Human Rights Experts Condemn Chinese Repression of Tibetan Buddhists Human Rights Experts Condemn Chinese Repression of Tibetan Buddhists
China usually manages to quash UN calls for action on its human rights violations. Not this time.
Nov 9, 2011 / Barbara Crossette
Race and Occupy Wall Street Race and Occupy Wall Street
“Is OWS diverse enough?” is not the right question. The real challenge is ensuring the movement has a racial justice agenda.
Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill Video: We Still Believe Anita Hill
Twenty years after Anita Hill boldly brought workplace sexual harassment to the American public consciousness, The Nation celebrates the progress we have made in the two decades si...
Oct 26, 2011 / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas
Another Racial Misstep for Perry? Another Racial Misstep for Perry?
Rick Perry’s campaign, beset by a report that his hunting ranch had a racist name, makes a questionable scheduling decision.
Oct 11, 2011 / Ben Adler
Three Lessons From the Values Voter Summit Three Lessons From the Values Voter Summit
What a visit to the heart of American social conservatism tells us about the presidential race.
Oct 10, 2011 / Ben Adler
Video: Dave Zirin Talks Hank Williams Jr., ESPN’s Troubled Politics Video: Dave Zirin Talks Hank Williams Jr., ESPN’s Troubled Politics
Nation sports columnist Dave Zirin takes on the controversy surrounding Williams's comments in a spirited debate on ESPN yesterday.
Oct 7, 2011 / Press Room
Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves
Sexual harassment had been a common experience of black women’s work life since they arrived in America, and it was black women plaintiffs who first comprehended that sexual ...
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Taking a Close Look at Rick Perry’s Civil Rights Record Taking a Close Look at Rick Perry’s Civil Rights Record
The name of his family hunting ranch raises questions about his race politics. So what’s his record on civil rights issues?
Oct 4, 2011 / Ben Adler
What Is It Like to Be Both Black and Jewish? What Is It Like to Be Both Black and Jewish?
I was aware not only of being hated but also of hating myself from two points of view in the same mind—a brand of self-hatred that identifies the me in you and hates you for ...
Sep 28, 2011 / Walter Mosley
The Face of Black Women: Melissa Harris-Perry Talks Race and Gender The Face of Black Women: Melissa Harris-Perry Talks Race and Gender
It is important, not only for black women but for all of us, to rethink the ways to critique and resist the "crooked" force of racism and sexism in our cultural and polit...
Sep 26, 2011 / Center for American Progress