Activism

Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time

Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time Standing Up for Migrant Workers in the Gulf, 1 Installation at a Time

For the artists in the activist group Gulf Labor, the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi epitomizes the conquest of art by corporate interests.

Nov 9, 2015 / Ursula Lindsey

3 Lessons From University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe’s Resignation

3 Lessons From University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe’s Resignation 3 Lessons From University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe’s Resignation

The administrators created a world in which universities revolve socially, politically, and economically around the exploited labor of football. Now let them reap what they sow.

Nov 9, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Worried About Voter Turnout? Demand an Election Day Holiday

Worried About Voter Turnout? Demand an Election Day Holiday Worried About Voter Turnout? Demand an Election Day Holiday

Voters need time to vote.

Nov 9, 2015 / NationAction and Brave New Films

Missouri Tigers

Black Mizzou Football Players Are Going on Strike Over Campus Racism Black Mizzou Football Players Are Going on Strike Over Campus Racism

In a game changer that could bring down a university president, the Missouri football players are showing just how powerful their labor is.

Nov 8, 2015 / Dave Zirin

LIVE: The Presidential Candidate Immigration Forum

LIVE: The Presidential Candidate Immigration Forum LIVE: The Presidential Candidate Immigration Forum

Tune in this Sunday and Monday for a live conversation featuring Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley.

Nov 5, 2015 / The Nation

Fight Transphobia and Move the Damn 2017 Super Bowl

Fight Transphobia and Move the Damn 2017 Super Bowl Fight Transphobia and Move the Damn 2017 Super Bowl

The idea that the Super Bowl must never be affected by politics flies in the face of the game’s own history.

Nov 5, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Give Seniors an Emergency Boost Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Give Seniors an Emergency Boost

A new bill would end taxpayer subsidies for CEO retirement plans and give the money to seniors.

Nov 5, 2015 / George Zornick

Larissa MacFarquhar.

The Beauty and the Costs of Extreme Altruism The Beauty and the Costs of Extreme Altruism

What if you were so troubled by suffering and inequality that you changed your life entirely?

Nov 5, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Think It’s Hard Finding a Place to Live? Try Doing So With a Criminal Record

Think It’s Hard Finding a Place to Live? Try Doing So With a Criminal Record Think It’s Hard Finding a Place to Live? Try Doing So With a Criminal Record

President Obama has taken a modest but essential step towards undoing some of the discriminatory housing policies that have made it difficult for returning citizens to rejoin their...

Nov 4, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

It’s Shocking How Relevant This 150-Year-Old Denunciation of American Racism Is Today

It’s Shocking How Relevant This 150-Year-Old Denunciation of American Racism Is Today It’s Shocking How Relevant This 150-Year-Old Denunciation of American Racism Is Today

In 1865, a writer in The Nation took aim at the deadly dehumanization of black lives that plagued the United States then as it does today.

Nov 4, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

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