Trayvon Martin: A Bullet in the Heart of Racial Justice Trayvon Martin: A Bullet in the Heart of Racial Justice
With this example, what message are vigilantes like George Zimmerman supposed to take away?
Jul 19, 2013 / George Lois
Temperatures Rising Over Military Sexual Assaults Temperatures Rising Over Military Sexual Assaults
A fight is escalating between Senate Democrats about taking prosecution out of the chain of command, a reform advocates argue is crucial but the Pentagon says is out of the questio...
Jul 19, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
North Carolina Republicans Push Harsh New Voter ID Law North Carolina Republicans Push Harsh New Voter ID Law
As Congress debates the Voting Rights Act, North Carolina rushes to implement a new voter suppression law.
Jul 18, 2013 / Ari Berman
Rep. John Lewis: ‘The Voting Rights Act Is Needed Now Like Never Before’ Rep. John Lewis: ‘The Voting Rights Act Is Needed Now Like Never Before’
Congress held its first hearing on the Voting Rights Act today, as states rush to implement new voter suppression laws.
Jul 17, 2013 / Ari Berman
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
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
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
Patricia Williams: How Did Trayvon Martin Become the Defendant in the Zimmerman Case? Patricia Williams: How Did Trayvon Martin Become the Defendant in the Zimmerman Case?
This case was handled poorly from the second the police arrived at the scene of the murder.
Jul 15, 2013 / Press Room