Grace Lee Boggs: The Next American Revolution Grace Lee Boggs: The Next American Revolution
The legendary philosopher, activist and community organizer says that now is the moment for a fundamental change in the United States, one that involves an evolution of humanity.
May 4, 2011 / Palenque Films and Kique Cubero
Gender Trouble Gender Trouble
Transgender people face assaults that run the gamut from physical to emotional. It's past time to resolve our society's discomfort with those outside the gender binary.
May 4, 2011 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Bin Gotten Bin Gotten
The killing of Osama bin Laden was a just and necessary undertaking, but it should not be an occasion for joy.
May 4, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Nation Readers’ Top Ten Protest Songs Nation Readers’ Top Ten Protest Songs
An incomplete list in random order.
May 4, 2011 / The Nation
Egypt After Mubarak Egypt After Mubarak
On campuses, in syndicates and even inside the Muslim Brotherhood—the revolution lives on.
From Two Breadwinners to One From Two Breadwinners to One
Middle-class dreams have been deferred as the recession shrinks the two-income family.
May 4, 2011 / Feature / Louis Uchitelle
Off the Map in Mexico Off the Map in Mexico
In the wake of a militarized drug war, the power of cartels is more pervasive than ever.
May 4, 2011 / Feature / Dawn Paley
Can Sandy Pope Revive the Teamsters? Can Sandy Pope Revive the Teamsters?
Concessionary contracts and lingering corruption have sapped the once-mighty union.
Detroit: Place and Space to Begin Anew Detroit: Place and Space to Begin Anew
Detroit stands as a symbol of the destruction deindustrialization left in its wake, but new initiatives in the Midwestern city have made it a leader in sustainable living, and have...
May 4, 2011 / Grace Lee Boggs
CNBC Hypes Bogus US Debt Rating CNBC Hypes Bogus US Debt Rating
CNBC reports that a ratings agency downgraded America's debt to "C"—without disclosing that a CNBC anchor recently owned the agency.
May 4, 2011 / Mark Ames