Elite Capitulation and Craven Cowardice
Columbia and Paul, Weiss are reprising the gutlessness last seen in the McCarthy era.
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May 2025 Issue
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Editorial
The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within
What old-school civics taught us about checks and balances isn’t working. The absence of a will to fight, to defend the institutions of liberal democracy, is breathtaking.
Jodi Dean for The Nation
Trump Has Created a Legal Nightmare
The president is using obscure statutes in shocking ways as part of his anti-immigrant witch hunt.
Syria’s New Rulers Get a Makeover
The country’s new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, has donned a suit, trimmed his beard, and dropped his nom de guerre. But Syrians are still afraid.
Trump Sets His Sights on “Eliminating” Public Education
Yesterday’s executive order would dismantle the Department of Education, shutting down programs American families rely on.
“Blues People” and Black Life: A Conversation With Imani Perry
We spoke with the scholar about Black in Blues, a poetic exploration of the relationship between the color blue and Black people.
“I’m Terrified”: Trans-Feminine Athletes in Their Own Words
In part two of a series, trans women athletes describe what it’s like to compete in the Trump era.
Ilhan Omar’s American Dream Is Strong Enough for These Times
Thirty years after she came to the US, the Minnesota representative keeps the faith in an America that will ultimately reject the divisive politics of Trump and his minions.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Abduction Is a Red Alert for Universities
Schools across America have a choice: Defend their students against Trump or be complicit in his crimes.
Column
Dominance Does Not Equal Competence
And Democrats need to stop buying into that message—it’s how bullies like Trump and Cuomo elbow their way into power.
The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals
As with earlier Red Scares, Democrats laid the groundwork for the current crackdown on dissent.
How Far Will 8 Years of Trump Set Back American Women?
The president and his cronies are committed to rolling progress back to the Stone Age. The effects could outlast his second term.
Feature
The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement
After mobilizing to defend democracy and meet people’s immediate needs, the radical Marxist organization emerged from the Bolsonaro regime stronger than ever.
The Democrats’ Lost Millions
The people who really decided the 2024 election are the ones who didn’t vote at all—and they could hold the key to a Democratic comeback.
In 2021, McDonald’s Promised to Fight Sexual Harassment—What Happened?
An investigation by The Nation and Type Investigations raises serious questions about the effectiveness of new global brand standards at stopping harassment at the fast food giant. Bryce Covert
Abortion Bans Upended Their Lives—Now They’re Fighting Back, One Story at a Time
Across the country, abortion storytellers are putting the struggle for reproductive freedom into powerful new words.
The Rapid and Dubious Rise of the Internet’s New Favorite Therapy
Internal Family Systems has been wholeheartedly embraced by celebrities and desperate patients alike. But is it a science—or a scam?
Books & the Arts
Donald Trump’s Long Con
Trump’s “Art of” trilogy may be full of willful exaggeration but the books also reveal how the 1980s and ’90s formed his dog-eat-dog worldview.
Agnes Callard and the Examined Life
In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in?
The Rebellions of Murray Kempton
One of his generation’s most prolific journalists, Kempton never turned a blind eye to the inequalities all around him.
What Caused the Irish Famine?
A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern era.
Zora Neale Hurston’s Lost Roman Epic
In The Life of Herod the Great, we get a novel full of intrigue, betrayal, and revolution.
Sigrid Nunez On and Off the Big Screen
Two new films—Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door and Scott McGehee and David Siegel’s The Friend—attempt to adapt her work. Do they succeed?
