When Force-Feeding Is Torture When Force-Feeding Is Torture
After years of litigation, The Nation and Type Investigations have acquired footage of a force-feeding at a federal prison. It shows treatment that may amount to torture.
Mar 8, 2023 / Feature / Aviva Stahl
Why Do Republicans Keep Pretending to Be Jewish? Why Do Republicans Keep Pretending to Be Jewish?
The GOP keeps running candidates who have discovered they can benefit from these highly cynical identity hoaxes.
Mar 4, 2023 / Column / Alexis Grenell
Yuh-Line Niou on the Politics of Clothing Yuh-Line Niou on the Politics of Clothing
There is always a politics to clothing choices—especially if you’re a political figure subject to media scrutiny.
Mar 3, 2023 / Yuh-Line Niou
Angela Davis’s Family History Is Remarkable—and Unexceptional for Black Americans Angela Davis’s Family History Is Remarkable—and Unexceptional for Black Americans
Conservatives thought they’d won a round of “gotcha” when it was revealed that one of Davis’s ancestors was a passenger on the Mayflower. But within her genealogy lie truths about ...
Mar 2, 2023 / Kali Holloway
The New Era of Backlash in Sports and Politics The New Era of Backlash in Sports and Politics
Trump opened up the world of sports to the hard right.
Mar 1, 2023 / Dave Zirin
Black History Isn’t One Month Black History Isn’t One Month
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” -Nelson Mandela; South Africa’s first democratically elected president (1994 to 1999).
Mar 1, 2023 / OppArt / Jos Sances
Predatory Policing Has Become a National Crisis Predatory Policing Has Become a National Crisis
Welcome to America’s emerging predator state.
Feb 28, 2023 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky
Seattle’s Working People Won the Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination Seattle’s Working People Won the Nation’s First Ban on Caste Discrimination
Many South Asians who have immigrated to the United States have been unable to leave caste-based discrimination behind. A new local law aims to change that reality.
Feb 27, 2023 / Kshama Sawant
It’s Time to Call Out the DeSantis Deflection It’s Time to Call Out the DeSantis Deflection
The question isn’t whether the College Board’s AP Black History course is “woke” but whether we're awake enough to call DeSantis’s bluff.
Feb 27, 2023 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Rosa Parks, Courage and Leadership Rosa Parks, Courage and Leadership
Rosa Parks was arrested first on December 1, 1955, and again on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott.
Feb 22, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo