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
Nona Fernandez and the Black Hole of Collective Memory Nona Fernandez and the Black Hole of Collective Memory
Her book-length essay Voyager examines life after Pinochet—and the disjunctures in public remembering the era produced—through an exploration of the stars.
Jun 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Amanda Paige Inman
Why Does Ro Khanna Want Modi to Address Congress? Why Does Ro Khanna Want Modi to Address Congress?
Despite his condemnations of Hindu nationalism, Representative Ro Khanna pushed for Modi to speak to a joint session of Congress and has received more than $110,000 from Hindu nati...
Jun 21, 2023 / Deeksha Udupa
It’s Official: The DOJ Stalled the Investigation Into Donald Trump It’s Official: The DOJ Stalled the Investigation Into Donald Trump
Merrick Garland has long claimed he’s been methodically building his investigation into January 6 from the bottom up—but a Washington Post exposé shows otherwise.
Jun 21, 2023 / Elie Mystal
We Are Born to Be Happy We Are Born to Be Happy
Street art from Oaxaca, Mexico.
Jun 21, 2023 / OppArt
Cormac McCarthy’s Unforgiving Parables of American Empire Cormac McCarthy’s Unforgiving Parables of American Empire
He demonstrated how the frontier wasn’t an incubator of democratic equality but a place of unrelenting pain, cruelty, and suffering.
Jun 21, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
The Unsettled Life and Art of Jimmie Durham The Unsettled Life and Art of Jimmie Durham
A retrospective in Naples magnifies the mystery of the conceptual artist’s work.
Jun 21, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Modi’s Visit to the US Whitewashes India’s Far-Right Violence Modi’s Visit to the US Whitewashes India’s Far-Right Violence
Young Indian-Americans—and Americans at large—cannot ignore President Biden’s tacit endorsement of repression, authoritarianism, and religious intolerance.
Jun 21, 2023 / StudentNation / Shraddha Joshi
Let’s Stop Casually Comparing Donald Trump to Eugene Debs Let’s Stop Casually Comparing Donald Trump to Eugene Debs
Trump could, like Debs, wind up running for president from prison. But Debs was a socialist, a free speech champion, and a fearless organizer. Trump is no Eugene Debs.
Jun 21, 2023 / John Nichols