Activism

Republicans Want to Mark Tax Day With a Gift to the Top 0.2 Percent

Republicans Want to Mark Tax Day With a Gift to the Top 0.2 Percent Republicans Want to Mark Tax Day With a Gift to the Top 0.2 Percent

The House of Representatives is set to vote to repeal the estate tax, a move that could cost the federal government nearly $270 billion over ten years.

Apr 15, 2015 / Take Action / NationAction

Remembering the Left-Wing Terrorism of the 1970s

Remembering the Left-Wing Terrorism of the 1970s Remembering the Left-Wing Terrorism of the 1970s

Bryan Burrough’s new book should lead us to ask why extremists are so frequently able to hijack movements fighting for social justice.

Apr 14, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman

April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison

April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison

“How can you punish a man with so compelling a consciousness of the right?”

Apr 13, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

Students Blockade for $150 Billion, Rally for Hoosier ‘Freedom’ and Rise for Martese Johnson

Students Blockade for $150 Billion, Rally for Hoosier ‘Freedom’ and Rise for Martese Johnson Students Blockade for $150 Billion, Rally for Hoosier ‘Freedom’ and Rise for Martese Johnson

From the statehouse to the streets, a youth groundswell.

Apr 11, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Abolish the Police. Instead, Let’s Have Full Social, Economic, and Political Equality.

Abolish the Police. Instead, Let’s Have Full Social, Economic, and Political Equality. Abolish the Police. Instead, Let’s Have Full Social, Economic, and Political Equality.

When people ask me, “Who will protect us,” I want to say: Who protects you now?

Apr 9, 2015 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

There Are No Abortion Cakes

There Are No Abortion Cakes There Are No Abortion Cakes

If CEOs are worried that their LGBT employees won’t be treated as equals in Indiana, they should show as much concern for their pregnant and potentially pregnant employees.

Apr 8, 2015 / Katha Pollitt

‘The Nation’ and WILPF: Entwined Histories, Entwined Destinies

‘The Nation’ and WILPF: Entwined Histories, Entwined Destinies ‘The Nation’ and WILPF: Entwined Histories, Entwined Destinies

The League’s co-founder, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a Nation staff editor, was known in the magazine’s offices for her habit of “absently nibbling raisins a...

Apr 8, 2015 / Back Issues / Back Issues

Radical Histories: From Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ to FDA Approval of the Birth Control Pill

Radical Histories: From Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ to FDA Approval of the Birth Control Pill Radical Histories: From Sojourner Truth’s ‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ to FDA Approval of the Birth Control Pill

Do you know the key moments in the struggle for gender equality?

Apr 7, 2015 / Timeline / The Nation

What Can Stop the Ongoing Assault on Black Families?

What Can Stop the Ongoing Assault on Black Families? What Can Stop the Ongoing Assault on Black Families?

Through a shared desire to balance a critique of racism with a call for personal responsibility, liberals and conservatives have been united in looking with exasperation at the bla...

Apr 7, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Dani McClain

Radical Histories: From Helen Gurley Brown to the Criminalization of Pregnancy

Radical Histories: From Helen Gurley Brown to the Criminalization of Pregnancy Radical Histories: From Helen Gurley Brown to the Criminalization of Pregnancy

The feminist movement surges into public consciousness, but backlash to basic freedoms never goes away.

Apr 7, 2015 / Timeline / The Nation

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