Gambling Is an Addiction. So Why Was Pete Rose an Outcast? Gambling Is an Addiction. So Why Was Pete Rose an Outcast?
The baseball legend was an example of not only the perils of gambling but also why the sports leagues’ embrace of the online-betting industry makes them predatory hypocrites.
Oct 1, 2024 / Obituary / Dave Zirin
Wind and Solar Energy Use Surpasses Gas and Coal… Wind and Solar Energy Use Surpasses Gas and Coal…
The fossil fuel industry laments.
Oct 1, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Abortion Bans—and Shaming—Aren’t Boosting Fertility Rates. What Does? Abortion Bans—and Shaming—Aren’t Boosting Fertility Rates. What Does?
Not only are abortion bans actively harmful to women and their families—they also don’t work to recreate the past as conservatives want them to.
Oct 1, 2024 / Elizabeth Gregory
Jimmy Carter, at 100, Is Best Honored by Listening to His Advice About the Middle East Jimmy Carter, at 100, Is Best Honored by Listening to His Advice About the Middle East
In interviews with The Nation over the years, the former president outlined an approach to foreign policy that respects Palestinian rights and charts a course toward peace.
Oct 1, 2024 / Q&A / John Nichols
What Happened to Patrick Masengo Kalasa? What Happened to Patrick Masengo Kalasa?
The longtime advocate for Katangese rights recently disappeared in the Democratic Republic of Congo. His friends fear for his life.
Oct 1, 2024 / Nicolas Niarchos
The Story of Sakinah Ahad Shannon, an Early Hero of Abortion Liberation The Story of Sakinah Ahad Shannon, an Early Hero of Abortion Liberation
Sakinah discovered Chicago’s Abortion Counseling Service, better known as Jane, because she wanted to help a friend. Then she became an essential part of it.
Oct 1, 2024 / Feature / Renee Bracey Sherman and Regina Mahone
How Kris Kristofferson Beat the Devil How Kris Kristofferson Beat the Devil
The country singer and actor has died at 88. His hard-won political commitments were fundamental to his closely observed, heartfelt writing.
Oct 1, 2024 / Obituary / Chris Lehmann
Extremist, Hypocritical, Weird: JD Vance Offers a Whole Array of Targets for Tim Walz Extremist, Hypocritical, Weird: JD Vance Offers a Whole Array of Targets for Tim Walz
With so many things to pounce on during the vice-presidential debate, where does Walz even begin?
Oct 1, 2024 / Joan Walsh
Alice Notley’s Roving “I” Alice Notley’s Roving “I”
In Being Reflected Upon, a memoir in verse, the poet moves through the moments of her life with an almost cosmic sense of knowingness.
Oct 1, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kathryn Scanlan
American Influence in the Middle East Is Evaporating Before Our Eyes American Influence in the Middle East Is Evaporating Before Our Eyes
Washington’s efforts in the Middle East have been profoundly undermined by its breathtaking hypocrisy.
Sep 30, 2024 / Juan Cole