Race and Ethnicity

The Minnesota Workers Who Are Still Searching for Justice

The Minnesota Workers Who Are Still Searching for Justice The Minnesota Workers Who Are Still Searching for Justice

A crew of mostly Indigenous workers faced inhumane conditions at a burial recovery site in northern Minnesota. They refuse to give up fighting for justice.

Nov 30, 2022 / Feature / Cinnamon Janzer

Supreme Court

This Supreme Court Case Is a Case Study in Conservative Hypocrisy This Supreme Court Case Is a Case Study in Conservative Hypocrisy

Just weeks after railing against race-conscious college admissions, the justices entertained a bogus race-based argument aimed at undermining Native sovereignty.

Nov 29, 2022 / Column / Elie Mystal

Nancy Fraser’s Lessons From the Long History of Capitalism

Nancy Fraser’s Lessons From the Long History of Capitalism Nancy Fraser’s Lessons From the Long History of Capitalism

She talked to The Nation about capitalism's evolutions and what the left can do to better prepare for the next political crisis.

Nov 29, 2022 / Q&A / Rhoda Feng

Donald Trump and John Kelly

The Terrorism We Sought Abroad Has Come Home The Terrorism We Sought Abroad Has Come Home

Of the approximately 450 politically motivated violent attacks that took place on our soil in the past decade, the majority were perpetrated by homegrown far-right extremists.

Nov 28, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino

When the NYPD Gets Desperate

When the NYPD Gets Desperate When the NYPD Gets Desperate

In a high-profile murder case, New York police swabbed hundreds of Black men, illegally used a private DNA lab, and then concealed their tactics.

Nov 28, 2022 / Feature / Amos Barshad

Counterprotesters rally in opposition to the Kentucky ballot initiative to add an anti-abortion amendment to the state’s constitution

How We Beat an Anti-Abortion Amendment in Deep-Red Kentucky How We Beat an Anti-Abortion Amendment in Deep-Red Kentucky

The key was organizing, through which volunteers connected deeply, authentically, and vulnerably with voters who didn’t agree with them yet.

Nov 23, 2022 / Erin Heaney

Reverend Barber speaks at DNC

Reverend Barber’s Pastoral Letter to the Democratic Party Reverend Barber’s Pastoral Letter to the Democratic Party

“I am troubled by the satisfaction many seem to have with a political reality that will lead to continued policy violence.”

Nov 22, 2022 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II

Prospective students tour the Harvard campus

Is the “U.S. News” Ranking System Finally Starting to Crumble? Is the “U.S. News” Ranking System Finally Starting to Crumble?

While it’s tempting to view the decision by three elite law schools to pull out of the magazine’s rankings as little more than elite posturing, it could have real effects.

Nov 18, 2022 / Elie Mystal

I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You.

I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You. I’m Not Leaving Twitter. Neither Should You.

Twitter is an effective tool for challenging the status quo and powerful people and institutions. That’s why Elon Musk snatched it up.

Nov 16, 2022 / Olayemi Olurin

A police car on a chase

White Nationalist Hate Is Infiltrating Our Police White Nationalist Hate Is Infiltrating Our Police

If Biden cares about what he calls the white supremacist “poison…running through our body politic,” his administration had better get busy purging the strain that courses through t...

Nov 15, 2022 / Column / Kali Holloway

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