The Feminist, Democratic Leftists Our Military Is Obliterating The Feminist, Democratic Leftists Our Military Is Obliterating
Why is the US helping to fight the Kurds?
Feb 1, 2016 / Debbie Bookchin
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Sports Taught America That ‘Bigotry Is Not a Cool Thing’ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Sports Taught America That ‘Bigotry Is Not a Cool Thing’
The sports legend sits down with The Nation’s Dave Zirin.
Jan 29, 2016 / The Nation
Anna Deavere Smith: Report From Baltimore Anna Deavere Smith: Report From Baltimore
Dramatizing the school-to-prison pipeline—and organizing theater audiences in the process.
Jan 29, 2016 / Jon Wiener
In a Gay-Friendly Age, Poor LGBT New Yorkers Still Struggle In a Gay-Friendly Age, Poor LGBT New Yorkers Still Struggle
Marriage equality is progress, but the LGBT movement needs to tackle economic oppression as well if it is to achieve broader equality.
Jan 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen
Cam Newton: The Bridge to Somewhere Cam Newton: The Bridge to Somewhere
The Carolina Panthers quarterback, once derided as a phony, is using this Super Bowl to announce to the world that he does not have to be anyone but his authentic self.
Jan 29, 2016 / Dave Zirin
How the EPA Has Failed to Challenge Environmental Racism in Flint—and Beyond How the EPA Has Failed to Challenge Environmental Racism in Flint—and Beyond
Since the early 1990s, the agency has received over 300 discrimination complaints. It’s never once issued a formal finding of a violation.
Jan 28, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
Start Making Sense: Frank Rich on How the GOP Is Learning to Live With Donald Trump Start Making Sense: Frank Rich on How the GOP Is Learning to Live With Donald Trump
Plus Bill McKibben on climate change, and Anna Deavere Smith on Baltimore.
Jan 28, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The For-Profit Sadism of ‘Incarceration, Inc.’ The For-Profit Sadism of ‘Incarceration, Inc.’
An article in The Nation thirty years ago was an early warning about the growth of the prison-industrial complex.
Jan 28, 2016 / Richard Kreitner
Sure, Washington Has Always Supported Democracy in Haiti Sure, Washington Has Always Supported Democracy in Haiti
American politicians’ rhetoric on Haiti remains woefully disconnected from reality.
Jan 26, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Bernie Sanders Is the Realist We Should Elect Bernie Sanders Is the Realist We Should Elect
Sanders’s message is clear: Trust yourself. Come together, take back the country and make this nation better.
Jan 26, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel