The American Addiction to Violence The American Addiction to Violence
While a jury found Derek Chauvin guilty of murder earlier this week, that verdict alone, though so desperately needed, was woefully insufficient.
Apr 23, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky
Pulling Down the World’s Walls: A Conversation With Harsha Walia Pulling Down the World’s Walls: A Conversation With Harsha Walia
The Nation talked to the author and activist about her new book, Border and Rule, and what a border-free globe might look like.
Apr 22, 2021 / Q&A / John Washington
Broken News Broken News
We interrupt this coverage of a tragedy with word of another tragedy.
Apr 21, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow
Reparations Reparations
Harriet Tubman and Fannie Lou Hamer, leaders and visionaries (Media: found book, photos, shredded money, cotton, rusted padlock and chain.)
Apr 21, 2021 / OppArt / Wilhelmina Grant
These Attacks on Maxine Waters Reveal the Grifter Politics of Republican Dog-Whistlers These Attacks on Maxine Waters Reveal the Grifter Politics of Republican Dog-Whistlers
Kevin McCarthy and Marjorie Taylor Greene would punish Waters for supporting the right to assemble and petition for the redress of grievances.
Apr 21, 2021 / John Nichols
Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum
As climate change accelerates, it will become increasingly untenable to reduce US immigration and asylum policy to a question of border security.
Apr 21, 2021 / Zoë Carpenter
The Chauvin Verdict Represents an Absolute Minimum of Justice The Chauvin Verdict Represents an Absolute Minimum of Justice
It’s incredibly important that the jury found Chauvin guilty, but reining in the cops cannot happen through individual prosecutions.
Apr 20, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Chauvin Trial Verdict: All Roads Lead to 38th & Chicago Chauvin Trial Verdict: All Roads Lead to 38th & Chicago
After 10 hours of deliberation, the jury found the former Minneapolis police officer who killed George Floyd guilty of murder. But the fight for justice is not over.
Apr 20, 2021 / Alyssa Oursler and Anna DalCortivo
The Chauvin Verdict Has to Be Just the Beginning The Chauvin Verdict Has to Be Just the Beginning
The three guilty verdicts are a huge victory—and not enough.
Apr 20, 2021 / Joan Walsh
The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo
Will a Texas hedge fund drag the US into another dangerous quagmire?
Apr 20, 2021 / Helen C. Epstein