Victoria Law California and New York legislators are trying to undo the damage caused since the 1994 Crime Bill. But elder parole isn’t working as hoped. The post Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars. appeared first on The Nation.
Naomi Gordon-Loebl More than 30 years after it was published, the seminal queer theory text still has some things to say. The post Reading Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” in the Age of Ron DeSantis appeared first on The Nation.
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela From Bikram yoga to Tae Bo, the 1990s exploded with exoticized consumer fitness products. The post The Birth of a New Brand of Exercise Fetish appeared first on The Nation.
Dani McClain After Bill Clinton used her to catapult himself to the presidency, the activist Souljah was sidelined. But the novelist Souljah continued to produce work that spoke to millions. The post How Sister Souljah Went From Radical Activist to Scapegoat to...
Lily Geismer An overhyped new paradigm proved to be a slogan without a movement. The post How the Third Way Made Neoliberal Politics Seem Inevitable appeared first on The Nation.
Calvin Trillin The post Winners appeared first on The Nation.
Alexis Grenell Democrats do themselves no favors when they pretend “women’s issues” are a niche category of human affairs. The post Women Are Half the Population, Not a Special Interest Group appeared first on The Nation.
Joan Walsh Joan Walsh spoke with Nelba Márquez-Greene, mother of slain student Ana, about the extraordinary depths of grief, love, and bravery Sandy Hook families have summoned in the decade since they lost their children. The post “I Walk Into a Room and I Make...
Sena Wazer The board of trustees is one of the most influential decision-making bodies on a campus, yet many of them lack adequate student representation. The post For Universities to Thrive, Students Need a Seat at the Table appeared first on The Nation.
Emanuele Del Rosso, Paul Tong The post Protesting Covid Lockdowns in China appeared first on The Nation.
John Tormey We can either deny rail carriers our labor in defiance of long-established laws, or we stand still and keep eating their punches. The post I’m a Rail Worker, and Biden Screwed Us appeared first on The Nation.
Chris Lehmann The would-be Twitter impresario has taken the major problems of the industry and kicked them into overdrive. The post Elon Musk Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Media appeared first on The Nation.