The President’s Damned Lies Are Killing Us
The president’s not an idiot. He is a liar. The question is: How many more coronavirus deaths will his lies cause between now and Election Day?
John NicholsPolitics
Government Accountability Has Been Long Gone in the US
From the beginning of the War on Terrorism to the 2008 recession, to the coronavirus pandemic, US government accountability has been missing in action.
Karen J. GreenbergExecutive Branch
Biden’s Running Mate Matters. So Does His Cabinet.
His choices provide a chance to reimagine the leadership we need.
Katrina vanden HeuvelBooks and Ideas
N.K. Jemisin Wrote a Sci-Fi Ode to New York City—Then It Became Reality
We talked to the award-winning writer about The City We Became, her latest groundbreaking, world-quaking book, and why it feels so prescient.
Jessica SurianoLatest from The Nation
Yesterday 10:00 am Media Analysis
Not All Presidential Liars Are Created Equal
What are the dangers of allowing Trump to dominate US political culture?
Eric Alterman
Yesterday 5:15 am Police and Law Enforcement
Violence Is Donald Trump’s Mother Tongue
Yesterday 5:00 am Anti-semitism
Ice Cube on Anti-Semitism and the Contract With Black America
August 3, 2020 Government
The Deaths of 150,000 Americans Are on Trump’s Hands
August 3, 2020 Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s Protesters Are Writing Their ‘Last Letters’
Politics
The Deaths of 150,000 Americans Are on Trump’s Hands
Trump and his lackeys are guilty of criminal negligence, if not far worse. Who will hold them accountable?
Elie Mystal
The Spectre of Socialism Haunts Mike Pence
The GOP’s founders included abolitionists, radical land reformers, and activists who had joined “an experimental socialist community."
John Nichols
Bipartisan Support for Wall Street, Crumbs for Main Street
Democratic votes to make the Federal Reserve the silent partner in big business plunder in March make it easier for Republicans to stiff the unemployed in August.
Jeet Heer
Culture
The Sad Sex Lives of Overeducated Millennial Malcontents
Andrew Martin’s characters in Cool For America aren’t having much fun. Instead, they are restless and self-defeating.
Jennifer Schaffer
The Philosophical Leftovers of Gilles Deleuze
What is there left to learn from the work the French thinker left behind?
Andrew Marzoni
What Truths Can You Divine From Instagram Paintings?
How the act of scrutinizing art online has changed the role of the critic.
Barry Schwabskyeditor’s picks
Nation Voices
World
In Quarantine, on the Plains of Colombia
A photographer captures a child’s fears and hopes on a ranch on the Llanos.
Juanita Escobar, The Nation and Magnum Foundation
What Would It Take to Avert Military Escalation With China in the South China Sea?
The US and China’s dance in the South China Sea bears a troubling resemblance to 1914 Sarajevo—and the eve of World War I.
Michael T. Klare
A Century of Struggle in Palestine
Rashid Khalidi’s new history offers a political and personal portrait of more than a hundred years of colonization and resistance in Palestine.
Kaleem HawaWatch and Listen
Listen: This Is Disaster Relief Under Corporate Power
David Dayen on the interests overpowering our democracy, plus Amy Wilentz on Mary Trump.
July 30, 2020
Listen: To Fight the Coronavirus, We Need a Massive Campaign of Disruption
Gregg Gonsalves on Covid-19, plus Meagan Day on the eviction crisis.
July 16, 2020
View: Making George Floyd’s Life Matter
As the people of Minneapolis grieve the loss of one of their own, they’re also fighting for a future free of police brutality.
June 8, 2020
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The Tangle of Desire and Class in ‘Normal People’
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McDonald’s Has a Real Sexual Harassment Problem
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Editorial
How to Move Biden Left
By John Nichols
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This Week in Authoritarian Newspeak
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Donald Trump Is the ‘Undertaker’ of American Politics
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The Past and Future of Latinx Politics
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