What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers What Cliven Bundy Learned From the Koch Brothers
The real “takers” are the biggest corporations and banks, the richest Americans.
Apr 29, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism Donald Sterling’s Impolite Racism
The embattled basketball team owner broke the rules of how one should go about being racist in America.
Apr 28, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
The NYPD Has Disbanded Its Most Notorious Spy Unit, but Is the Age of Muslim Surveillance Really Over? The NYPD Has Disbanded Its Most Notorious Spy Unit, but Is the Age of Muslim Surveillance Really Over?
Many worry that the architecture of NYPD’s surveillance system remains largely intact.
Apr 23, 2014 / Anna Lekas Miller
The Unbearable Whiteness of the American Left The Unbearable Whiteness of the American Left
From education to gun control, progressive movements need to do a better job empowering the people whose interests they claim to serve.
Apr 23, 2014 / Column / Gary Younge
Racial and Environmental Justice Are Two Sides of the Same Coin Racial and Environmental Justice Are Two Sides of the Same Coin
Those of us who haven’t been paying enough attention to climate change can no longer take for granted that others will do the work. It’s time for all of us to show up. ...
Apr 22, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
People of Color Are Already Getting Hit the Hardest by Climate Change People of Color Are Already Getting Hit the Hardest by Climate Change
A conversation with Jacqueline Patterson, executive director of the NAACP’s Climate Justice Initiative.
Apr 22, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
40 Years After Breaking Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record, Hank Aaron Still Gets Racist Hate Mail 40 Years After Breaking Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record, Hank Aaron Still Gets Racist Hate Mail
Appearing on Al Jazeera America’s Consider This, Nation sports editor Dave Zirin comes to Hank Aaron‘s defense.
Apr 18, 2014 / Dave Zirin
We Built This Country on Inequality We Built This Country on Inequality
The wealth gap didn’t spring up from policy gone awry—it is the policy.
Apr 17, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Why We Can’t Strip Race Out of the Gender Wage Gap Conversation Why We Can’t Strip Race Out of the Gender Wage Gap Conversation
There’s no objective explanation for why black women make less than white women.
Apr 15, 2014 / Bryce Covert
North Carolina Supreme Court to Decide the Fate of 4 Inmates Whose Lives Were Spared by the Racial Justice Act North Carolina Supreme Court to Decide the Fate of 4 Inmates Whose Lives Were Spared by the Racial Justice Act
The Racial Justice Act allowed death row inmates to challenge their sentences if they believed race played a significant role.
Apr 14, 2014 / Steven Hsieh