How a Trip to Prison Cost Kenneth Clark His Right to Be a Parent How a Trip to Prison Cost Kenneth Clark His Right to Be a Parent
Clark wanted desperately to be a father to his kids. But prison, along with a Clinton-era child welfare law, conspired to take them away from him—for good.
Jul 20, 2020 / Feature / Sylvia A. Harvey
Why the Left Is Winning Over Philly Why the Left Is Winning Over Philly
How a culture of care and mutual aid powered a wave of successful progressive primary bids.
Jul 20, 2020 / M. Jesuthasan
We’re in a Pandemic. Cancel Student Debt Now. We’re in a Pandemic. Cancel Student Debt Now.
Student borrowers say that congressional relief has been woefully insufficient. And they’re terrified facing its end in September.
Jul 20, 2020 / StudentNation / Veronica Irwin
Building Community Control in a White Supremacist Country Building Community Control in a White Supremacist Country
A tactic with deep roots in Black freedom movements shows promise, and pitfalls, for building a more equal future.
Jul 20, 2020 / Audrea Lim
In Quarantine, on the Plains of Colombia In Quarantine, on the Plains of Colombia
A photographer captures a child’s fears and hopes on a ranch on the Llanos.
Jul 20, 2020 / Photo Essay / Juanita Escobar, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
Baseball’s Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners Baseball’s Stadium Workers Are Getting Peanuts From the Billionaire Owners
When baseball shut down, 39,000 stadium workers lost their jobs, and the MLB has done little to help them out.
Jul 20, 2020 / Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
How We Remember a Prophet How We Remember a Prophet
Republicans who refuse to restore the Voting Rights Act while decorating the grave of Representative John Lewis with flowery words testify against themselves.
Jul 19, 2020 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
John Lewis Never Stopped Bending the Arc Toward Justice John Lewis Never Stopped Bending the Arc Toward Justice
In the last days of his life, the civil rights icon hailed Black Lives Matter protesters: “They’re going to help redeem the soul of America.”
Jul 18, 2020 / John Nichols
The Border Patrol Was Responsible for an Arrest in Portland The Border Patrol Was Responsible for an Arrest in Portland
An internal memo, obtained exclusively by The Nation, details a coordinated program of domestic counterinsurgency.
Jul 17, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
Why the Hell Is the Supreme Court Allowing a New Poll Tax to Disenfranchise Florida Voters? Why the Hell Is the Supreme Court Allowing a New Poll Tax to Disenfranchise Florida Voters?
The Constitution says wealth barriers cannot be allowed to disenfranchise voters. But the court is letting Republicans keep a voter paywall in place.
Jul 17, 2020 / John Nichols