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“Gossip Girl” and the Demented Culture of Fame

“Gossip Girl” and the Demented Culture of Fame “Gossip Girl” and the Demented Culture of Fame

HBO’s reboot of the teen drama explores how the rich and famous make their lives consumable for the rest of us.

Oct 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

Nation Poetry

In the New Year In the New Year

Sun on my face and the train slips into the tunnel. Dim reflection confronts. Perhaps I am lacking in something substantial like iron, or virtue. How easy it is to hurt someone, ho…

Oct 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Rao

Nation Poetry

We Came Here to Get Away From You We Came Here to Get Away From You

Port Townsend, Washington Downhill, a skeleton of an orca suspended: a female beached; belly full, at that time, of seal and fish; the seal and fish full, at that time of poison. T…

Oct 19, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Donika Kelly

Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Was Designed to Fail

Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Was Designed to Fail Biden’s Supreme Court Commission Was Designed to Fail

The commission was set up to give the president and Senate Democrats cover for total inaction on court reform, and its draft findings do just that.

Oct 18, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Welcome to the USA

Welcome to the USA Welcome to the USA

Abortion is health care, guns are death…

Oct 18, 2021 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

“The Nation” Launches “Going for Broke With Ray Suarez,” a New Podcast Hosted by the Veteran Broadcast Journalist

“The Nation” Launches “Going for Broke With Ray Suarez,” a New Podcast Hosted by the Veteran Broadcast Journalist “The Nation” Launches “Going for Broke With Ray Suarez,” a New Podcast Hosted by the Veteran Broadcast Journalist

In partnership with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, our latest podcast is about what it’s like to be failed by the promise of the American Dream—as well as radical possibi...

Oct 18, 2021 / Press Room

Jessica Johnson and Albert Oldcrow, two of the three hosts of Beyond Bows and Arrows

“Beyond Bows and Arrows”: Indigenous Radio in Texas “Beyond Bows and Arrows”: Indigenous Radio in Texas

Two hours of escape and connection.

Oct 18, 2021 / Pauly Denetclaw

Dollar bill

Poverty Can Happen to Anyone Poverty Can Happen to Anyone

Our new podcast, Going for Broke, lets Americans living on the edge have the last word.

Oct 18, 2021 / Podcast / Ray Suarez

Mark Zuckerberg stares down at his lap

Mark Zuckerberg Knows Exactly How Bad Facebook Is Mark Zuckerberg Knows Exactly How Bad Facebook Is

Whistleblower testimony proves the social media giant is harmful and dishonest, and can't be trusted to regulate itself.

Oct 18, 2021 / Column / Jeet Heer

How NOT to Talk About Race

How NOT to Talk About Race How NOT to Talk About Race

The right wants to convince America that critical race theory is a sinister program of indoctrination.

Oct 18, 2021 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams

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