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Media Companies Are (Still) Failing When It Comes to Diversity Media Companies Are (Still) Failing When It Comes to Diversity

We all need to do better—and that includes The Nation.

Aug 15, 2019 / D.D. Guttenplan

Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus

Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus

The Statue of Liberty poem “The New Colossus” was written as a radical call to welcome all immigrants—not just the wealthy and connected.

Aug 14, 2019 / John Nichols

‘We Were Treated Like Dirt’: A Visa Program Exploits Student Workers

‘We Were Treated Like Dirt’: A Visa Program Exploits Student Workers ‘We Were Treated Like Dirt’: A Visa Program Exploits Student Workers

With the J-1 visa, employers can skirt safety protections and avoid paying benefits.

Aug 14, 2019 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation

Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation Richard Holbrooke and the Lost Idealism of a Generation

Holbrooke’s public and personal life captures the contradictions of a cohort of liberals that came of age in the 1960s.

Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David Klion

Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze

Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze

Epstein’s scientist “friends” should have known better than to associate with a crackpot transhumanist.

Aug 12, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Marc Lambert Lamba

‘We Call That Love’: Marc Lambert Lamba Defended Cameroon’s LGBT Community ‘We Call That Love’: Marc Lambert Lamba Defended Cameroon’s LGBT Community

Lambert, who died on August 4, was a pioneering LGBT activist who was there to help—even after foreign support dried up.

Aug 12, 2019 / Obituary / Robbie Corey-Boulet

Jaclyn Cohen

Paid Family Leave Is a Game Changer for New Parents’ Health, Not Just Their Economic Security Paid Family Leave Is a Game Changer for New Parents’ Health, Not Just Their Economic Security

The transition to parenthood is a critical window when parents’ mental and physical health is at risk. Paid leave can protect them—and their babies.

Aug 12, 2019 / Benjamin Ryan

The American Workplace Still Won’t Accommodate Pregnant Workers

The American Workplace Still Won’t Accommodate Pregnant Workers The American Workplace Still Won’t Accommodate Pregnant Workers

Pregnant women face discrimination up and down the economic ladder—but low-wage workers suffer the most.

Aug 12, 2019 / Feature / Bryce Covert

How Indigenous Mexicans Took on Big Energy and Won

How Indigenous Mexicans Took on Big Energy and Won How Indigenous Mexicans Took on Big Energy and Won

A natural gas pipeline was scheduled to go online in 2017, but TransCanada wasn’t counting on indigenous resistance.

Aug 12, 2019 / Martha Pskowski

Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse

Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse Mexico’s Crackdown Is Making the Migrant Crisis Worse

Under pressure from the US to ramp up deterrence, security forces have been implicated in the killing of at least two migrants this year.

Aug 9, 2019 / John Washington

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