Two Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, Women Are Still Shattered by Sexual Exploitation Two Years After Haiti’s Earthquake, Women Are Still Shattered by Sexual Exploitation
A crisis of gender-based violence is festering--and foreign aid efforts are still failing to protect women from harm.
Feb 6, 2012 / Michelle Chen
Freshman Pens Petition To Rid NYU Of Homophobic Chick-fil-A Freshman Pens Petition To Rid NYU Of Homophobic Chick-fil-A
A student felt compelled to take action because she saw a vast disconnect between the ideals of NYU and Chick-fil-A.
Feb 6, 2012 / StudentNation / Ashley D’Arcy
What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations What’s Left Out of Black History Month Celebrations
More than a quarter of African-Americans live in poverty. During Black History Month, we should speak truthfully about the economic legacy that drives this inequality.
Feb 6, 2012 / Sean Thomas-Breitfeld
Kicking Down the World’s Door Kicking Down the World’s Door
How drones, special operations forces and the US Navy plan to end national sovereignty as we know it.
Feb 6, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Chrysler Super Bowl Ad Edits Out Wisconsin Union Signs Chrysler Super Bowl Ad Edits Out Wisconsin Union Signs
Clint Eastwood talked up American workers in a moving Super Bowl ad, but images from Madison protests were altered to leave out teachers' union signs.
Feb 6, 2012 / John Nichols
The Futility of the Afghan War The Futility of the Afghan War
Lots of killing, but no progress.
Feb 5, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Spring Comes Early for Romney Spring Comes Early for Romney
Nevada is just the beginning of what should be a stretch of states that give Mitt Romney unstoppable momentum.
Feb 5, 2012 / Ben Adler
Why Protests Should Be a Part of Super Bowl Sunday Why Protests Should Be a Part of Super Bowl Sunday
Unions in Indiana have used Super Bowl week to talk about the state’s “right to work” legislation. They shouldn’t stop before Sunday.
Feb 4, 2012 / Dave Zirin
Komen’s Ambiguous Apology Komen’s Ambiguous Apology
If Komen thinks it can replace its base with anti-choice activists, it will dwindle and die.
Feb 3, 2012 / Katha Pollitt
This Week: Segregation Politics. PLUS: The Assault on Labor in Arizona This Week: Segregation Politics. PLUS: The Assault on Labor in Arizona
This week, Ari Berman reports on the GOP’s new Southern strategy. Plus, John Nichols on the latest assault on labor in Arizona, and this week's Nation Conversations wit...
Feb 3, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel