, 2020 / Tristan Call

ICE detention facility

How the Deportation Machine Criminalizes Immigrants How the Deportation Machine Criminalizes Immigrants

There are no true sanctuaries.

Apr 14, 2020 / Alina Das

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