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A soldier prepares to launch a drone in Afghanistan.

As Long as We Use Drones, Celebrating “American Values” Is a Farce As Long as We Use Drones, Celebrating “American Values” Is a Farce

After decades of asymmetrical warfare, Americans have lost touch with the humanity of civilians forced to endure the extreme violence of our “mistakes.”

Sep 12, 2023 / Maha Hilal

The Abortion Rights Movement’s Unresolved Question

The Abortion Rights Movement’s Unresolved Question The Abortion Rights Movement’s Unresolved Question

Ballot measures represent the greatest hope for restoring abortion access in many red states. Should they replicate Roe v. Wade, or aim for something better?

Sep 12, 2023 / Feature / Amy Littlefield

This Advocate for Abortion Rights Is Running for Mississippi Attorney General

This Advocate for Abortion Rights Is Running for Mississippi Attorney General This Advocate for Abortion Rights Is Running for Mississippi Attorney General

Challenging the Republican who took the Dobbs case to the Supreme Court, Greta Kemp Martin champions civil rights, worker rights, and reproductive rights.

Sep 12, 2023 / John Nichols

Kate Zambreno’s Lessons in Looking

Kate Zambreno’s Lessons in Looking Kate Zambreno’s Lessons in Looking

A conversation about how the pandemic changed our relationship to the natural world, distrusting beauty, the challenges of writing about climate change, and her new book, The Ligh...

Sep 12, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Larissa Pham

Salvador Allende

Farewell to Allende Farewell to Allende

From the September 24, 1973 issue of The Nation.

Sep 11, 2023 / The Nation

Photo of Chilean soldiers following the 1973 coup that would begin Pinochet's 17-year long dictatorship.

September 11, 1973, Was a Warning: Democracy Can Die in a Day September 11, 1973, Was a Warning: Democracy Can Die in a Day

Fifty years ago, the US exported a cult of revanchist violence to Chile. Now it has made its return.

Sep 11, 2023 / Dave Zirin

US President Joe Biden

Biden Complacency Is Just As Bad as Biden Panic Biden Complacency Is Just As Bad as Biden Panic

Don't wet your bed. Organize!

Sep 11, 2023 / Jeet Heer

September 11, 22nd Anniversary

September 11, 22nd Anniversary September 11, 22nd Anniversary

Militants associated with al-Qaeda carried out the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history, resulting in almost 3,000 people killed in New York, Washington DC,...

Sep 11, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Two Senators: Isabel Allende (left) with U.S. Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during her visit to Chile last month.

Exclusive: With My Father, Salvador Allende, in His Final Hours Exclusive: With My Father, Salvador Allende, in His Final Hours

An excerpt from 11 de Septiembre: Esa semana (11th of September: That Week)

Sep 11, 2023 / Isabel Allende Bussi

La Moneda on fire

50 Years After “the Other 9/11”: Remembering the Chilean Coup 50 Years After “the Other 9/11”: Remembering the Chilean Coup

Some personal reflections on history, memory, and the survival of democracies.

Sep 11, 2023 / Ariel Dorfman

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