Rep. Barbara Lee Hits Back at Paul Ryan’s Dog-Whistle Politics Rep. Barbara Lee Hits Back at Paul Ryan’s Dog-Whistle Politics
What Paul Ryan really means when he lambasts “inner city” culture.
Mar 12, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
‘I, Too, Am Harvard’ Rocks the Ivory Tower ‘I, Too, Am Harvard’ Rocks the Ivory Tower
At Harvard, as elsewhere, students battle the banality of racism by turning insult into art.
Mar 12, 2014 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
President Obama Extends a Hand to Young Men and Boys of Color. What About Girls? President Obama Extends a Hand to Young Men and Boys of Color. What About Girls?
Like their male counterparts, black and Latina girls and young women suffer from striking racial disparities in education and income.
Mar 4, 2014 / Dani McClain
Marissa Alexander Now Faces 60 Years in Prison for Firing a Warning Shot in Self Defense Marissa Alexander Now Faces 60 Years in Prison for Firing a Warning Shot in Self Defense
The new sentence is three times as long as the one she received in 2012.
Mar 3, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The European Right—From (Jean-Marie) Le Pen to (Marine) Le Pen—and the Rise of the French Far Right This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The European Right—From (Jean-Marie) Le Pen to (Marine) Le Pen—and the Rise of the French Far Right
The underlying philosophy of the National Front remains almost exactly the same as it was under Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Mar 1, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Like Obama Himself, My Brother’s Keeper Is Admirable but Flawed Like Obama Himself, My Brother’s Keeper Is Admirable but Flawed
While President Obama no doubt cares deeply about America’s inequality, his approach to solving it is flawed.
Feb 28, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
‘The Legacy of Chokwe Lumumba Must Not Be Buried With the Man’ ‘The Legacy of Chokwe Lumumba Must Not Be Buried With the Man’
The veteran human-rights lawyer Chokwe Lumumba was transforming Jackson when he died at 66.
Feb 26, 2014 / John Nichols
Judged By His Own Standard, Scott Walker Is Not Looking Very Presidential Judged By His Own Standard, Scott Walker Is Not Looking Very Presidential
The controversial governor says he should be judged by his inner circle. Fair enough.
Feb 25, 2014 / John Nichols
How Slavery Made the Modern World How Slavery Made the Modern World
Slavery was the flywheel on which America’s market revolution turned—not just in the United States, but in all of the Americas.
Feb 24, 2014 / Greg Grandin
Police Can’t Get Their Story Straight After a Deputy Fatally Shoots a Texas Woman Police Can’t Get Their Story Straight After a Deputy Fatally Shoots a Texas Woman
Witnesses say Yvette Smith was unarmed when a police officer shot and killed her on Sunday.
Feb 20, 2014 / Steven Hsieh