Not a Game: How the NYPD Uses Sports for Surveillance Not a Game: How the NYPD Uses Sports for Surveillance
The NYPD’s extensive monitoring of Arab and South Asian sports events has put a big question mark over the reasoning behind the department’s own sponsored leagues.
Sep 10, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Is America’s Militia Movement on the Rise? Is America’s Militia Movement on the Rise?
Up an unpaved Idaho road, self-styled “patriots” gather to plan and train in close-quarters battle.
Sep 9, 2013 / Leonard Zeskind and Devin Burghart
A Lesson on Racism for Mayor Bloomberg A Lesson on Racism for Mayor Bloomberg
The outgoing mayor called a Democratic candidate’s campaign racist. Here’s why he’s wrong.
Sep 9, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
How Not to Talk to White Parents How Not to Talk to White Parents
What was a developing national conversation about race is fast vanishing.
Sep 3, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Radical Jewish Intellectual on Trial in Greece Radical Jewish Intellectual on Trial in Greece
Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn sues activist for libel.
Sep 2, 2013 / Maria Margaronis
The End of Stop-and-Frisk as We Know It The End of Stop-and-Frisk as We Know It
Mayor Bloomberg and Ray Kelly lost big: a federal court ruling and a new law ban the racial profiling that undergirds the discriminatory practice.
Aug 28, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
The Race-Baiting of America The Race-Baiting of America
The tragic murder of Australian student Christopher Lane is being exploited by the right to stoke fears of a race war.
Aug 28, 2013 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
On the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, a New Civil Rights Movement Emerges On the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, a New Civil Rights Movement Emerges
“We’re seeing a new upsurge in the civil rights movement,” activists say.
Aug 24, 2013 / Ari Berman
WATCH: Cornel West, Gary Younge & Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor In Conversation WATCH: Cornel West, Gary Younge & Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor In Conversation
A panel discussion on the legacy of King's "Dream" speech.
Aug 24, 2013 / The Nation
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Forgotten Radicalism of the March on Washington This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Forgotten Radicalism of the March on Washington
A tour through the magazine's archives confirms Gary Younge’s argument in this week’s cover story.
Aug 23, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel