How Pelé Sold Out
A new Netflix documentary revisits the soccer star’s illustrious World Cup career during a pivotal period in Brazilian history.
Miguel SalazarPolitics
Is a Tax on ‘Ultra-Millionaires’ the Answer to Massive Inequality?
The ultra-rich have gotten even richer since the pandemic began. Elizabeth Warren says her wealth tax can combat rising inequality.
Joan WalshDonald Trump
Covid at 1 Year and Counting: The American Book of the Dead
Beware the light at the end of the tunnel…
Mike Davis and The NationEconomy
The Pandemic Has Laid Bare the Cruel Burdens Placed on Single Mothers
Any recovery from the pandemic must help single mothers escape poverty and gain the support they need.
Aja BeechLatest from The Nation
March 3, 2021 ICE
Trump Made His ‘American Carnage’ Fever Dream True
March 3, 2021 Politics
Democrats Need to Hold Andrew Cuomo Accountable
March 3, 2021
Woke
Politics
$15 an Hour Is the Compromise
Biden and the Democrats need to deliver on the wage hike they promised—by any means necessary. Anything less is a moral and political failure.
John Nichols
Governor Cuomo, Sexual Harassment, and Senator Gillibrand’s Silence
Though she positioned herself as a warrior for women’s rights, the New York senator hasn’t exactly been a profile in courage.
Alexis Grenell
Silicon Valley’s Offer of Sectoral Bargaining Is a Trick
If national union leaders acquiesce to the creation of a third category of worker in exchange for sectoral bargaining, collective begging will replace collective bargaining.
Jane McAlevey
World
Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World
But activists say the law fails to address the widespread pain that decades of militarized enforcement have caused.
Maya Averbuch
In Okinawa, the US Military Seeks a Base Built on the Bones of the War Dead
Japan is using earth from a battlefield filled with human remains to build the foundation of a US military installation.
Maia Hibbett
France’s New Culture Warriors
The notion that the French state would bolster academic freedom by enhancing oversight of what is considered appropriate research is ludicrous on its face. But there’s a deeper irony as well.
Cole StanglerNation Voices
Culture
‘Minari’ Is a Landmark for Asian American Cinema
Lee Isaac Chung’s poignant immigrant drama is the kind of film that can be felt with all five senses.
Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Playboi Carti, Rap Iconoclast
His recent album Whole Lotta Red boasts not just rockstar appeal but a sense of self-discovery and experimentation.
Stephen Kearse
The World Lawrence Ferlinghetti Built
As a poet, publisher, and bookstore owner, he helped foster a literary ecosystem where politics and culture for the better seemed possible.
Barry SchwabskyWatch and Listen
View: Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World
But activists say the law fails to address the widespread pain that decades of militarized enforcement have caused.
February 25, 2021
Watch: Was the Killing of Ahmad Erekat an Extrajudicial Execution?
Watch Forensic Architecture's detailed investigation of the circumstances of Ahmad Erekat’s killing.
February 26, 2021
