A Listener’s Guide to Jazz From 1964–1972 A Listener’s Guide to Jazz From 1964–1972
A selection of the best recorded examples of the otherwise mostly undocumented music heard in jazz clubs like Slugs’.
Jan 14, 2025 / Feature / Ethan Iverson
Terrorist Attack in New Orleans Terrorist Attack in New Orleans
Jan 14, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Tale of Two Presidents A Tale of Two Presidents
Remembering Carter as we steel ourselves for Trump’s second inauguration.
Jan 14, 2025 / D.D. Guttenplan
First World? First World?
In 2018, President Trump referred to African countries, Haiti, and El Salvador as "shithole" nations during a meeting regarding immigration.
Jan 13, 2025 / OppArt / Judy Polstra
What the Fire Left Behind: Scenes From Los Angeles What the Fire Left Behind: Scenes From Los Angeles
The Nation’s Western correspondent, Sasha Abramsky, captures the destruction of the Palisades fire and the relics of the people who used to live in one debris zone.
Jan 13, 2025 / Photo Essay / Sasha Abramsky
A Year After Israel Bombed My Family’s Home, I'm Still Trapped in the Ruins A Year After Israel Bombed My Family’s Home, I'm Still Trapped in the Ruins
While the physical scars have mostly healed, the emotional ones remain as fresh as the day Israel brought my home down on me and my family.
Jan 13, 2025 / Feature / Mohammed R. Mhawish
Despite Trump’s Felony Conviction, Prosecutorial Liberalism Has Failed Despite Trump’s Felony Conviction, Prosecutorial Liberalism Has Failed
When voters are consumed with anti-system rage, a criminal rap sheet is no barrier to high office.
Jan 13, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Antony Blinken’s Legacy Is Buried Under the Rubble of Gaza Antony Blinken’s Legacy Is Buried Under the Rubble of Gaza
Despite valedictory speeches, the secretary of state will be remembered not for his successes—or his guitar playing—but for the humanitarian catastrophe he aided and abetted.
Jan 13, 2025 / Jonathan Guyer
The Worlds of Noam Chomsky The Worlds of Noam Chomsky
If ordinary Americans know one critic of the American Empire, it’s almost certainly Chomsky.
Jan 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Bessner