Barack Obama

Recovering black radicalism.

We are a nation of immigrants and refugees. Yet we always fear who is coming next.

Discussion of the Hart-Cellar Act that was passed 50 years ago.

Patrick Blanchfield tracks the long-standing entanglement of guns and religion in the United States. Part 1 of 2.

On the abolitionists, Reconstruction, and winning “freedom” from the Right.

"You're taking over our country" echoes long-held narratives and has renewed prominence in conservative discourse.

Race is a social fiction imposed by the powerful on those they wish to control.

Covering the island has been a central concern for The Nation since the beginning—producing scoops, aiding diplomacy, and pushing for a change in policy.

The right to vote is under the greatest threat since the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

Racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.

The challenges involved in constructing the 9-11 Museum in New York City within the context of other man-made disasters.

We're supposed to celebrate one of the weirdest artifacts of the Cold War.

Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.

What the modern world owes slavery. (It’s more than back wages).

How the liberal embrace of busing hurt the cause of integration.

How Edith Windsor fell in love, got married, and won a landmark case for gay marriage.

Unwinding the mortgage giants won't cure Americans of their desire to own a home, whether they can afford it or not.

What has gone wrong with the modern environmental movement and its political organizing.

Despite her path-braking work as a litigator before the Court, she doesn't believe that large-scale social change should come from the courts.

As immigration flows changed, Orange County's demographics changed and so did its political leanings.