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What Bill O’Reilly Really Did in El Salvador Was Worse Than Lying

What Bill O’Reilly Really Did in El Salvador Was Worse Than Lying What Bill O’Reilly Really Did in El Salvador Was Worse Than Lying

The Fox News host's exaggerations are bad—but his failure to report on murders committed by US allies is even more disturbing.

Feb 27, 2015 / Greg Grandin

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/27/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/27/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/27/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/27/15?

Feb 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

Dori Maynard and the Unfinished Business of Integrating the News

Dori Maynard and the Unfinished Business of Integrating the News Dori Maynard and the Unfinished Business of Integrating the News

Maynard was a champion of the idea that newsrooms needed to reflect the communities they covered and served.

Feb 26, 2015 / Dani McClain

Today Is a Big Day for the Internet

Today Is a Big Day for the Internet Today Is a Big Day for the Internet

Today, a coalition of activists beat the well-funded cable lobby as the FCC voted to use Title II reclassification to preserve net neutrality.

Feb 26, 2015 / NationAction

The Activists Who Won Net Neutrality Must Defend It in 2016

The Activists Who Won Net Neutrality Must Defend It in 2016 The Activists Who Won Net Neutrality Must Defend It in 2016

The FCC has guaranteed net neutrality, for now. But special interests will try to elect a president to undo it.

Feb 26, 2015 / John Nichols

Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter

Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter Three Years Later, the Legacy of Trayvon Martin and #BlackLivesMatter

The tragic death of Trayvon Martin inspired a new generation of activists who fight to make black lives matter.

Feb 26, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed Fifty Years After Bloody Sunday in Selma, Everything and Nothing Has Changed

Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.

Feb 25, 2015 / Feature / Ari Berman

In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police

In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police In Order to End Police Brutality, We Need to End the Police

Activists and organizers gathered at the Schomburg Center to interrogate the current conditions of American policing.

Feb 25, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith

What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?

What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt? What Happens if You Refuse to Pay Off Your Student Debt?

Fifteen former students of the for-profit Corinthian college chain are launching a debt strike to allow other debtors to do just that.

Feb 25, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Fifty Shades of Basic

Fifty Shades of Basic Fifty Shades of Basic

The romance in the film isn’t perverse—and that’s the problem.

Feb 25, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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