This Week in Poverty: Anti-Poverty Leaders Discuss the Need for a Shared Agenda This Week in Poverty: Anti-Poverty Leaders Discuss the Need for a Shared Agenda
Anti-poverty leaders discuss the need to move from just playing defense to working together to achieve a shared agenda.
Nov 25, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
San Jose State Learns a Raised Fist Is Not a Brand San Jose State Learns a Raised Fist Is Not a Brand
There was a portent of the recent racist attack at San Jose State University in the firing of cross-country coach Ron Davis.
Nov 25, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Historic US-Iran Deal Is First Step Toward Peace Historic US-Iran Deal Is First Step Toward Peace
Obama defies Israel lobby, hawks and neocons in win-win deal with Tehran.
Nov 24, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Tantalizing Mockery of Thanksgiving, 1931 This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Tantalizing Mockery of Thanksgiving, 1931
President Hoover's holiday proclamation was offensive to millions of poor and unemployed Americans, our 'Drifter' columnist wrote.
Nov 23, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Kennedy Week: The Myth of Camelot and the Dangers of Sycophantic Consensus Journalism Kennedy Week: The Myth of Camelot and the Dangers of Sycophantic Consensus Journalism
How a favor Teddy White did for Jackie Kennedy helps explain David Broder and Politico.
Nov 23, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
JFK’s Vietnam Withdrawal Plan Is a Fact, Not Speculation JFK’s Vietnam Withdrawal Plan Is a Fact, Not Speculation
A response to Rick Perlstein.
Nov 22, 2013 / James K. Galbraith
How ‘The Nation’ Covered John F. Kennedy’s Assassination, Fifty Years Ago How ‘The Nation’ Covered John F. Kennedy’s Assassination, Fifty Years Ago
From our archives.
Nov 22, 2013 / Steven Hsieh
This Week, Students Shut Down ICE, UC and Operation Rescue This Week, Students Shut Down ICE, UC and Operation Rescue
From Chicago to Albuquerque, the fight for racial and reproductive justice rages on.
Nov 22, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Yes, America Has Gotten Better About Racism, but It Really Doesn’t Matter Yes, America Has Gotten Better About Racism, but It Really Doesn’t Matter
The question of whether the United States has gotten “better” with regards to racism is a useless one.
Nov 22, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Honor JFK by Renewing His Constitutional Commitment to Extend Voting Rights Honor JFK by Renewing His Constitutional Commitment to Extend Voting Rights
The great passion of the president’s last year was a struggle to enact an amendment ending the poll tax and removing wealth barriers to voting. He was right to choose the con...
Nov 22, 2013 / John Nichols