Equality: Why We Can’t Wait Equality: Why We Can’t Wait
In a 1991 special issue, Julian Bond argued that the fight for racial and gender equality wasn’t a “special interest”—it was essential to the progressive struggle.
Aug 17, 2015 / Julian Bond and Adolph Reed Jr.
What Julian Bond Taught Me What Julian Bond Taught Me
Freedom movements don’t just happen, they are made—and not by charismatic leaders, but by everyday people possessing great courage.
Aug 17, 2015 / Jeanne Theoharis
Honor Julian Bond’s Legacy by Protecting Voting Rights Honor Julian Bond’s Legacy by Protecting Voting Rights
The civil rights leader helped pass the Voting Rights Act and fought for voting rights over five decades.
Aug 17, 2015 / Ari Berman
Julian Bond Built Coalitions, Practiced Solidarity, and Showed Us the Future Julian Bond Built Coalitions, Practiced Solidarity, and Showed Us the Future
When the civil-rights leader was nominated for vice president in 1968, we got a glimpse of the new politics.
Aug 17, 2015 / John Nichols
Hurricane Katrina and the Revival of the Political Athlete Hurricane Katrina and the Revival of the Political Athlete
After Hurricane Katrina, athletes spoke out in rage for the first time in decades. It can’t stop and it won’t stop.
Aug 14, 2015 / Dave Zirin
VIDEO: Hurricane Katrina Didn’t Kill New Orleans—But It Almost Did VIDEO: Hurricane Katrina Didn’t Kill New Orleans—But It Almost Did
A new documentary shows how the city has changed in the decade since the storm—and also how it hasn’t.
Aug 14, 2015 / Laura Flanders and Jordan Flaherty
Letters From the August 31-September 7, 2015, Issue Letters From the August 31-September 7, 2015, Issue
Sanders Speaks Is The Nation so anxious to sell Bernie Sanders to its readers that it publishes John Nichols’s interview with him in its July 20/27 issue [“Bernie Sanders Speaks”]…
Aug 13, 2015 / Our Readers and Richard Kreitner
Ten Years Since: A Meditation on New Orleans Ten Years Since: A Meditation on New Orleans
We are black and alive, still, despite what the pictures say.
Aug 13, 2015 / Feature / Kristina Kay Robinson
Why the Lower Ninth Ward Looks Like the Hurricane Just Hit Why the Lower Ninth Ward Looks Like the Hurricane Just Hit
The neighborhood’s stalled recovery is the self-fulfilling prophecy of political leaders who wrote it off from the start.
Aug 13, 2015 / Feature / Gary Rivlin
The Rebirth of Black Rage The Rebirth of Black Rage
From Kanye to Obama, and back again.
Aug 13, 2015 / Feature / Mychal Denzel Smith