Tennessee and the Electric Chair: A Q&A With Death Penalty Expert Austin Sarat Tennessee and the Electric Chair: A Q&A With Death Penalty Expert Austin Sarat
On Thursday, Tennessee became the only state in America to authorize forced electrocutions.
May 23, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Colleges Are Buying Stuff They Can’t Afford and Making Students Pay For It Colleges Are Buying Stuff They Can’t Afford and Making Students Pay For It
Colleges borrowing great sums from students are focusing on prettying and branding the campus to reflect the commodification of the “college experience,” a vicious cycl...
May 23, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Will the Caribbean Reparations Initiative Inspire a Revitalization of the US Movement? Will the Caribbean Reparations Initiative Inspire a Revitalization of the US Movement?
Underdevelopment in the Caribbean is a direct legacy of the slave trade, and descendants of enslaved Africans should be compensated accordingly.
May 23, 2014 / Don Rojas
The Guy Who Gets Away: NBA Prayers for Sterling to Leave Quietly May Be Answered The Guy Who Gets Away: NBA Prayers for Sterling to Leave Quietly May Be Answered
Sterling’s quiet exit is a great outcome for the NBA brass—but not for justice.
May 23, 2014 / Dave Zirin
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/23/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/23/2014?
Get ready to open some tabs. This week from our interns: Queen B, shiny data and how to fight poverty (with money).
May 23, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Single Moms Take Note: California Considers Raising the Minimum Wage to $13 Single Moms Take Note: California Considers Raising the Minimum Wage to $13
A new study says the change could save lives and improve health statewide—good news for the 40 percent of poor households led by single women.
May 23, 2014 / Dani McClain
Why Immigrant Detainees Are Turning to Civil Disobedience Why Immigrant Detainees Are Turning to Civil Disobedience
Reform legislation has stalled, and the private-prison industry is making obscene profits from a captive population.
May 23, 2014 / Max Blumenthal
What White Privilege Looks Like When You’re Poor What White Privilege Looks Like When You’re Poor
A new bill proposed by the House Appropriations Committee focuses on tackling rural, not urban, hunger thereby focusing efforts on poor whites rather than people of color.
May 22, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Western Media Coverage of the Ukraine Crisis Is as Distorted as Soviet Propaganda Western Media Coverage of the Ukraine Crisis Is as Distorted as Soviet Propaganda
Why is the Western press so invested in expounding the highly unconvincing narrative of the official line?
May 22, 2014 / Vladimir Golstein
LIVE: The New Populism Is Here, and It’s Ready to Change America LIVE: The New Populism Is Here, and It’s Ready to Change America
Tune in all day Thursday to watch Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Sherrod Brown and others at the New Populism Conference.
May 22, 2014 / The Nation