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Randall Kennedy Says It Loud

Randall Kennedy Says It Loud Randall Kennedy Says It Loud

A conversation with the Harvard law professor about his new essay collection, the state or racial politics, campus activism, and much more.

Jan 6, 2022 / Q&A / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

What Conservative Justices Talk About When They Talk About Religious Liberty

What Conservative Justices Talk About When They Talk About Religious Liberty What Conservative Justices Talk About When They Talk About Religious Liberty

The conservative majority on the US Supreme Court has honed a new, radical approach to religious liberty, the significance of which cannot be overstated.

Jan 6, 2022 / Katherine Franke for The Nation

Amazon warehouse in Eastvale

Welcoming Our Robot Overlords Welcoming Our Robot Overlords

Corporations like Amazon have lives of their own—and they control ours.

Jan 6, 2022 / Olúfémi O. Táíwò

Nation Poetry

Stay Stay

after Dr. Elizabeth Sawin If only someone had told you your true extent how you connect to mountain glaciers and tropical orchids. How this is your time for young children, excessi…

Jan 6, 2022 / Poems / Elizabeth Metzger

Ai Weiwei

No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China No Other Way to Live: Why Ai Weiwei Left China

Xi Jinping’s tenure has been marked by harsh crackdowns on human rights activism.

Jan 6, 2022 / Yaqiu Wang

Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice?

Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice? Will Garland Do What It Takes to Bring the Insurrectionists to Justice?

A lot is riding on the attorney general’s prosecution of January 6 insurrectionists—including whether future coup plotters think they’ll be able to get away with it.

Jan 5, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Sen. Joe Manchin

Joe Manchin Is Tired of Your Tiresome Questions Joe Manchin Is Tired of Your Tiresome Questions

But he’ll keep talking anyway because he loves the sound of his own voice. Happy Senate New Year!

Jan 5, 2022 / Joan Walsh

Double Vision

Double Vision Double Vision

What do you see?

Jan 5, 2022 / OppArt / Anonymous and Fly Orr

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When Big Brother Is Your Boss: The Rise of Surveillance Wages When Big Brother Is Your Boss: The Rise of Surveillance Wages

Everything the Internet knows about you may end up being used against you by your employer.

Jan 5, 2022 / Zephyr Teachout

Mission Accomplished

2 Decades of Military Force Got Us Nowhere 2 Decades of Military Force Got Us Nowhere

Twenty years of war, around $6 trillion, and nearly 1 million corpses later, there are now more terrorist groups than in 2001.

Jan 5, 2022 / Nick Turse

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