The Preordained: Why LeBron James Was Always Coming Back to Cleveland The Preordained: Why LeBron James Was Always Coming Back to Cleveland
I predicted last year that LeBron James would return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Here is why.
Jul 12, 2014 / Dave Zirin
No Water For Motown: Why Detroit Is Denying Its Citizens This Basic Human Right No Water For Motown: Why Detroit Is Denying Its Citizens This Basic Human Right
The Detroit Water and Sewage Department plans to shut off water for delinquent customers at a rate of 1,500 to 3,000 this summer.
Jul 11, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sherwood Anderson Has Some Notes on Ohio to Share with LeBron James Sherwood Anderson Has Some Notes on Ohio to Share with LeBron James
“Have you a city that smells worse than Akron?”
Jul 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
Against Austerity in Detroit: ‘Water Is a Human Right’ Against Austerity in Detroit: ‘Water Is a Human Right’
Citizens organize to block water shutoffs as the UN Special Rapporteur says ”when there is genuine inability to pay, human rights simply forbids disconnections.”
Jul 11, 2014 / John Nichols
The 12 Scariest Findings in the New Report on the Bundy Ranch Standoff The 12 Scariest Findings in the New Report on the Bundy Ranch Standoff
A growing antigovernment movement has drawn a dangerous lesson from the standoff.
Jul 11, 2014 / George Zornick
How Unrest in Ukraine Is Sending a Wave of Refugees to Russia How Unrest in Ukraine Is Sending a Wave of Refugees to Russia
Tens of thousands have fled in the wake of ongoing fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
Jul 11, 2014 / Alec Luhn
What ‘Nation’ Interns Are Reading the Week of 07/11/14 What ‘Nation’ Interns Are Reading the Week of 07/11/14
This Week: Chicago murders, China and Pakistan, and Israeli-Palestine conflict developments.
Jul 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Did Child Labor Build Your Smart Phone? Did Child Labor Build Your Smart Phone?
A watchdog group has uncovered numerous labor violations at a Samsung supplier in southern China—including underage workers.
Jul 11, 2014 / Michelle Chen
North Carolina Will Determine the Future of the Voting Rights Act North Carolina Will Determine the Future of the Voting Rights Act
The court battle to block North Carolina’s harsh new voting law has important national significance.
Jul 11, 2014 / Ari Berman
It’s Time for a New Multiracial, Cross-Class Movement It’s Time for a New Multiracial, Cross-Class Movement
African-Americans and white people struggled together during the civil rights era. We need that once again.