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Take Action Now: Stop the Tide of Gun Violence Take Action Now: Stop the Tide of Gun Violence

Get involved with the grassroots movement for gun control, plus show your support for holding Big Tech accountable.

Jun 4, 2019 / no-paywall / NationAction

Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop

Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop

In a Colorado supermax facility, hunger-striking inmates have been force-fed and barred from sharing their ordeal with the outside world. A prisoner breaks his silence for the firs...

Jun 4, 2019 / Feature / Aviva Stahl

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Robert Mueller, American Sphinx Robert Mueller, American Sphinx

Insufficient evidence is not evidence of insufficiency...or something.

Jun 4, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow

Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein

Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein Navigating Freedom With Cass Sunstein

When nudges won’t set you free.

Jun 3, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Crocodile Tears

Crocodile Tears Crocodile Tears

Government inaction continues as gun deaths mount.

Jun 3, 2019 / OppArt / Martin Rowson

Pro-life men

A Man’s Guide to Abortion A Man’s Guide to Abortion

You don’t have to be a woman to stand up for reproductive rights.

Jun 3, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Julian Assange

Trump’s Charges Against Julian Assange Would Effectively Criminalize Investigative Journalism Trump’s Charges Against Julian Assange Would Effectively Criminalize Investigative Journalism

Ever since the Pentagon Papers case, an Espionage Act loophole has been waiting for a president thuggish enough to make use of it.

May 31, 2019 / Bruce Shapiro

La represión de Ecuador al aborto está encarcelando mujeres

La represión de Ecuador al aborto está encarcelando mujeres La represión de Ecuador al aborto está encarcelando mujeres

Durante décadas, fue considerado un asunto privado. Ahora, según una investigación de The Nation, las mujeres que terminan sus embarazos (de manera voluntaria o no) se enfrentan a ...

May 31, 2019 / En español / Zoë Carpenter

Free Assange

Opposing Julian Assange’s Extradition Is Essential—Even if You Dislike Him Opposing Julian Assange’s Extradition Is Essential—Even if You Dislike Him

Why the indictment of the WikiLeaks publisher is an attack on freedom of the press.

May 31, 2019 / Jon Wiener

Torture in Syria

How One Man Survived Syria’s Gulag How One Man Survived Syria’s Gulag

Like thousands of others, Omar Alshogre was repeatedly tortured in Bashar al-Assad’s prisons—but unlike so many, he got out. Now he’s telling the world about the regime’s industria...

May 30, 2019 / Hisham Aidi

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