Activism

Marriage Equality

Getting Married ‘Where We Live’: Why Each Marriage Equality Ruling Is Historic Getting Married ‘Where We Live’: Why Each Marriage Equality Ruling Is Historic

When a federal judge tossed Wisconsin’s marriage ban, kids showed up with flowers and cops brought the cake.

Jun 7, 2014 / John Nichols

Bowe Bergdahl and the Honorable History of War Deserters

Bowe Bergdahl and the Honorable History of War Deserters Bowe Bergdahl and the Honorable History of War Deserters

The hateful commentary about the soldier’s return is motivated by fear of what his so-called desertion reveals.

Jun 5, 2014 / Richard Kreitner

A Crisis to Address: Why the Senate’s Discussing a Democracy Amendment

A Crisis to Address: Why the Senate’s Discussing a Democracy Amendment A Crisis to Address: Why the Senate’s Discussing a Democracy Amendment

A judiciary subcommittee holds the first hearing ever on the need for a constitutional remedy to the Supreme Court’s Citizens United and McCutcheon rulings.

Jun 5, 2014 / John Nichols

Can the Internet Be a ‘People’s Platform’? A Q&A With Astra Taylor

Can the Internet Be a ‘People’s Platform’? A Q&A With Astra Taylor Can the Internet Be a ‘People’s Platform’? A Q&A With Astra Taylor

Her new book reconsiders how democratic the digital world really is.

Jun 4, 2014 / Sarah Leonard

Sex Trafficking, Lies & Money: Lessons From the Somaly Mam Scandal

Sex Trafficking, Lies & Money: Lessons From the Somaly Mam Scandal Sex Trafficking, Lies & Money: Lessons From the Somaly Mam Scandal

Why exactly did the telegenic Cambodian campaigner use fake trafficking victims to raise philanthropic cash from Westerners? And when will Nicholas Kristof ever learn?

Jun 4, 2014 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Here’s What Anyone Who Cares About the Planet Needs to Know About the EPA’s New Regulations

Here’s What Anyone Who Cares About the Planet Needs to Know About the EPA’s New Regulations Here’s What Anyone Who Cares About the Planet Needs to Know About the EPA’s New Regulations

The Obama administration’s new targets to reduce carbon emissions are a step in the right direction, but we need to demand much more.

Jun 4, 2014 / Mark Hertsgaard

Join the ‘Not One More’ Campaign to End Gun Violence

Join the ‘Not One More’ Campaign to End Gun Violence Join the ‘Not One More’ Campaign to End Gun Violence

Just a day after his son was killed, Richard Martinez asked people across the country to send postcards to their elected representatives with the simple phrase “Not one more....

Jun 4, 2014 / NationAction

Welcome to West Port Arthur, Texas, Ground Zero in the Fight for Climate Justice

Welcome to West Port Arthur, Texas, Ground Zero in the Fight for Climate Justice Welcome to West Port Arthur, Texas, Ground Zero in the Fight for Climate Justice

If you live in a toxic environment like this, surrounded by refineries, you’re probably not thinking about some future apocalypse. You’re living in one.

Jun 3, 2014 / Feature / Wen Stephenson

Students Blockade for Trans Justice, Dish 18,000 Red Squares and Push California to Divest From Guns

Students Blockade for Trans Justice, Dish 18,000 Red Squares and Push California to Divest From Guns Students Blockade for Trans Justice, Dish 18,000 Red Squares and Push California to Divest From Guns

As the semester ends, direct action rages on.

Jun 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Remembering and Misremembering Tiananmen

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 / Steven Hsieh

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