Secret Recording of Stop-and-Frisk Makes it to Federal Court Secret Recording of Stop-and-Frisk Makes it to Federal Court
A federal judge's ruling calls the NYPD's controversial practice unconstitutional and racially discriminatory.
Aug 13, 2013 / Francis Reynolds
The Secret History of G.I. Joe The Secret History of G.I. Joe
Barbie, Joe, Darth Vader and making war in children’s culture.
Aug 13, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Fighting For the Right to Call Home Fighting For the Right to Call Home
There are over two million men and women incarcerated in the United States and most cannot afford to call their families.
Aug 12, 2013 / The Nation Video
North Carolina’s Sweeping Voter Suppression Law Is Challenged in Court North Carolina’s Sweeping Voter Suppression Law Is Challenged in Court
North Carolina’s worst-in-the-nation voter suppression bill challenged under Section 2 of Voting Rights Act.
Aug 12, 2013 / Ari Berman
Why Aren’t Civil Rights Groups Standing Up to the Telecom Giants? Why Aren’t Civil Rights Groups Standing Up to the Telecom Giants?
Public interest organizations say deregulating phone service providers will hurt communities of color, but major civil rights groups are still in favor.
Aug 12, 2013 / Leticia Miranda
No, for the Love of God, Johnny Manziel Isn’t Rosa Parks No, for the Love of God, Johnny Manziel Isn’t Rosa Parks
A column on Fox Sports makes a ridiculous comparison, but even worse, traffics in a myth about the great Rosa Parks.
Aug 12, 2013 / Dave Zirin
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: James Baldwin’s Four Decades of Prophecy, Confession, Emotion and Style This Week in ‘Nation’ History: James Baldwin’s Four Decades of Prophecy, Confession, Emotion and Style
Baldwin published his first piece in The Nation, and for many years thereafter continued to attack a system he thought as close to anarchy as to martial law.
Aug 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Banning Russia from the Olympics Is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea Why Banning Russia from the Olympics Is a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Idea
The idea of prohibiting Russia from entering the Olympics due to its anti-LGBT oppression makes less sense the more you examine its premise.
Aug 9, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Reza Aslan—Historian? Reza Aslan—Historian?
Yes, the author was attacked on Fox News for daring to be a Muslim writing about Jesus. But does his book actually meet the historical standards he claims?
Aug 9, 2013 / Elizabeth Castelli
The Trojan Horse of the Anti-Choice Movement The Trojan Horse of the Anti-Choice Movement
The fake clinics posing as “crisis pregnancy centers” lie to women and shame them, and are supported by extreme politicians and sometimes even taxpayer dollars.
Aug 9, 2013 / Ilyse Hogue