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Why Are Poor Americans Dying So Much Earlier Than Rich Americans? Why Are Poor Americans Dying So Much Earlier Than Rich Americans?

A study finds widening gaps in longevity between people at the far ends of the economic ladder. That means high earners are reaping more and more of the benefits of Social Security...

Feb 18, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

Donald Trump’s Campaign Has Turned Into One Long Hate-In

Donald Trump’s Campaign Has Turned Into One Long Hate-In Donald Trump’s Campaign Has Turned Into One Long Hate-In

The candidate demonizes Muslims while pandering to vets.

Feb 18, 2016 / Column / Laila Lalami

‘The Nation’ Names Laila Lalami ‘Between the Lines’ Monthly Columnist ‘The Nation’ Names Laila Lalami ‘Between the Lines’ Monthly Columnist

Lalami joins a diverse team of proudly provocative long-time Nation columnists.

Feb 18, 2016 / Press Room

Tony Kushner speaking at St. Ann's Warehouse.

Tony Kushner Channels Zona Gale Tony Kushner Channels Zona Gale

The award-winning dramatist Tony Kushner, a longtime Nation contributor, reads and comments on the novelist Zona Gale’s historic essay, “The United States and the Artist,” first pu...

Feb 17, 2016 / The Nation

Cal State Faculty Demonstrate in support of their adjuncts.

Silence on Campus: Contingent Work and Free Speech Silence on Campus: Contingent Work and Free Speech

While debate over the threat college students pose to free speech on campuses continues to dominate headlines, the silencing that follows from contingent employment does not.

Feb 17, 2016 / StudentNation / Alex Press and StudentNation

Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill

The Pope and the Russian Patriarch Have Ended Their 1,000-Year Cold War The Pope and the Russian Patriarch Have Ended Their 1,000-Year Cold War

The week of this historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill also witnessed dangerous developments in the US-Russian confrontation over Ukraine, Syria, and Turkey.

Feb 17, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Hillary Clinton

Which Women Support Hillary (and Which Women Can’t Afford To) Which Women Support Hillary (and Which Women Can’t Afford To)

A story of two voting blocs.

Feb 17, 2016 / Sarah Leonard

Watch: When Bernie Sanders Endorsed Jesse Jackson for President

Watch: When Bernie Sanders Endorsed Jesse Jackson for President Watch: When Bernie Sanders Endorsed Jesse Jackson for President

When it mattered, Bernie stepped across the color line.

Feb 17, 2016 / Steve Cobble

Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution

Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution

What Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, and McConnell are saying is absolutely at odds with the constitutionally defined duties of presidents and senators.

Feb 17, 2016 / John Nichols

The Union Busting That Goes Into Your Canned Fish

The Union Busting That Goes Into Your Canned Fish The Union Busting That Goes Into Your Canned Fish

A free trade deal between the US and Morocco was supposed to increase development in North Africa—not flame labor conflicts and union suppression.

Feb 17, 2016 / Michelle Chen

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