The Trials of Benjamin Jealous The Trials of Benjamin Jealous
Can the NAACP's new president reform the 100-year-old civil rights organization? Does he want to?
Jul 1, 2009 / Feature / Ta-Nehisi Coates
Saving Troy Davis Saving Troy Davis
The president of the NAACP explains why he has joined a "strange bedfellows" coalition drawn together to fight for the reopening of Troy Davis's capital case.
Jul 1, 2009 / Editorial / Benjamin Todd Jealous
Is Immigration Reform Dead Or Alive? Is Immigration Reform Dead Or Alive?
Is there still hope for serious immigration reform under President Obama? Roberto Lovato, Mallika Dutt and others on where the movement stands.
Progressives and the LGBT Movement Progressives and the LGBT Movement
The Nation's Richard Kim participates in a panel discussion on the role of LGBT politics within the progressive movement.
The Root of Madoff’s Evil The Root of Madoff’s Evil
Congress should not be fooled by the argument of Wall Street lobbyists that Bernard Madoff was a lone rotten apple now safely discarded.
Jul 1, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Alex Sanchez’s Arrest Alex Sanchez’s Arrest
The indictment of Alex Sanchez, a revered gangbanger-turned-peacemaker, raises doubts about the LAPD and whether it should be released from a federal court order.
Jun 30, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Gay Rights Beyond Marriage and the Military Gay Rights Beyond Marriage and the Military
Nation contributor Lisa Duggan reflects on the state of the gay rights movement, forty years after Stonewall.
Jun 29, 2009 / Video / Press Room
DC Metro Crash Exposes Funding Strikeout DC Metro Crash Exposes Funding Strikeout
Who will be the next to die because our cities spend money on sports stadiums instead of basic infrastructure?
Jun 26, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Waste Behind Bars Waste Behind Bars
Will the recession bring the justice-system reforms that progressives have long supported?
Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Ari Melber
Muslim Women’s Rights, Continued Muslim Women’s Rights, Continued
The massive participation by women in Iran's street demonstrations is surprising only if you accept the mullahs' view of women as weak and passive vessels.
Jun 24, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt