Mary Frances Whitfield Bears Witness Mary Frances Whitfield Bears Witness
A graceful collection of the painter’s works about racial violence goes on exhibit in Birmingham, Alabama, as residents confront a difficult history.
Aug 29, 2019 / Alexandra Marvar
Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever
From his G-7 Doral heist to Bill Barr’s Christmas Party to steering wall-building contracts to GOP cronies, it’s grift all the way down.
Aug 28, 2019 / Joan Walsh
Black Socialists of America Is Putting Anti-Capitalism on the Map Black Socialists of America Is Putting Anti-Capitalism on the Map
Z, the co-founder of BSA, talks with The Nation about building alternatives to capitalism.
Aug 28, 2019 / Q&A / Teddy Ostrow
How Democrats Can Win Back Rural Wisconsin How Democrats Can Win Back Rural Wisconsin
They need to offer more than criticism of Trump and offer real progressive solutions to the economic pain felt in rural America.
Aug 28, 2019 / John Nichols
The Republican Party’s White Women Problem The Republican Party’s White Women Problem
The Republican base that has coalesced around Trump has been increasingly characterized by “hostile sexism”—and women are turning away.
Aug 28, 2019 / Julie Kohler
Shedding Light on Cruelty Shedding Light on Cruelty
Light projections, Homestead Detention Center, Florida, 2019.
Aug 28, 2019 / OppArt / Alessandra Mondolfi
Rachel Monroe’s Elegant Dissection of True Crime Fanaticism Rachel Monroe’s Elegant Dissection of True Crime Fanaticism
In Savage Appetites, she sketches an unconventional history of some of the 21st century’s most notable and horrific crimes—through the eyes of women on the edges of these acts.
Aug 28, 2019 / Sophie Haigney
In a Major Shift, South Korea Defies Its Alliance With Japan In a Major Shift, South Korea Defies Its Alliance With Japan
Trade restrictions, an end to intelligence sharing, heated rhetoric—it’s all rooted in Japanese war crimes, papered over by a 1965 treaty in which Washington played a hidden hand.
Aug 27, 2019 / Tim Shorrock
Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough? Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough?
Corporate America is worried. And that alone is a reason to be optimistic.
Aug 27, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump Pressures Israel to Deny Entry to Two Members of Congress Trump Pressures Israel to Deny Entry to Two Members of Congress
A president’s powers should not be employed To get back at people with whom he’s annoyed. But this one’s so eager to punish his foes, he May next send the troops in to capture Pelo…
Aug 27, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin