Our Lives on the Line Our Lives on the Line
How long are we supposed to remain calm when the laws we are called on to respect are an open assault on our humanity?
Jul 17, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies
Why, to Beltway reporters, Glenn Greenwald is no Bob Woodward.
Jul 17, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
Fortress White America Fortress White America
Republicans long ago embraced a whites-only political strategy—and continue to reap its rewards in Southern states.
Jul 17, 2013 / Column / Richard Kim
FDR’s Jewish Problem FDR’s Jewish Problem
How did a president beloved by Jews come to be regarded as an anti-Semite who refused to save them from the Nazis?
Jul 17, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Laurence Zuckerman
Outrage Is Rising Against Stand Your Ground Outrage Is Rising Against Stand Your Ground
Attorney General Holder, civil rights groups, legislators and newspapers seek a reconsideration of “shoot first” laws—and Stevie Wonder won't play "Stand...
Jul 17, 2013 / John Nichols
Help Iraqis and Iraq Veterans Gain the Right to Heal Help Iraqis and Iraq Veterans Gain the Right to Heal
Iraq Veterans Against the War and human rights organizations in both the US and Iraq are collecting signatures for a petition to pressure the Inter-American Commission on Human Rig...
Jul 16, 2013 / The Nation Video
Fear and Consequences: George Zimmerman and the Protection of White Womanhood Fear and Consequences: George Zimmerman and the Protection of White Womanhood
White women are taught to fear men of color, but the results of George Zimmerman’s trial prove that it’s time to change that.
Jul 16, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
Moscow’s Reaction to Snowden Revelations: Relocate Servers to Russia Moscow’s Reaction to Snowden Revelations: Relocate Servers to Russia
Russian lawmakers claim it would curb US access to Russian Internet data. But the real goal, critics say, would be to enable greater Russian surveillance over online activist activ...
Jul 16, 2013 / Alec Luhn
How to Be a Rogue Superpower How to Be a Rogue Superpower
A manual for the twenty-first century.
Jul 16, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
The GOP Pickup Artist’s Guide to Seducing Female Voters The GOP Pickup Artist’s Guide to Seducing Female Voters
Step one: disdain and indifference.
Jul 16, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow