Remembering and Misremembering Tiananmen Remembering and Misremembering Tiananmen
The Nation published one of the few accounts of what actually happened in Tiananmen Square twenty-five years ago.
Jun 3, 2014 / Back Issues / Steven Hsieh
Since When Does Free Speech Require Students to Stay Quiet? Since When Does Free Speech Require Students to Stay Quiet?
Former UC-Berkeley chancellor Robert Birgeneau characterizes words as violent but shrugs his shoulders at the very real violence committed against his own students and faculty.
Jun 2, 2014 / StudentNation / Sam Warren and StudentNation
Why Are Queer Activists and Muslim Scholars Holding Vigils Outside a Manhattan Prison? Why Are Queer Activists and Muslim Scholars Holding Vigils Outside a Manhattan Prison?
As young Muslim men disappear into US prisons for “pre-crimes” they haven’t committed, activists demand justice.
May 30, 2014 / Aviva Stahl
Maya Angelou’s Civil Rights Legacy Maya Angelou’s Civil Rights Legacy
A brilliant author who organized with Dr. King and served on the staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
May 28, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Let’s Stop Subsidizing Economic Inequality Let’s Stop Subsidizing Economic Inequality
Why must you and I foot the bill, via our taxes, for the callousness of Wal-Mart or Domino's?
May 28, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Immigrant Detainees Are Turning to Civil Disobedience Why Immigrant Detainees Are Turning to Civil Disobedience
Reform legislation has stalled, and the private-prison industry is making obscene profits from a captive population.
May 23, 2014 / Max Blumenthal
LIVE: How to Reclaim Our Democracy From the Corporations LIVE: How to Reclaim Our Democracy From the Corporations
Watch John Nichols at the Kansas City Library as he talks about his book Dollarocracy.
May 22, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
LIVE: The New Populism Is Here, and It’s Ready to Change America LIVE: The New Populism Is Here, and It’s Ready to Change America
Tune in all day Thursday to watch Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Sherrod Brown and others at the New Populism Conference.
May 22, 2014 / The Nation
Beating Monsanto in the Food Fight: Oregon Counties Vote to Ban GMO Crops Beating Monsanto in the Food Fight: Oregon Counties Vote to Ban GMO Crops
Local votes with national implications see farmers and allies prove the power of local democracy.
May 21, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Pricing Radicals Out of New York Pricing Radicals Out of New York
The Brecht Forum, a storied radical institution, has lost its lease.
May 21, 2014 / Editorial / Abbie Nehring