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Contributor Boris Kagarlitsky (left) and editorial director and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel (right) in The Nation's offices, 2019.

“The Nation” Stands in Solidarity With Boris Kagarlitsky “The Nation” Stands in Solidarity With Boris Kagarlitsky

We oppose the Russian state’s attack on an independent scholar and journalist for doing his job.

Jul 27, 2023 / Press Room

Immigrants walk through razor wire surrounding a makeshift migrant camp after crossing the border from Mexico on May 11, 2023 in El Paso, Texas.

Merrick Garland Is Letting Texas Get Away With Sadism Merrick Garland Is Letting Texas Get Away With Sadism

The DOJ has chosen to look away as GOP governors like Greg Abbott treat migrants as political punching bags who can be bashed for the amusement of white nationalist voters.

Jul 27, 2023 / Elie Mystal

Screaming Horror

Screaming Horror Screaming Horror

Brooklyn street art.

Jul 27, 2023 / OppArt / David Barthold

Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, speaks during a Vigil and Thirst Strike for Workers' Rights on the House steps of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

Texas Is Trying to Brutalize Its Workers—and Greg Casar Is Fighting Back Texas Is Trying to Brutalize Its Workers—and Greg Casar Is Fighting Back

The congressman led a “thirst strike” on the steps of the Capitol to protest a law barring Texas cities from giving their workers water breaks.

Jul 27, 2023 / John Nichols

Trump rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Yes, the US Is the Best Country in the World—at Being Terrible Yes, the US Is the Best Country in the World—at Being Terrible

USA! USA!

Jul 27, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon

A display reading

These New Alzheimer’s Drugs Are a Travesty These New Alzheimer’s Drugs Are a Travesty

They cost a ton, have major side effects, and there’s deep skepticism that they even work. So why are we pushing them on patients?

Jul 27, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

Kids wave Palestinian flags amidst the ruins of their destroyed home following Israeli raids on the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.

I Was Attacked for My Speech About Palestine. I Stand by Every Word. I Was Attacked for My Speech About Palestine. I Stand by Every Word.

My CUNY Law speech led to a torrent of abuse and vitriol, but I have no regrets.

Jul 27, 2023 / Fatima Mohammed

a patient suffering from kidney failure receives dialysis treatment in Yemen

Biden Says There’s No Blockade. Tell That to Yemenis Who Need Medical Care. Biden Says There’s No Blockade. Tell That to Yemenis Who Need Medical Care.

There are just three flights leaving Sana’a every week. But Yemen has an estimated 71,000 cancer patients who need out-of-country care.

Jul 27, 2023 / Shuaib Almosawa and Sarah Lazare

Margot Robbin in “Barbie.“

This “Barbie” Is in Crisis This “Barbie” Is in Crisis

Greta Gerwig tackles philosophical questions that are more daunting than a film based on a children’s toy can handle. It results in a strange, uneven, but beautiful movie. 

Jul 26, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

Saquon Barkley of the New York Giants runs down the field holding football

Time to Stop Running Time to Stop Running

NFL running backs are in the same fight as all laborers: the struggle to be treated as humans, not “cattle.”

Jul 26, 2023 / Dave Zirin

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