The Election Is Getting Down to the Wire
It seems increasingly likely is that we’re headed for a tight race that, as in 2020, will be decided by voters in a handful of states.
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October 2024 Issue
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“The Nation” Endorses Kamala Harris
In her own right, and because we oppose Donald Trump’s reactionary agenda.
Students Deserve Better Than Active-Shooter Drills
Until lawmakers decide that protecting our children is more important than protecting access to guns, we’ll continue to see students and their teachers die too soon.
Vaccines Work!
Want an easy way to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community? Make sure you get your shots.
Should the Government Break Up Big Corporations or Buy Them?
Matt Bruenig writes that governments should nationalize more companies while Zephyr Teachout argues that freedom requires decentralized power.
October 7, One Year Later
Palestinians and Israelis on 365 days of slaughter, devastation, grief, and resistance.
Lujayn and Mohammed R. Mhawish and Meron Rapoport
Images From Inside (and Outside) the DNC
Here’s a look at this week’s 2024 Democratic National Convention.
Column
Want to Build Worker Power? Ask an Architect.
You don’t have to wield a T-square to benefit from the field’s first collective bargaining agreement in decades.
Will White Women Finally Wise Up to Trump’s BS?
Is this a “Boys vs. Girls Election,” or yet another in which white women stick with white men?
Feature
Can Kamala Harris “Win It All”?
The Democrats could win control of Congress and the White House—if they run a truly national campaign.
How Immigration Became a Lightning Rod in American Politics
A single ecosystem of anti-immigrant think tanks and advocacy groups operated on the margins until Trump’s ascension to the presidency. Now it’s molded not only the GOP but also Democrats in ...
Mary Sully’s Astonishing Art Pictures American History Through Indigenous Eyes
A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum reveals how deeply embedded a Native woman’s perspective on our culture might be.
Mandate for Judicial Supremacy
Today’s Supreme Court was forged by the same institutions that created Project 2025—and its work this term will reflect their ambitions.
The Black Women of Jane
Sakinah Ahad Shannon discovered Chicago’s abortion underground because she wanted to help a friend. Then she became a critical part of it.
Books & the Arts
Sally Rooney’s Open Question
In Intermezzo, we get characters acting out their political commitments instead of just talking about them. But is their vision of domestic cooperation and familial love enough?
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The Scopes Trial and the Two Visions of US Democracy
A new history revisits “the Trial of the Century” and its legacy in contemporary politics.
The Rise and Fall of New York Clubbing
Emily Witt’s memoir of Brooklyn's rave scene accomplishes something that even the cynical among us cannot deny: It will make you want to go dancing.
The Ornery Intrigues of “Slow Horses”
Emblematic of post–prestige television drama, AppleTV+’s spy thriller relies on the dyspeptic repartee and verbal sparring instead of sophisticated plot twists.
