Three Questions That Will Decide the Fate of Voting Rights in North Carolina Three Questions That Will Decide the Fate of Voting Rights in North Carolina
The key factors that will decide the future of voting rights in North Carolina and across the country.
Aug 14, 2013 / Ari Berman
Noted Noted
Francis Reynolds on a landmark blow to stop-and-frisk, John Thomason on long-overdue justice in North Carolina, and Rebecca Nathanson on NYU’s corporate style of higher education
Aug 14, 2013 / Various Contributors
The Winter Olympics in Putin’s Russia The Winter Olympics in Putin’s Russia
Gay rights activists hold a banner reading "Homophobia - the religion of bullies" during their action in protest of homophobia, on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, July 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Evgeny Feldman) “Putin signs anti-gay legislation into law.” —news reports It’s possible a skier’d have to pray, As he zoomed down the steepest slope one day, That he did not, by accident, display A manner that those eager to obey The laws that under Putin now hold sway Might video as evidence, then say This shows with certainty that he is gay, Illegally, and must be sent away To some gay gulag, where he will decay In dungeons like the cages of Bombay. And meanwhile Putin leads the cheers: “Let’s hear it! Let’s celebrate that grand Olympic spirit!”
Aug 14, 2013 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Time to March on Washington—Again Time to March on Washington—Again
Fifty years after King’s historic march, the struggle for racial justice faces unprecedented challenges.
Aug 14, 2013 / Ari Berman
The Washington Post’s Dubious Salvation The Washington Post’s Dubious Salvation
As the old journalism dies, what does the Bezos era portend?
Aug 14, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Real Story Behind ‘Orange is the New Black’ The Real Story Behind ‘Orange is the New Black’
Netflix’s new hit show aims to address inequality in the application of criminal justice.
Aug 14, 2013 / Chris Hayes
The Death Row Torture Of Warren Hill The Death Row Torture Of Warren Hill
When a prisoner faces the execution chamber four times in one year, is it not cruel and unusual punishment?
Aug 14, 2013 / Rania Khalek
Moral Mondays, Tuition Fairness and Stopping Summers Moral Mondays, Tuition Fairness and Stopping Summers
An update on the latest activism campaigns at The Nation, and how to get involved.
Aug 13, 2013 / NationAction and Sarah Arnold
Letters Letters
Big Brother: watching, listening and…; nukes on our mind
Aug 13, 2013 / Our Readers, Mark Hertsgaard, and Terry Tempest Williams
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s ‘War on Women’ Is as Real as Ever Katrina vanden Heuvel: The GOP’s ‘War on Women’ Is as Real as Ever
What's the bigger threat to American women: Republican policies or Anthony Weiner's sexual indiscretions?
Aug 13, 2013 / Press Room