Honor King’s Legacy by Protecting Voting Rights Honor King’s Legacy by Protecting Voting Rights
The right to vote is under the most sustained attack since King marched from Selma to Montgomery.
Jan 16, 2015 / Ari Berman
New Year, Same National Youth Groundswell New Year, Same National Youth Groundswell
At the turn of Dr. King’s birthday, the struggle for freedom rolls on.
Jan 16, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Is Hawai‘i an Occupied State? Is Hawai‘i an Occupied State?
As the campaign for full independence gains momentum, a new view of Hawaiian history is taking hold.
Jan 16, 2015 / ‘Umi Perkins
Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It Poor Guatemalans Are Taking On North American Mining Companies—and Have the Bullet Wounds to Prove It
As nonviolent protests have spread throughout the country, the right-wing government and the mines’ security operations have responded with force.
Jan 14, 2015 / Jimmy Tobias
Don’t Let Congress Kill Negotiations with Iran Don’t Let Congress Kill Negotiations with Iran
Once again, Congress is threatening to pass a bill that could torpedo historic negotiations with Iran.
Jan 13, 2015 / NationAction
Ava DuVernay: ‘Selma’ Is the ‘Vision of a Black Storyteller Undiluted’ Ava DuVernay: ‘Selma’ Is the ‘Vision of a Black Storyteller Undiluted’
The director explains why Selma matters now.
Jan 9, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Mychal Denzel Smith
What ‘Selma’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About Civil-Rights History What ‘Selma’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About Civil-Rights History
It took MLK’s activism and LBJ’s leadership to pass the Voting Rights Act.
Jan 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman
January 8, 1867: Emily Balch, Nation Staffer and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Is Born January 8, 1867: Emily Balch, Nation Staffer and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Is Born
The Nation has had many Nobel Prize winners contribute to our pages over the years. But we have had only one staff member who went on to win the Prize.
Jan 8, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Blowing the Whistle on Government Recklessness Is Not a Crime Blowing the Whistle on Government Recklessness Is Not a Crime
Support Jeffrey Sterling and help resist the Obama administration’s attacks on whistleblowers.
Jan 7, 2015 / NationAction
Leonard Beerman Leonard Beerman
He was a fighter for social justice for sixty-five years.
Jan 7, 2015 / Jon Wiener