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WATCH: You Voted to Form a Union. Now What?

WATCH: You Voted to Form a Union. Now What? WATCH: You Voted to Form a Union. Now What?

In the first installment of our new The Nation Explains video series, Jane McAlevey explains the core principles that can help workers win better contracts, faster.

Sep 1, 2022 / Jane McAlevey and The Nation Video

Yuh-Line Niou

Lessons for Progressives From Yuh-Line Niou’s Loss Lessons for Progressives From Yuh-Line Niou’s Loss

Could the outcome in the NY-10 congressional race—a centrist going to Washington—have been avoided?

Sep 1, 2022 / Joan Walsh

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers questions during the closing press conference at the 2018 NFL Annual Meetings in Orlando.

The NFL Disrespects Women. What Else Is New? The NFL Disrespects Women. What Else Is New?

Anyone who finds sexual violence repugnant again finds themselves at odds with the league.

Aug 31, 2022 / Dave Zirin

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev

Gorbachev’s Legacy Gorbachev’s Legacy

A great reformer in his country’s tormented history.

Aug 31, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

rally in front of the Capitol for a $15 minimum wage

Democrats Need to Start Talking About Class Democrats Need to Start Talking About Class

With midterms on the horizon, Republicans are making cynical appeals to working Americans. We can’t afford to cede the territory.

Aug 31, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Harlem Beauty

Harlem Beauty Harlem Beauty

Celebration on the streets.

Aug 31, 2022 / OppArt / Daniel Bonilla

Emmett Till looks into the distance. He is wearing a hat.

How Emmett Till’s Death Led to the Invention of the “Liberal Media” How Emmett Till’s Death Led to the Invention of the “Liberal Media”

The young Black man’s murder is an outrage that still haunts our history. So do the lies in the media set in motion by the discovery of his mutilated body 67 years ago today.

Aug 31, 2022 / Chris Lamb

The ACLU Fights for Minneapolis

The ACLU Fights for Minneapolis The ACLU Fights for Minneapolis

Though international attention has waned, the battle over policing here still rages. Several lawsuits by the ACLU cut to the heart of what's at stake.

Aug 31, 2022 / Alyssa Oursler

The Secret Powers of William Klein

The Secret Powers of William Klein The Secret Powers of William Klein

Using the street as his studio, he did more than just freeze a time and place in one frame. His photographs captured the world in motion.

Aug 31, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Barry McCovey Jr. with two of his children on a beach.

In the Pacific Northwest, Salmon Declines Upend a Way of Life In the Pacific Northwest, Salmon Declines Upend a Way of Life

Chinook salmon numbers in the Klamath River have fallen by more than 90 percent over the last century.

Aug 30, 2022 / Audrey Carleton and Briana Flin

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