Jessa Crispin Speaks From the Heartland Jessa Crispin Speaks From the Heartland
The author's latest book, My Three Dads, blends personal memory with American history, offering incisive cultural criticism that turns to small-town values to understand American i...
Oct 7, 2022 / Q&A / Brianna Di Monda
War or Peace Is the Most Neglected Issue on the November Ballot War or Peace Is the Most Neglected Issue on the November Ballot
But most Americans don’t know it because the media isn’t asking candidates about disarmament, diplomacy, and out-of-control military spending.
Oct 6, 2022 / John Nichols
British Prime Minister Liz Truss Is No Margaret Thatcher British Prime Minister Liz Truss Is No Margaret Thatcher
The Tory leader's pledge to deliver neoliberal “shock therapy” brought her own party conference to the brink of open revolt.
Oct 6, 2022 / Steve Howell
Princeton Activists Just Won a Historic Victory for Climate Research Princeton Activists Just Won a Historic Victory for Climate Research
After a decade of student organizing, Princeton made a pledge to divest its endowment and reject fossil fuel money. Will more universities follow?
Oct 6, 2022 / StudentNation / Chelsey Gilchrist and Claire Kaufman
Do Sanctions Work? Do Sanctions Work?
A new history examines their use in the past and considers their effectiveness for the future.
Oct 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / James Stafford
Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop the Fighting in Ukraine Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop the Fighting in Ukraine
Kyiv deserves our economic support and military aid, but not American troops or nuclear ambiguity.
Oct 6, 2022 / Kai Bird for The Nation
Hervé Guibert’s Last Laugh Hervé Guibert’s Last Laugh
His last novel, My Manservant and Me, was a bracing satire of illness, aging, and the representation of gay life in literature.
Oct 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Shiv Kotecha
Exclusive: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Used Covid Aid to Pay for a Border Wall Exclusive: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Used Covid Aid to Pay for a Border Wall
Texas steered $1 billion in federal pandemic dollars to Operation Lone Star, which was used to hire thousands of guards, expand the wall, and bus migrants out of state.
Oct 6, 2022 / Barbara Koeppel
Aaron Judge Is Great—but Don’t Erase Barry Bonds Aaron Judge Is Great—but Don’t Erase Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds is not regarded as the home run king, but he should be.
Oct 5, 2022 / Dave Zirin