Joy Behar Beats Chris Christie—and Women Love It Joy Behar Beats Chris Christie—and Women Love It
If the New Jersey governor can’t handle a comedian, how can he run the country?
Apr 12, 2014 / Blog / Leslie Savan
The ‘Real Racists’ Have Always Worn Suits The ‘Real Racists’ Have Always Worn Suits
The architects and gatekeepers of American racism have always worn neckties. They have always been a part of the American political system.
Apr 11, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Eritrean Refugees at Risk Eritrean Refugees at Risk
Hundreds of thousands have fled dictatorship—only to face trafficking, exploitation and hostility throughout North Africa and the Sahel.
Apr 11, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Dan Connell and Foreign Policy In Focus
Who’s Really to Blame for the Ravages of Climate Change? Who’s Really to Blame for the Ravages of Climate Change?
In Showtime’s powerful new documentary, Years of Living Dangerously, will the West’s rapacious consumption habits be let off the hook?
Apr 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Brentin Mock
Could Working on Keystone XL Give You Cancer, Asthma? Could Working on Keystone XL Give You Cancer, Asthma?
Two prominent health groups are demanding that the State Department find out.
Apr 11, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Why Is Northwestern Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald Playing the Union Buster? Why Is Northwestern Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald Playing the Union Buster?
Efforts by Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald to prevent a union among his players are worthy of rebuke.
Apr 11, 2014 / Blog / Dave Zirin
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/11/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/11/2014?
This week: Bitcoin, Vox and remembering the Rwandan genocide.
Apr 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
DOJ Blasts Albuquerque Police Department’s ‘Culture of Unjustifiable Aggression’ DOJ Blasts Albuquerque Police Department’s ‘Culture of Unjustifiable Aggression’
Albuquerque police who use excessive force rarely face any form of accountability.
Apr 10, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh
Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust Harvard Fossil Fuel Divestment Smackdown: The Faculty vs. President Faust
A large group of Harvard faculty release an open letter to President Drew Gilpin Faust calling forcefully for fossil-fuel divestment.
Apr 10, 2014 / Blog / Wen Stephenson
Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women Why the ‘Open’ Internet Is So Closed to Women
While the Internet may create space for many voices, it also reflects and amplifies real-world inequities in striking ways.
Apr 10, 2014 / Astra Taylor