Society

How the Rohingya Have Been Excluded From Myanmar’s Landmark Elections

How the Rohingya Have Been Excluded From Myanmar’s Landmark Elections How the Rohingya Have Been Excluded From Myanmar’s Landmark Elections

Their disenfranchisement is part of a concerted state effort to appeal to a growing ultra-nationalist, anti-Muslim movement.

Nov 3, 2015 / Robert Hardh and Shaivalini Parmar

Martin O’Malley

Who Would Win an Immigration Debate Between Sanders and Clinton? Martin O’Malley. Who Would Win an Immigration Debate Between Sanders and Clinton? Martin O’Malley.

The former governor’s remarkably detailed policy platform is one place he could distinguish his stalled candidacy.

Nov 3, 2015 / Julianne Hing

Asking for a Friend: Is It Me or Is It Capitalism?

Asking for a Friend: Is It Me or Is It Capitalism? Asking for a Friend: Is It Me or Is It Capitalism?

In the first installment of our new advice column, Liza answers readers’ questions about depression and the ethics of cleaning apps.

Nov 3, 2015 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone

Tom Tomorrow toon

Wingnuts Discuss the Right to Bear Arms Wingnuts Discuss the Right to Bear Arms

This is America, after all!

Nov 3, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Syria Damascus

‘Make No Mistake About It, This Is a War’ ‘Make No Mistake About It, This Is a War’

U.S. ground troops are being sent to Syria without congressional authorization. Why are so few members speaking up?

Nov 2, 2015 / John Nichols

Goodbye to Grantland, ESPN’s Home for Actual Sports Journalism

Goodbye to Grantland, ESPN’s Home for Actual Sports Journalism Goodbye to Grantland, ESPN’s Home for Actual Sports Journalism

For this former ESPN ombudsman, Grantland was a beacon in a field of sludge.

Nov 2, 2015 / Robert Lipsyte

Guatemala protests

A Military-Backed Comedian Will Be Guatemala’s Next President. Activists Aren’t Laughing. A Military-Backed Comedian Will Be Guatemala’s Next President. Activists Aren’t Laughing.

Amid rising violence against human-rights defenders, Guatemalan activists are counting on an emboldened civil society to take on their next president.

Nov 2, 2015 / Lindsay Bigda

Why Poverty Isn’t a Halloween Costume

Why Poverty Isn’t a Halloween Costume Why Poverty Isn’t a Halloween Costume

Not all of us can take off the costumes and go back to a life free of racism and hardship.

Oct 31, 2015 / Stephanie Land

Even Hillary Clinton Thinks It’s Time to Investigate Exxon

Even Hillary Clinton Thinks It’s Time to Investigate Exxon Even Hillary Clinton Thinks It’s Time to Investigate Exxon

Lawmakers, candidates, and environmental groups are pressing the Department of Justice to probe the oil company’s role in sowing doubt about climate science.

Oct 30, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Sheldon Wolin speaks with Bill Moyers in 2008.

Sheldon Wolin, 1922–2015 Sheldon Wolin, 1922–2015

The late scholar and Nation contributor brought left-leaning political philosophy to the fore.

Oct 30, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner

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