Social Justice

Natasha Lennard

What Is Anti-Fascism? What Is Anti-Fascism?

A Q&A with Natasha Lennard.

May 15, 2019 / Q&A / Ari M. Brostoff

Wrestling’s Radical Champion

Wrestling’s Radical Champion Wrestling’s Radical Champion

Wrestler David Starr joins the show to talk about his activism and the world of wrestling.

May 14, 2019 / Audio / Dave Zirin

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Princeton Students Are Sitting In for Title IX Reform Princeton Students Are Sitting In for Title IX Reform

In many ways, the sit-in serves as the culmination of student outcry over the university’s treatment of sexual-harassment and assault cases.

May 13, 2019 / StudentNation / Jimin Kang

Women Rise

Women Rise Women Rise

First we march, then we run (for office).

May 9, 2019 / OppArt / Kathleen Sweeney

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DC’s Leaders Shouldn’t Wait to Prioritize Racial Equity DC’s Leaders Shouldn’t Wait to Prioritize Racial Equity

Activists in Washington say the mayor’s proposed budget would worsen disinvestment in black communities.

May 7, 2019 / Greg Kaufmann

Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal

Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal Las Comadres Is Fighting to Make Abortion Safe in Ecuador—Even While It’s Illegal

The group represents a new tactic in abortion-rights activism, which skirts legal restrictions and the often risky surgical procedures that defined clandestine abortions in the pas...

May 7, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail

Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail

For decades, abortion was considered a private matter. Now, a Nation investigation shows, women who terminate—or lose—pregnancies are facing prosecution and prison time.

May 7, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter

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Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong? Where Did the South African Left Go Wrong?

The ANC has failed to tackle poverty and inequality—and will win the presidency anyway.

May 6, 2019 / Kenichi Serino

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Letters From the May 13, 2019 Issue Letters From the May 13, 2019 Issue

Action plans for democracy… Spreading hope—and justice…

Apr 30, 2019 / Letters / Our Readers

Ralph Northam Says He’s Committed to Racial Equity. So Why is He Ignoring Union Hill?

Ralph Northam Says He’s Committed to Racial Equity. So Why is He Ignoring Union Hill? Ralph Northam Says He’s Committed to Racial Equity. So Why is He Ignoring Union Hill?

Residents of a historic African-American community in Virginia are asking the governor to keep a major natural-gas project out of their town. 

Apr 25, 2019 / Jesse James DeConto

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