Race and Ethnicity

Frankfurt Shootings: The Making of a Terrorist? Frankfurt Shootings: The Making of a Terrorist?

What the debate over terrorists seems to miss is the personal dimension: personal failures and personal grievances of the lone gunmen.

Mar 3, 2011 / Laila Lalami

The War on Women’s Futures

The War on Women’s Futures The War on Women’s Futures

The ultimate aim of the GOP's social agenda is to force women back into the home.

Mar 3, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

American History Lessons American History Lessons

Black History Month and Women's History Month are not enough—and the consequences of our collective historical ignorance are profound.

Mar 1, 2011 / Melissa Harris-Perry

Selling History Short in Mississippi Selling History Short in Mississippi

Why is Haley Barbour so eager to turn Mississippi into a civil rights tourist attraction?

Feb 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge

Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month

Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month Slide Show: The Nation Celebrates Black History Month

The Nation’s editors—from its abolitionist founders to the present—have always provided space for those persistent and too-often lonely voices inveighing against the evils of racial injustice. In this archival slide show, we present a small sampling of the many timeless articles highlighting issues of race and civil rights from The Nation’s past 146 years.

Feb 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Religious War Comes to CPAC Religious War Comes to CPAC

This year’s conservative confab was strained by discord, with gays pitted against the Christian right and Islamophobes battling conservative Muslims.

Feb 14, 2011 / Sarah Posner

Remembering the Sports Heroes Who Fought for Change Remembering the Sports Heroes Who Fought for Change

Dave Zirin asks an all-star panel of thinkers and athletes, if you could have dinner with one person in the history of sports, who would it be? Their answers reflect how our gr...

Feb 11, 2011 / Press Room

The ‘Hero’ of the War on Terror The ‘Hero’ of the War on Terror

Congressman Peter King's dark fantasies about American Muslims are intruding on reality.

Feb 10, 2011 / Michelle Goldberg

Sports and Empowerment Sports and Empowerment

In an all-star panel moderated by Dave Zirin, Michael Eric Dyson, Kevin Blackistone and Bobby Mitchell explore the positive role sports has played for the African American communit...

Feb 10, 2011 / Press Room

Backward, Christian Soldiers

Backward, Christian Soldiers Backward, Christian Soldiers

Zealots are trying to turn the military into a religious army. Mikey Weinstein is fighting back.

Feb 10, 2011 / Feature / Stephen Glain

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