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Frank LaMere

The Injustices Endured by Native American Youths Continue to This Day The Injustices Endured by Native American Youths Continue to This Day

Countless Native American young people are being robbed of their chance to live safe and fulfilling lives.

Jun 1, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ukraine peace protest

We Need a Real Debate About the Ukraine War We Need a Real Debate About the Ukraine War

Those who provide history and context around the conflict should not be silenced or smeared.

May 24, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Nation Poetry

Snow Maze Snow Maze

  Everything feels cold I’d love a little warmth But I am stuck out here While they warm themselves By the fireplace or by the fire They have no bones And are completely ash I…

May 24, 2022 / Poems / Dorothea Lasky

the poet defends his right to a future and demands its immediate redistribution the poet defends his right to a future and demands its immediate redistribution

the right to be stone if you take the snow to the caribbean sea, it melts. if you destroy capital’s temperaments, we return. you can’t concoct water, only its forms. to interrupt t…

May 24, 2022 / Poems / Raquel Salas Rivera

Jeet Heer, The Time of Monsters

Jeet Heer Departs Substack for “The Nation” Jeet Heer Departs Substack for “The Nation”

The prodigal son returns to the award-winning progressive outlet full-time with a new podcast, newsletter, and title.

May 18, 2022 / Press Room

Police officer outside grocery store shooting site in Buffalo

The US Needs a Better Gun Policy. Democrats Can Make It Happen. The US Needs a Better Gun Policy. Democrats Can Make It Happen.

The gun control movement faces many challenges, but advocates’ passion is rising.

May 17, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Nation Poetry

Currency Communion Currency Communion

  the first time i ever read the word God was on a piece of money We The People every time i dug in my denims i was uprooting evil * i can make any color out of concrete if yo…

May 17, 2022 / Poems / Eduardo “Echo” Martinez

Nation Poetry

I Wake in the Dark I Wake in the Dark

I wake in the dark and reach out to snug you close and your arm comes free. It falls from your body like bread. Like wet rope. And my not yet wakened mind whispers, This is what i…

May 14, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Michael Bazzett

Ukainian refugees

Endless War in Ukraine Hurts National and Global Security Endless War in Ukraine Hurts National and Global Security

It is vital to step back from the emotions stirred by this conflict and assess our real security priorities.

May 11, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

We Cannot Rely on Billionaires to Create Necessary Guardrails on Social Media

We Cannot Rely on Billionaires to Create Necessary Guardrails on Social Media We Cannot Rely on Billionaires to Create Necessary Guardrails on Social Media

Nothing makes the case for public ownership of online public spaces like a billionaire proposing to buy one.

May 3, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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