This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The United States of Surveillance, Through the Years This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The United States of Surveillance, Through the Years
The Nation has kept an eye on the intelligence community every step of the way.
Jun 15, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Many Faces of Mark Boal The Many Faces of Mark Boal
How did a journalist whose career was devoted to exposing injustice end up writing a film like Zero Dark Thirty?
Jun 14, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Michael Smith
Dave Zirin: Redskins Need a Name Change Dave Zirin: Redskins Need a Name Change
With the Washington Redskins finally relevant on a national stage, The Nation's Dave Zirin argues that Dan Snyder can no longer hide from the bigotry of his team's nam...
Jun 14, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
UN Takes on Disarmament’s Next Frontier: Killer Robots UN Takes on Disarmament’s Next Frontier: Killer Robots
A new campaign against robotic weapons systems is challenging society’s latest threat to peace.
Jun 14, 2013 / Barbara Crossette
Graduation Day Complaint from Fox News: Commencement Speakers Are All Liberals Graduation Day Complaint from Fox News: Commencement Speakers Are All Liberals
At the top liberal colleges and universities, commencement speakers are usually liberals. So what?
Jun 14, 2013 / Blog / Jon Wiener
Joss Whedon and the Pop Culture Canon Joss Whedon and the Pop Culture Canon
Much Ado About Nothing is great! Does it matter that its appeal depends on being a Whedon nerd?
Jun 14, 2013 / Blog / Michelle Dean
Peter King Goes All 1798 on the Bill of Rights Peter King Goes All 1798 on the Bill of Rights
With his proposal to jail Glenn Greenwald, the New York Republican recalls an ugly tradition of attacking freedom of the press.
Jun 14, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
How Immigration Reform Will Put Migrants’ Lives at Risk How Immigration Reform Will Put Migrants’ Lives at Risk
Many progressives have accepted increased border security as a necessary tradeoff for getting a bill passed. The terms of this compromise will be paid in blood.
Jun 13, 2013 / Catherine Gaffney and Kate Morgan-Olsen
Supreme Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents Supreme Court Strikes Down Human Gene Patents
The unanimous decision is a victory for patients, women, scientists, doctors, researchers and human kind.
Jun 13, 2013 / Rose-Ellen Lessy
White America Is Here to Stay White America Is Here to Stay
There may be fewer white babies being born, but power still rests in the hands of this privileged racial category.
Jun 13, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith