Society

Why Is the Right Obsessed With Castration?

Why Is the Right Obsessed With Castration? Why Is the Right Obsessed With Castration?

In speeches and in campaign ads, they’re threatening to cut off their enemies’ balls, and it’s getting weird.

May 2, 2014 / Leslie Savan

Why Is This Farm Using Guest Workers as Strike Breakers?

Why Is This Farm Using Guest Workers as Strike Breakers? Why Is This Farm Using Guest Workers as Strike Breakers?

By law, a company can’t hire H-2A guest workers if it is in a labor dispute with its US workforce. But that is exactly what this Washington State berry grower is trying to do.

May 2, 2014 / David Bacon

Newly Released Timeline of Botched Execution Reveals Gruesome Details

Newly Released Timeline of Botched Execution Reveals Gruesome Details Newly Released Timeline of Botched Execution Reveals Gruesome Details

Oklahoma’s top prison official is calling for a halt to all executions until the state refines its protocol.

May 2, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/2/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/2/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/2/2014?

This week: Cliven Bundy, paranoia and a mysterious kidney disease.

May 2, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies

More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies

Counties and cities are posing a challenge to the Obama administration, whose immigration enforcement mechanisms lean heavily on the partnership between federal and local agents.

May 2, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

This US Contractor Has Spent Almost Five Years in a Cuban Jail. Why Won’t the White House Act?

This US Contractor Has Spent Almost Five Years in a Cuban Jail. Why Won’t the White House Act? This US Contractor Has Spent Almost Five Years in a Cuban Jail. Why Won’t the White House Act?

The case of Alan Gross reflects Obama’s failure to “write a new chapter in US-Cuba policy.”

May 2, 2014 / Peter Kornbluh

As New York’s Construction Industry Booms, Workers’ Lives Are Being Put on the Line

As New York’s Construction Industry Booms, Workers’ Lives Are Being Put on the Line As New York’s Construction Industry Booms, Workers’ Lives Are Being Put on the Line

Safety advocates say the government has plenty of tools available to protect workers; it just needs the political will to apply them.

May 2, 2014 / Michelle Chen

In Holding Donald Sterling Accountable, ‘There Is More to Do’

In Holding Donald Sterling Accountable, ‘There Is More to Do’ In Holding Donald Sterling Accountable, ‘There Is More to Do’

Nation sports editor Dave Zirin, appearing on Al Jazeera America’s Consider This, discusses Donald Sterling’s ban and what should be done next.

May 2, 2014 / Dave Zirin

The Media and US Policy Are Contributing to a ‘Looming Civil War’ in Ukraine

The Media and US Policy Are Contributing to a ‘Looming Civil War’ in Ukraine The Media and US Policy Are Contributing to a ‘Looming Civil War’ in Ukraine

The new cold war with Russia may create a real war in Ukraine.

May 1, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen

Living Undocumented: A Conversation With Jose Antonio Vargas

Living Undocumented: A Conversation With Jose Antonio Vargas Living Undocumented: A Conversation With Jose Antonio Vargas

The journalist and activist talks about his new film, Documented: A Film by an Undocumented Immigrant.

May 1, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

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