How Racist Car Dealers KO’d Joe Louis How Racist Car Dealers KO’d Joe Louis
A never-before-published tranche of letters reveals the white-collar racism that prevented the world’s most popular athlete from selling Fords.
May 8, 2023 / Silke-Maria Weineck
The Conviction of Lucinda Williams The Conviction of Lucinda Williams
The Nation spoke with the singer-songwriter about her political commitments, her battles with the music industry, and her new memoir Don’t Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You.
May 4, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Emma Hager
We’re Still Getting Our Pandemic Preparation Horribly Wrong We’re Still Getting Our Pandemic Preparation Horribly Wrong
Until we focus on the combustible social conditions that made Covid so devastating, we’ll never be truly ready for the next pandemic.
Apr 21, 2023 / Martha Lincoln and Anne N. Sosin
What “The Last of Us” Could Never Do What “The Last of Us” Could Never Do
The HBO series exposed all the limits of video game adaptations.
Apr 20, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Caitlin Clark’s Lesson for White Athletes: Don’t Be a MAGA Pawn Caitlin Clark’s Lesson for White Athletes: Don’t Be a MAGA Pawn
When given the lucrative chance to demonize a rival player, Clark chose a different path.
Apr 7, 2023 / Dave Zirin
Democrats Can Win on Trans Issues—but Only if They Fight Democrats Can Win on Trans Issues—but Only if They Fight
Though culture war bigotry loses at the ballot box, centrist Democrats have been too quick to surrender.
Apr 7, 2023 / Jeet Heer
A Dream and a Lie: Ron DeSantis’s Twisted Race Pedagogy A Dream and a Lie: Ron DeSantis’s Twisted Race Pedagogy
The ultimate aim of the Florida governor’s education platform is to depoliticize actually existing Black history
Mar 27, 2023 / Anthony Conwright
A Meditation on Trans-Species Love A Meditation on Trans-Species Love
The Nation spoke with Shaunak Sen, whose film All That Breathes follows a bird hospital in New Dehli and the monumental mission of saving a city's dying black kites.
Mar 27, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jasmine Liu
The Long History of Conservative Indoctrination in Florida Schools The Long History of Conservative Indoctrination in Florida Schools
The top educational priorities in the Sunshine State were apparently reading, writing, and anti-communism.
Feb 27, 2023 / Tera W. Hunter
I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say. I Signed the “New York Times” Open Letter. I Have More to Say.
The Times is not alone in its obscene coverage of transgender people.
Feb 23, 2023 / Hanna Phifer