Social Justice

hans morgenthau teach in

Teach-Ins Helped Galvanize Student Activism in the 1960s. They Can Do So Again Today. Teach-Ins Helped Galvanize Student Activism in the 1960s. They Can Do So Again Today.

Then as now, the origin of a national political movement was in the initially obscure actions of ordinary individuals.

Apr 6, 2017 / Marshall Sahlins

Carli Lloyd and women's team

US Women’s Soccer Just Scored a Big Win US Women’s Soccer Just Scored a Big Win

The US women’s national soccer team has a new contract, and it’s important for a number of reasons.

Apr 5, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Kalief Browder Rikers Closing

Rikers Island Might Finally Close—and We Have Organizers to Thank for That Rikers Island Might Finally Close—and We Have Organizers to Thank for That

The infamous jail is the site of dozens of horrifying stories of prisoner mistreatment.

Apr 4, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates

Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates Fifty Years Later, King’s Warning Still Resonates

It is time to revive a peace and justice movement calling for the United States to stop its endless wars and turn its resources and attention to rebuilding our own country.

Apr 4, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Martin Luther King Jr.

‘A Society Gone Mad on War’: The Enduring Importance of Martin Luther King’s Riverside Speech ‘A Society Gone Mad on War’: The Enduring Importance of Martin Luther King’s Riverside Speech

Fifty years ago today, the civil-rights leader described the nightmare to come: “A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of...

Apr 4, 2017 / Eric Tang

Police Arrested This Cop Watch Activist—But Then Recorded Themselves by Accident

Police Arrested This Cop Watch Activist—But Then Recorded Themselves by Accident Police Arrested This Cop Watch Activist—But Then Recorded Themselves by Accident

The activist, Jose LaSalle, used a set of apps to record the police, and has shared those recordings with The Nation.

Apr 3, 2017 / George Joseph

Trump Tax Shrug

Chris Hayes: Americans Hated Trump’s Health-Care Plan—Will They Go For Single Payer? Chris Hayes: Americans Hated Trump’s Health-Care Plan—Will They Go For Single Payer?

“I have never, in my political reporting career, seen something crash and burn quite like this.”

Mar 31, 2017 / Jon Wiener

Black Lives Matter march

Meet the New Social Change Coalition: ‘The Majority’ Meet the New Social Change Coalition: ‘The Majority’

A new coalition is challenging Trump’s agenda with a radical vision of their own.

Mar 31, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Comment Is Rooted in America’s Racist Past

Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Comment Is Rooted in America’s Racist Past Bill O’Reilly’s Racist Comment Is Rooted in America’s Racist Past

But black women are speaking out and fighting back.

Mar 30, 2017 / Collier Meyerson

california flag

California Dreaming in the Age of Trump California Dreaming in the Age of Trump

A DREAMer, a Hmong farmer, a transgender political staffer, and more shed light on the concerns and values of Californians in our strange and dangerous political moment.

Mar 29, 2017 / Sasha Abramsky

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