“The Blind Side” Was Always Trash “The Blind Side” Was Always Trash
The book and movie about former NFL lineman Michael Oher lean into the white-savior trope. They were terrible long before the allegations that they were based on lies.
Aug 15, 2023 / Dave Zirin
Trump Has Never Been More Vulnerable Trump Has Never Been More Vulnerable
The former president thinks he’s invincible. But after yesterday’s indictment in Georgia, getting through what’s coming next would take superpowers he doesn’t have.
Aug 15, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky
A Grim Chronicle of Trump’s Corrupt Public Life A Grim Chronicle of Trump’s Corrupt Public Life
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s wide-ranging indictment of the former president just might stick—not that you’d know it if you read The New York Times.
Aug 15, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Message in a Bottle Message in a Bottle
Climate crisis is real: According to climate scientists, July was the world’s hottest month on record.
Aug 15, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Is This a Form of Capitalism Progressives Can Embrace? Is This a Form of Capitalism Progressives Can Embrace?
Cooperatives can be part of the solution in building the working and middle class in this country.
Aug 15, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What It Takes to Be a Public Intellectual What It Takes to Be a Public Intellectual
In 2014, Adam Shatz’s “Writers or Missionaries” appeared in The Nation, a piece about his relationship, as a Jewish American journalist, to the political conflicts in the Arab-spea…
Aug 15, 2023 / Books & the Arts / J. Howard Rosier
“We’re Only Here to Watch” “We’re Only Here to Watch”
How courtwatchers are shifting the power dynamics in criminal courtrooms.
Aug 15, 2023 / Feature / Jocelyn Simonson
16 Young People Sued Montana Over the Climate. The Planet Won. 16 Young People Sued Montana Over the Climate. The Planet Won.
Environment / August 15, 2023 16 Young People Sued Montana Over the Climate. The Planet Won. A state district court ruled yesterday that Montana’s failure to document greenhous…
Aug 15, 2023 / Gabriel Furshong
Jenn Shapland on the Need for “Thin Skin” Jenn Shapland on the Need for “Thin Skin”
An interview with the writer about her new collection of essays, Thin Skin, and her hopes for the life it takes on in the world.
Aug 15, 2023 / Q&A / Sara Franklin
NIH Fellows Win Recognition as Workers With the Right to Join a Union NIH Fellows Win Recognition as Workers With the Right to Join a Union
One day after a Nation story reported claims that National Institute Fellows were "trainees" not "workers," the NIH changed its mind.
Aug 14, 2023 / Peter Lucas