Demand that Congress Renew Long-Term Unemployment Benefits Demand that Congress Renew Long-Term Unemployment Benefits
Because Congress failed to act, 1.3 million Americans lost a crucial source of income just three days after Christmas.
Jan 3, 2014 / NationAction
Nelson Mandela in Retrospect Nelson Mandela in Retrospect
For the people of South Africa, Mandela was the leader they could identify with—one who had suffered alongside them.
Jan 2, 2014 / Danny Schechter
The Arc of Justice and the Long Run The Arc of Justice and the Long Run
You can’t always trace it, but everything and everyone has a genealogy.
Dec 30, 2013 / Rebecca Solnit
Report: 2012 Grads Have Highest-Ever Student Debt Report: 2012 Grads Have Highest-Ever Student Debt
College students are graduating with the highest average student loan debt ever on record.
Dec 30, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Fifty Years Later, the War on Poverty Must Be Renewed This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Fifty Years Later, the War on Poverty Must Be Renewed
President Obama and his congressional Democratic allies should rededicate the country to the Great Society’s best initiative.
Dec 28, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013 A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013
What would our national conversation on climate change sound like if this kind of honesty broke through with any regularity?
Dec 24, 2013 / Wen Stephenson
Police Use Tear Gas on Protesters Following Teen’s Death in Custody Police Use Tear Gas on Protesters Following Teen’s Death in Custody
Police violently dispersed a crowd of about 150 people in Durnham, North Carolina, during a vigil in which supporters demanded answers after the death of a teenager, who managed to...
Dec 23, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Scott Walker Goes All ‘Duck Dynasty’ on the First Amendment Scott Walker Goes All ‘Duck Dynasty’ on the First Amendment
The ACLU accuses Walker of “bogus appropriation” of free speech arguments to defend offensive acts by government.
Dec 23, 2013 / John Nichols
During Finals, Students Sat-In on Racism, Walked Out on Apartheid and Shut Down ICE During Finals, Students Sat-In on Racism, Walked Out on Apartheid and Shut Down ICE
From Minneapolis to Amherst, the struggle for free tuition, voting rights and racial justice rages on.
Dec 20, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Is Pope Francis the New Champion of Liberation Theology? Is Pope Francis the New Champion of Liberation Theology?
In attacking “the structural causes of inequality,” he is reviving that great movement’s “preferential option for the poor.”
Dec 18, 2013 / Feature / Harvey Cox