Politics

Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future

Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future

As The Nation looks forward to the next 150 years, we asked some contributors to StudentNation, the campus-oriented section of our site, and former Nation interns what a radical fu...

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear

No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear

In times of dread, artists must never choose to remain silent.

Mar 23, 2015 / Decade in Review / Toni Morrison

The Dream Life of Desire

The Dream Life of Desire The Dream Life of Desire

Drawing a line between poetry and the political has never been simple.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

When Leftists Become Conservatives

When Leftists Become Conservatives When Leftists Become Conservatives

It sure is a bracing feeling for the chair-bound intellectual to imagine himself the drivetrain in the engine of history.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Rick Perlstein

Who’s Accountable for Ferguson’s Crimes? No One, It Seems

Who’s Accountable for Ferguson’s Crimes? No One, It Seems Who’s Accountable for Ferguson’s Crimes? No One, It Seems

Here’s another reminder that “personal responsibility” is a principle relevant only to the poor and the black.

Mar 23, 2015 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

It’s Not Too Late: Save Democracy By Amending the Constitution

It’s Not Too Late: Save Democracy By Amending the Constitution It’s Not Too Late: Save Democracy By Amending the Constitution

Corporations are not people, money is not speech, and votes must matter more than billionaires’ dollars.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

What Does It Mean When ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Doesn’t Hold Up?

What Does It Mean When ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Doesn’t Hold Up? What Does It Mean When ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Doesn’t Hold Up?

Jonathan Capehart dares to ask, and too many on the left don’t want to hear about it.

Mar 20, 2015 / Blog / Leslie Savan

12 Years After Invading, the US Still Has Its Back Turned on Iraqi Refugees

12 Years After Invading, the US Still Has Its Back Turned on Iraqi Refugees 12 Years After Invading, the US Still Has Its Back Turned on Iraqi Refugees

After waiting years for a decision on their visa applications with no explanation for the delay, nine Iraqis are suing the US government they once worked for.

Mar 20, 2015 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter

Republicans Loved Netanyahu’s Racist Election Tactics

Republicans Loved Netanyahu’s Racist Election Tactics Republicans Loved Netanyahu’s Racist Election Tactics

House GOP lauds Netanyahu’s win as "hard-fought and well-earned."

Mar 20, 2015 / Blog / Ali Gharib

Barney Frank’s ‘Stupidest’ Decision

Barney Frank’s ‘Stupidest’ Decision Barney Frank’s ‘Stupidest’ Decision

The story Frank tells in his new memoir of Robert McNamara’s visit to Harvard in 1966 is, to put it generously, incomplete.

Mar 20, 2015 / Blog / Jon Wiener

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