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The Magic and Mischief of Xi Xi

The Magic and Mischief of Xi Xi The Magic and Mischief of Xi Xi

Her penchant for transforming taboo subjects—death, illness, or gender—into fodder for intellectual delight made her one of Hong Kong's great writers.

Oct 15, 2024 / Karen Cheung

Residents are rescued on October 10, 2024, from a flooded apartment complex in Clearwater, Florida, after the passage of Hurricane Milton.

Florida Lawmakers’ Climate Denialism Is Pure, Unadulterated Lunacy Florida Lawmakers’ Climate Denialism Is Pure, Unadulterated Lunacy

Climate change will only make future hurricane seasons worse. So why are Florida legislators pretending like nothing’s amiss?

Oct 14, 2024 / Craig Pittman

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH, speaks at a campaign rally on Saturday, October 5, 2024, in Cincinnati. Ohio.

To Restore Abortion Rights, Democrats Must Win the Senate To Restore Abortion Rights, Democrats Must Win the Senate

If Democrats manage to win the White House but lose the Senate, then people in GOP-controlled states will continue to be forced to bring pregnancies to term against their will.

Oct 14, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Kamala Harris, with Liz Cheney behind her, smiles and clutches her hand. A banner reads Country Over Party behind.

The Harris Campaign Needs a Course Correction The Harris Campaign Needs a Course Correction

The vice president’s eager embrace of Republican support is one sign that the mistakes of 2016 are being repeated.

Oct 14, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Signs wait ready for use as United Auto Workers members and supporters picket outside the Stellantis NV Toledo Assembly Complex in Toldeo, Ohio, on September 22, 2023.

The Call Is Out for Mass, Simultaneous Strikes in 4 Years The Call Is Out for Mass, Simultaneous Strikes in 4 Years

These labor leaders are organizing for 2028. Cooperation across unions and sectors—if carried out on a large scale—would be unprecedented in the 21st-century United States.

Oct 14, 2024 / Sarah Lazare

Nation Poetry

FIGURE EIGHT FIGURE EIGHT

Oct 14, 2024 / Poems / Daniel Moysaenko

German Jewish refugees looking through portholes aboard an ocean liner arriving in Antwerp, 1939.

What the Jewish History of Exile Means Now What the Jewish History of Exile Means Now

A recent book on Jewish identity before and after Zionism shows the limitations of a progressive critique that doesn't truly account for the experience of Palestinians.

Oct 14, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Eli Rudavsky

How Abortion Bans Created a Crisis in Medical Education

How Abortion Bans Created a Crisis in Medical Education How Abortion Bans Created a Crisis in Medical Education

The post-Dobbs system for residents' training in abortion care may not be adequate to meet the needs of pregnant patients.

Oct 14, 2024 / Rachel Rebouché

A Study Reveals CNN and MSNBC’s Glaring Gaza Double Standard

A Study Reveals CNN and MSNBC’s Glaring Gaza Double Standard A Study Reveals CNN and MSNBC’s Glaring Gaza Double Standard

Palestinians received far less sympathetic and humanizing coverage than either Israelis or Ukrainians, a Nation analysis has found.

Oct 14, 2024 / Adam Johnson and Othman Ali

Pro-Palestine student protest

What’s Next for the Pro-Palestine Student Movement? What’s Next for the Pro-Palestine Student Movement?

“We are not just going to let campus life start as normal."

Oct 14, 2024 / StudentNation / Urvi Kumbhat and Sophie Bandarkar

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