What Can Stop the Ongoing Assault on Black Families? What Can Stop the Ongoing Assault on Black Families?
Through a shared desire to balance a critique of racism with a call for personal responsibility, liberals and conservatives have been united in looking with exasperation at the bla...
Apr 7, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Dani McClain
Radical Histories: From Helen Gurley Brown to the Criminalization of Pregnancy Radical Histories: From Helen Gurley Brown to the Criminalization of Pregnancy
The feminist movement surges into public consciousness, but backlash to basic freedoms never goes away.
Apr 7, 2015 / Timeline / The Nation
Meet Rahm Emanuel’s Other Election Day Challenger Meet Rahm Emanuel’s Other Election Day Challenger
Whether Emanuel wins or loses his fight for mayor, the savvy coalition leading the charge against him may already have changed Chicago politics for the better.
Apr 6, 2015 / Cities Rising / Micah Uetricht
Katrina vanden Heuvel: A Commitment to Independence Keeps ‘The Nation’ Strong Katrina vanden Heuvel: A Commitment to Independence Keeps ‘The Nation’ Strong
Katrina vanden Heuvel talks to Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez about The Nation’s 150-year legacy of independent journalism.
Apr 2, 2015 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Should Philip Morris Be Able to Sue Governments That Try to Curb Smoking? Should Philip Morris Be Able to Sue Governments That Try to Curb Smoking?
If the Trans-Pacific Partnership passes, multinational corporations could sue governments that try to protect the health and safety of their citizens.
Apr 2, 2015 / Take Action / NationAction
Even Indiana Republicans Are Telling Mike Pence His Discrimination Law Is Wrong Even Indiana Republicans Are Telling Mike Pence His Discrimination Law Is Wrong
Pressed by GOP mayor and state’s largest paper, governor moves to rework law condemned by LGBT groups.
Mar 31, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
The Campaign to Refuse Student Debt Is About to Kick Into Overdrive The Campaign to Refuse Student Debt Is About to Kick Into Overdrive
Anti-debtors are descending on DC to challenge the Department of Education’s regulation of student debt.
Mar 30, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Chen
In Homage to Her Womanly Bravery In Homage to Her Womanly Bravery
On women who refused to live in silence and be consigned to oblivion.
Mar 30, 2015 / Eduardo Galeano
How California Voters Got So Smart on Crime How California Voters Got So Smart on Crime
Reform advocates are making a compelling case for policies that take aim at mass incarceration.
Mar 26, 2015 / Sasha Abramsky
We Need a Million More Bowe Bergdahls, Says a Former US Army Ranger We Need a Million More Bowe Bergdahls, Says a Former US Army Ranger
To kill somebody for a cause you don’t believe in is potentially worse than being killed yourself, because those scars last forever.
Mar 26, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues