Start Making Sense: The Best of the Left in 2015 Start Making Sense: The Best of the Left in 2015
The Nation’s Progressive Honor Roll: John Nichols names names. Plus Amy Wilentz on guns and Jay Parini on Gore Vidal.
Dec 23, 2015 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
When Your 3-Year-Old Son Asks, ‘Are They Going to Kill Me?’ When Your 3-Year-Old Son Asks, ‘Are They Going to Kill Me?’
We shouldn’t have to explain lockdown drills to preschoolers.
Dec 22, 2015 / Frida Berrigan
December 22, 2010: President Obama Repeals ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ December 22, 2010: President Obama Repeals ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
“This disastrous policy was born out of Bill Clinton’s refusal to honor his 1992 campaign pledge to let gays serve openly in uniform.”
Dec 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
China’s Latest Crackdown on Workers Is Unprecedented China’s Latest Crackdown on Workers Is Unprecedented
Seven worker-activists involved in the independent labor organizations known as “worker centers” have been arrested.
Dec 18, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Rajon Rondo, Gay-Bashing, and the Beautiful Response to an Ugly Hate Crime Rajon Rondo, Gay-Bashing, and the Beautiful Response to an Ugly Hate Crime
How one NBA referee took a hate crime against his sexuality and turned it on its head.
Dec 17, 2015 / Dave Zirin
What I Learned This Semester at Yale What I Learned This Semester at Yale
Students of color are not separatists practicing identity politics—they are fed up with false histories and a false present.
Dec 17, 2015 / StudentNation / Daniel Judt
’Tis the Season to Give—Generously ’Tis the Season to Give—Generously
You might not have heard of these hardworking organizations—but they are doing great work, and could do more with your support.
Dec 17, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Letters From the January 4, 2016, Issue Letters From the January 4, 2016, Issue
Lesson from Paris… with friends like these… slouching toward Raqqa?… sounds familiar… whither The Nation?…
Dec 17, 2015 / Our Readers and Robert Pollin
This Year’s Most Valuable Progressives This Year’s Most Valuable Progressives
From Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to artist Molly Crabapple, from Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards to Black Lives Matter, this year’s honorees are on the front lines in the fight fo...
Dec 17, 2015 / Feature / John Nichols
Japan Is Scrapping Its Pacifist Constitution, Despite Massive Public Opposition Japan Is Scrapping Its Pacifist Constitution, Despite Massive Public Opposition
The US is pushing Japan to arm for war, but hundreds of thousands of students and mothers are lining the streets for peace.
Dec 16, 2015 / Lisa Torio