Will the Supreme Court Let Florida Drug-Test All Its Government Employees? Will the Supreme Court Let Florida Drug-Test All Its Government Employees?
What does a positive test mean when your economic fate hinges on the result? What kind of “discipline” is maintained by subjugating bodily privacy in the name of “public safety”?
Apr 18, 2014 / Michelle Chen
A Light at the End of the Ukraine Tunnel? A Light at the End of the Ukraine Tunnel?
Diplomacy gains ground, but there’s a long way to go.
Apr 18, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/18/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/18/2014?
This week: segregation, the Turbo Tax lobby and the death of the shopping mall.
Apr 18, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
With 8 Million and Counting ACA Sign-Ups, Sebelius Could Run for Senate With 8 Million and Counting ACA Sign-Ups, Sebelius Could Run for Senate
A Kansas represented by the outgoing HHS secretary would tell Democrats to get over their timidity.
Apr 18, 2014 / John Nichols
We Built This Country on Inequality We Built This Country on Inequality
The wealth gap didn’t spring up from policy gone awry—it is the policy.
Apr 17, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
On Beauty On Beauty
A crossword puzzle is a joy forever.
Apr 17, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Where Twitter and Feminism Meet Where Twitter and Feminism Meet
What role should the social platform play as the feminist movement continues to grow?
Apr 17, 2014 / Mariame Kaba, Andrea Smith, Lori Adelman, and Roxane Gay
Not One More: Can These Hunger Strikers Stop Obama’s Deportations? Not One More: Can These Hunger Strikers Stop Obama’s Deportations?
For families torn apart, Obama’s failure to reform deportation procedures is a matter of life and death.
Apr 17, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Stephen Cohen: A New Cold War Is Already Underway Stephen Cohen: A New Cold War Is Already Underway
Nation contributing editor Stephen Cohen appeared on Democracy Now on Thursday, criticizing Obama and NATO for provoking a heightened conflict with Russia over Ukraine.
Apr 17, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
2 Homeless People Needlessly Died During DC’s Cold Snap 2 Homeless People Needlessly Died During DC’s Cold Snap
“It’s what happens when you don’t spend money on affordable housing.”
Apr 17, 2014 / Steven Hsieh