A Texas Prison Guard Punishes a Woman for Talking About Abortion A Texas Prison Guard Punishes a Woman for Talking About Abortion
Legal experts told The Nation it’s not illegal. But that didn’t stop one guard from moving a woman to extreme isolation after sharing sexual health information.
May 2, 2023 / Victoria Law
Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power Iowa Starbucks Workers Want a Nice Hot Cup of Union Power
Workers at the company’s Iowa City store are on the cusp of making some history.
May 2, 2023 / Dave Leshtz
Lamar Jackson Made the Billionaires Blink Lamar Jackson Made the Billionaires Blink
After a two-year odyssey, the MVP quarterback scores a contract that was even more about power than about money.
May 2, 2023 / Dave Zirin
This Could Be the Most Important Democratic Primary of 2023 This Could Be the Most Important Democratic Primary of 2023
A scandal-scarred, anti-abortion state senator could help crush reproductive freedom in Virginia—unless his progressive challenger defeats him.
May 2, 2023 / John Nichols
A New Form of Propaganda Has Targeted the Central African Republic A New Form of Propaganda Has Targeted the Central African Republic
A report from Meta shows that groups in Russia and France are battling for political influence over one of Africa’s largest diamond and uranium exporters.
May 2, 2023 / Nanjala Nyabola
Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty’s Lifelong Argument Alasdair MacIntyre and Richard Rorty’s Lifelong Argument
While in many ways their careers ran parallel to each other, the two philosophers disagreed about whether liberalism could—and should—be saved.
May 2, 2023 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
The Political Aftershock of Turkey’s Devastating Earthquake The Political Aftershock of Turkey’s Devastating Earthquake
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has never let a crisis go to waste, hopes to use money and the need for reconstruction after the quake—not jail sentences—to prevail in this mon...
Emptying Guantánamo Is Not the Same as Closing Guantánamo Emptying Guantánamo Is Not the Same as Closing Guantánamo
Unless the post-9/11 forever prison is permanently shuttered, it’s only a matter of time before one of Biden’s successors takes up Trump’s unrealized call to fill it back up with “...
May 2, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
New York’s Working Families Party Came Back From the Brink. Its Departing Leader Recalls the Battle. New York’s Working Families Party Came Back From the Brink. Its Departing Leader Recalls the Battle.
Andrew Cuomo declared war. Sochie Nnaemeka and allies fought back. She shares her thoughts on his successor and the state of the New York left.
May 1, 2023 / Joan Walsh