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The Country’s Worst Anti-Voting Law Was Just Struck Down in North Carolina

The Country’s Worst Anti-Voting Law Was Just Struck Down in North Carolina The Country’s Worst Anti-Voting Law Was Just Struck Down in North Carolina

The Fourth Circuit appeals court finds that Republicans “targeted African Americans with almost surgical precision.”

Jul 29, 2016 / Ari Berman

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Americans Who’d Never Heard of Reverend William Barber II Won’t Be Able to Forget Him After Last Night Americans Who’d Never Heard of Reverend William Barber II Won’t Be Able to Forget Him After Last Night

His remarkable speech at the DNC put racial, social, and economic justice at the center of the 2016 campaign.

Jul 29, 2016 / Ari Berman

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There’s a Problem With ‘Crowd Labor’ There’s a Problem With ‘Crowd Labor’

Online outsourcing comes with costs.

Jul 29, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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The 2016 Nation Student Writing Contest The 2016 Nation Student Writing Contest

Entries will be accepted through Monday, September 26, 2016.

Jul 28, 2016 / StudentNation / Peter Rothberg

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The Democrats Are Branding Themselves as the Party of Inclusion—but Is That Enough? The Democrats Are Branding Themselves as the Party of Inclusion—but Is That Enough?

Missing from this picture is any sustained acknowledgement of economic pain.

Jul 28, 2016 / Richard Kim

How Bernie Sanders Lost the Platform Fight Over Israel

How Bernie Sanders Lost the Platform Fight Over Israel How Bernie Sanders Lost the Platform Fight Over Israel

Despite the best efforts of his delegates, the Democratic Party platform does not mention Israel’s occupation or its settlements.

Jul 28, 2016 / Ali Gharib

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The phrase that made his female anchors wince Was “Kiss me, and I’ll turn into a prince.”…

Jul 28, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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Letters From the August 15-22, 2016, Issue Letters From the August 15-22, 2016, Issue

Suffering in private… An ounce of prevention… Pulsing with love…

Jul 28, 2016 / Our Readers, Seth Freed Wessler, and Sonia Shah

The Civil-Rights Movement Made Hillary Clinton’s Historic Nomination Possible

The Civil-Rights Movement Made Hillary Clinton’s Historic Nomination Possible The Civil-Rights Movement Made Hillary Clinton’s Historic Nomination Possible

Whatever you think of her, Clinton’s candidacy is an important victory in the long fight for voting rights.

Jul 28, 2016 / Ari Berman

Where Is the New Cyberfeminism?

Where Is the New Cyberfeminism? Where Is the New Cyberfeminism?

Virtual reality remains stuck in age-old ideas about women and their bodies.

Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Cecilia D’Anastasio

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