Elon Musk Has Made Anti-Trans Hatred One of Twitter’s Core Features Elon Musk Has Made Anti-Trans Hatred One of Twitter’s Core Features
The billionaire constantly uses the platform as an outlet for his vicious transphobia—and he's expanding his campaign all the time.
Jun 23, 2023 / Sydney Bauer
50 Years Later, the UpStairs Lounge Fire Is More Important to Remember Than Ever 50 Years Later, the UpStairs Lounge Fire Is More Important to Remember Than Ever
The arson attack on a New Orleans nightclub was the largest massacre of queer people in 20th-century America—and it remains distressingly relevant to our present moment.
Jun 22, 2023 / Andrew Sciallo
Virginia’s Pro-Choice Majority Just Ousted an Anti-Abortion State Senator Virginia’s Pro-Choice Majority Just Ousted an Anti-Abortion State Senator
By an overwhelming margin, Virginians just voted out a Democratic legislator who sided with Republicans on restricting abortion access.
Jun 22, 2023 / John Nichols
Not Just Numbers Not Just Numbers
Gun deaths mount as politicians bloviate.
Jun 22, 2023 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards
“The Nation” Leads the Relaunch of “Bookforum” “The Nation” Leads the Relaunch of “Bookforum”
Resurrecting a leading voice of US literary criticism, the quarterly will remain editorially independent, with the first new issue out August 2023.
Jun 22, 2023 / Press Room
The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying” The Federal Government Is “Affirming Everything That Black People Have Been Saying”
The Department of Justice report slamming the Minneapolis Police Department is also a cause for hope.
Jun 22, 2023 / Ibrahim Hirsi
A Failson Meets a Failed Justice System A Failson Meets a Failed Justice System
The right-wing outrage machine is whirring up over Hunter Biden's plea deal—but the real scandal is the Justice Department's neglect of white-collar crime.
Jun 22, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Affirmative Action Is in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs Affirmative Action Is in the Supreme Court’s Crosshairs
And the man who got it there is not, as he likes to claim, an iconoclastic one-person organization.
Jun 22, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway
A Forum on “Dobbs”: “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat” A Forum on “Dobbs”: “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat”
One year after the overturning of Roe, contributors in the Nation-verse have much to say about its impact.
Jun 22, 2023 / Various Contributors
Just Another RFK Jr. Lie. I Know, Because It’s About Me. Just Another RFK Jr. Lie. I Know, Because It’s About Me.
I edited Kennedy’s error-ridden piece on a vaccine-autism link, which Salon later retracted. We caved to the truth, not Big Pharma.
Jun 22, 2023 / Joan Walsh