Secret Recording of Stop-and-Frisk Makes it to Federal Court Secret Recording of Stop-and-Frisk Makes it to Federal Court
A federal judge's ruling calls the NYPD's controversial practice unconstitutional and racially discriminatory.
Aug 13, 2013 / Francis Reynolds
North Carolina’s Sweeping Voter Suppression Law Is Challenged in Court North Carolina’s Sweeping Voter Suppression Law Is Challenged in Court
North Carolina’s worst-in-the-nation voter suppression bill challenged under Section 2 of Voting Rights Act.
Aug 12, 2013 / Ari Berman
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: James Baldwin’s Four Decades of Prophecy, Confession, Emotion and Style This Week in ‘Nation’ History: James Baldwin’s Four Decades of Prophecy, Confession, Emotion and Style
Baldwin published his first piece in The Nation, and for many years thereafter continued to attack a system he thought as close to anarchy as to martial law.
Aug 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Interns at a Civil Rights Org Say They Were Fired for Disrespecting Walmart Interns at a Civil Rights Org Say They Were Fired for Disrespecting Walmart
Interns at the Organization for Chinese Americans say they were fired for disrespecting Wal-Mart.
Aug 5, 2013 / Lee Fang
Invisible Women: The Consequences of Forgetting Sybrina Fulton Invisible Women: The Consequences of Forgetting Sybrina Fulton
We can no longer afford to leave black women’s experiences out of the narrative anti-black racism in the United States.
Aug 1, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
The Monsterization of Trayvon Martin The Monsterization of Trayvon Martin
How George Zimmerman’s lawyers exploited racist stereotypes to justify the fear—and killing—of black men.
Jul 31, 2013 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams
Dave Zirin: The NFL’s Worst Idea Ever Dave Zirin: The NFL’s Worst Idea Ever
In response to Aaron Hernandez’s recent arrest, the league may consider checking its players' tattoos for signs of gang affiliation.
Jul 26, 2013 / Press Room
It’s So Not ‘Oz’: Netflix’s ‘Orange Is the New Black’ It’s So Not ‘Oz’: Netflix’s ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Orange Is the New Black appears to traffic in tired class and race stereotypes, but it also, episode by episode, tries to challenge some of those assumptions by filling in the wome...
Jul 23, 2013 / Salamishah Tillet
Introducing Zimmerman Drones Introducing Zimmerman Drones
Standing your ground has never been so easy.
Jul 23, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
North Carolina Republicans Push Extreme Voter Suppression Measures North Carolina Republicans Push Extreme Voter Suppression Measures
A new voter ID bill would also cut early voting and ban same-day registration.
Jul 23, 2013 / Ari Berman