Activism

Freedom to Profit

Freedom to Profit Freedom to Profit

America’s suicide pact with the Second Amendment, thanks to the gun lobby.

Oct 3, 2017 / OppArt / Dario Castillejos

Introducing OppArt

Introducing OppArt Introducing OppArt

A new Nation series celebrates the art of protest.

Oct 2, 2017 / no-paywall / Press Room

Protest outside Chase

From Free Lunch to Public Banks, These Cities Are Giving Us Hope From Free Lunch to Public Banks, These Cities Are Giving Us Hope

Dispatches from the Urban Resistance: Alameda to Elyria and beyond.

Sep 29, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias

Bruce Maxwell Kneeling

Oakland Catcher Bruce Maxwell Breaks Baseball’s Politics Line Oakland Catcher Bruce Maxwell Breaks Baseball’s Politics Line

There is a wall in baseball between sports and politics. One player just put a crack in it.

Sep 29, 2017 / Dave Zirin

How Citizen Action Saved the New York Public Library

How Citizen Action Saved the New York Public Library How Citizen Action Saved the New York Public Library

Grassroots activists thwarted a costly and destructive renovation scheme—but the NYPL still lacks effective governance.

Sep 28, 2017 / Feature / Scott Sherman

VIDEO: We’re DACA Recipients, but We’re Fighting for All Undocumented Immigrants

VIDEO: We’re DACA Recipients, but We’re Fighting for All Undocumented Immigrants VIDEO: We’re DACA Recipients, but We’re Fighting for All Undocumented Immigrants

These young activists aren’t going to stop until the rights of all 11 million undocumented immigrants are protected.

Sep 27, 2017 / Video / Armando Aparicio, David Zlutnick, and Leighton Akio Woodhouse

Jose Garcia Vicente holds a piece of plumbing he picked up, as he shows his destroyed home, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, in Aibonito, Puerto.

Demand Immediate Aid for Puerto Rico Demand Immediate Aid for Puerto Rico

You can also register your friends and family to vote and march for racial justice.

Sep 26, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

Colin Kaepernick

Fearlessly Speaking Truth to Power Fearlessly Speaking Truth to Power

The examples of Manning and Kaepernick show some of America’s most powerful institutions treating the truth as an inconvenience or, worse, an enemy to defeat.

Sep 26, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Minnesota wage protest

Red-State Governments Are Trying to Take Back Your Minimum-Wage Hike and LGBTQ Protections Red-State Governments Are Trying to Take Back Your Minimum-Wage Hike and LGBTQ Protections

But these cities won’t let them.

Sep 26, 2017 / Cities Rising / Jimmy Tobias

Kaepernick Reid Anthem Kneel

For the NFL, It Was ‘Choose-Your-Side Sunday’ For the NFL, It Was ‘Choose-Your-Side Sunday’

Donald Trump thought targeting NFL players with his racialized venom would be smart politics. He was wrong.

Sep 24, 2017 / Editorial / Dave Zirin

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