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Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Is As Frustrated as Ever With Corporate Media Bernie Sanders Is As Frustrated as Ever With Corporate Media

The senator explains to The Nation why he is raising concerns not just about the presidential debates but about the media’s narrow coverage of national crises.

Aug 16, 2019 / John Nichols

Verwoerd assassination

The Truth Behind the Assassination of the South African PM The Truth Behind the Assassination of the South African PM

When my relative stabbed PM Hendrik Verwoerd to death, he was described as a “madman”—but he was really trying to bring down apartheid.

Aug 16, 2019 / Nikos Konstandaras

Migrant caravan from Honduras

The Current Migrant Crisis Was Created by US Foreign Policy, Not Trump The Current Migrant Crisis Was Created by US Foreign Policy, Not Trump

The roots of our migrant crisis trace back to decades of US interventionism and bloody coups in Central America.

Aug 16, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon

Immigration Is for Rich People

Immigration Is for Rich People Immigration Is for Rich People

The Trump administration’s public charge rule treats noncitizens as a commodity—but their status was always for sale.

Aug 15, 2019 / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Newsroom.

Media Companies Are (Still) Failing When It Comes to Diversity Media Companies Are (Still) Failing When It Comes to Diversity

We all need to do better—and that includes The Nation.

Aug 15, 2019 / D.D. Guttenplan

Steve King Is Racist, Misogynist—and Not that Different From Other Republicans

Steve King Is Racist, Misogynist—and Not that Different From Other Republicans Steve King Is Racist, Misogynist—and Not that Different From Other Republicans

He just says the quiet parts loud.

Aug 15, 2019 / Elie Mystal

A Stitch In Time

A Stitch In Time A Stitch In Time

Shame on our America.

Aug 15, 2019 / OppArt / India Tresselt

The Boycott’s Abolitionist Roots

The Boycott’s Abolitionist Roots The Boycott’s Abolitionist Roots

How a group of 19th-century Quakers cut their economic ties to slavery.

Aug 14, 2019 / Willy Blackmore

Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus

Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus

The Statue of Liberty poem “The New Colossus” was written as a radical call to welcome all immigrants—not just the wealthy and connected.

Aug 14, 2019 / John Nichols

El Paso Dead

El Paso Dead El Paso Dead

Names and faces.

Aug 14, 2019 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

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