Society

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: A New Golden Age for Bicycles? This Week in ‘Nation’ History: A New Golden Age for Bicycles?

New York’s new bike-share program could represent a comeback for bicycles, the impending disappearance of which was prematurely declared in The Nation eighty years ago.

Jun 1, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Dartmouth Students Who Protested Rape Are Charged With Violating School Rules Dartmouth Students Who Protested Rape Are Charged With Violating School Rules

Their crime: "failing to follow college officials' instructions" about protesting.

Jun 1, 2013 / Blog / Jon Wiener

To Be Young and Black in America: Always Considered a Threat To Be Young and Black in America: Always Considered a Threat

An unarmed 14-year-old black teenager was choked by police because they considered him a threat. Of course they did.

May 31, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith

In Defense of Bill Simmons. Seriously. In Defense of Bill Simmons. Seriously.

Sportswriter Bill Simmons gets a lot of heat for a lot of reasons. But discussing the effect of Dr. King’s death on the city of Memphis shouldn’t be one of them.

May 31, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Could the Facebook Win Be Feminism’s Tipping Point? Could the Facebook Win Be Feminism’s Tipping Point?

Rape jokes, anti-feminist jibes and other forms of hate speech are—in the public eye—no longer anomalies.

May 30, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti

Will El Salvador’s Anti-Choice Government Let a Pregnant Woman Die? Will El Salvador’s Anti-Choice Government Let a Pregnant Woman Die?

Here’s what you can do to help save Beatriz, the victim of “pro-life” orthodoxy on overdrive.

May 30, 2013 / Blog / Katha Pollitt

Obama’s Chicago Fundraiser Targeted by Families Fighting Record Deportations Obama’s Chicago Fundraiser Targeted by Families Fighting Record Deportations

A dozen people were arrested today protesting the Obama administration’s continued detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants.

May 29, 2013 / Blog / Aura Bogado

Dave Zirin: Rutgers Has Some Explaining to Do Dave Zirin: Rutgers Has Some Explaining to Do

The university’s new athletic director has a record of abusing players—and lying about it. How long will her selection hold up? Dave Zirin breaks down what’s at p...

May 29, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Does Obama Really Think? Katrina vanden Heuvel: What Does Obama Really Think?

If the president "went Bulworth," he could pull lyrics straight from Warren Beatty's 1998 film.