The Kids Are Getting Pepper-Sprayed The Kids Are Getting Pepper-Sprayed
Kids as young as 10 years old were among the 200 peaceful student protesters that Chicago police surrounded—tackling, pepper-spraying, and arresting several.
Aug 25, 2020 / StudentNation / Mary Retta
How to Dismantle White Supremacy How to Dismantle White Supremacy
To end systemic racism, the country needs a comprehensive racial justice program even more sweeping than the Marshall Plan.
Aug 21, 2020 / Barbara Smith
Progressives, Get Ready to Push Biden and Harris Progressives, Get Ready to Push Biden and Harris
Putting a Biden-Harris administration in power will not guarantee the change this country needs.
Aug 18, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Daddying, Celebrating Black Fathers Daddying, Celebrating Black Fathers
Black Lives Matter, every day.
Aug 18, 2020 / OppArt / Tau Battice
Bernie Sanders on How He’ll Rally Progressives Bernie Sanders on How He’ll Rally Progressives
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the Vermont senator says backing Biden/Harris is the start of their work, not the finish.
Aug 17, 2020 / John Nichols
We Live Here! We Live Here!
Detroit Eviction Defense and the Battle for Housing Justice (an excerpt from a forthcoming graphic novel).
Aug 14, 2020 / OppArt / Jeffrey Wilson and Bambi Kramer
Can This Crisis Be Used to Build a Better Future in Argentina? Can This Crisis Be Used to Build a Better Future in Argentina?
In the slums of Buenos Aires, government aid has been slow to materialize. Instead, community organizations are leading the fight.
Aug 13, 2020 / Photo Essay / Anita Pouchard Serra
After Charlottesville, Protesters Are Still in Danger After Charlottesville, Protesters Are Still in Danger
I nearly died in the attack that killed Heather Heyer. Three years later, the conditions that led to the violence have not changed.
Aug 12, 2020 / Aubtin Heydari
Ending Mass Incarceration Is Only the Beginning Ending Mass Incarceration Is Only the Beginning
Victoria Law and Maya Schenwar, authors of Prison By Any Other Name, argue that prison reform just widens the net of the criminal justice system.
Aug 12, 2020 / Q&A / Daniel Fernandez
Representative Barbara Lee: ‘The Public Is With Us’ Representative Barbara Lee: ‘The Public Is With Us’
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, the representative talks about cutting the defense budget, what Covid-19 has revealed about systemic racism, and her mentor Shirley Chish...
Aug 11, 2020 / Q&A / John Nichols