The Beautiful Class Struggle The Beautiful Class Struggle
Molly Crabapple’s new graphic memoir begins in the New York underground and emerges into the politics of war.
Dec 17, 2015 / The Editors
Party Disarray Party Disarray
Republican factions are fighting it out. Who knows what the future will bring? But, meanwhile, which faction is calling the shots? The one-blowhard-narcissist wing.
Dec 17, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters From the January 4, 2016, Issue Letters From the January 4, 2016, Issue
Lesson from Paris… with friends like these… slouching toward Raqqa?… sounds familiar… whither The Nation?…
Dec 17, 2015 / Our Readers and Robert Pollin
It’s Time To Stop Ignoring South Korean Abstract Art It’s Time To Stop Ignoring South Korean Abstract Art
Korean monochrome painting, or tansaekhwa, originated in a deep ambivalence about painting.
Dec 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
‘Who Is Going to Believe You?’ ‘Who Is Going to Believe You?’
The fate of Yakub Memon, who was executed last summer by the Indian state, shows that reality needn’t be transfigured for its absurdity to be understood.
Dec 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
Puzzle No. 3384 Puzzle No. 3384
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Weed: the first logical step preceding mild agricultural disaster (6,6) 9 Panetta eats medium-size fruit (5) 10 La…
Dec 17, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Forget What You’ve Heard: These Were the Ten Best Albums of 2015 Forget What You’ve Heard: These Were the Ten Best Albums of 2015
In a year when sales numbers fell to an all-time low, the quality of music produced was stunningly high.
Dec 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
Support the Troops… and Support Me Support the Troops… and Support Me
A new history of the military welfare state shows how politicians and military leaders have draped themselves in yellow ribbons to advance their own careers.
Dec 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Martha Saxton
Speechbros, Concern Trolls, and the Free-Speech Fraud Speechbros, Concern Trolls, and the Free-Speech Fraud
The anger over ceaseless racial threats has entwined with the recognition of campus as one more zone of unfreedom.
Dec 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
This Year’s Most Valuable Progressives This Year’s Most Valuable Progressives
From Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to artist Molly Crabapple, from Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards to Black Lives Matter, this year’s honorees are on the front lines in the fight fo...
Dec 17, 2015 / Feature / John Nichols