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The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers

The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers The Industry Behind Your Filet-O-Fish Is Destroying Alaska’s Oceans and Rivers

While the deep-pocketed trawling industry rakes in millions, indigenous Alaskans, small-scale fisheries, and the state’s ecosystem are being left out to dry.

Oct 2, 2024 / Lois Parshley

Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento’s Endless Reinventions

Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento’s Endless Reinventions Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento’s Endless Reinventions

In a collaborative work, the two artists find a fusion of old and new that charts a path forward for jazz and pop’s future.

Oct 2, 2024 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz participate in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on October 1, 202,4 in New York City.

Walz Defended Reality—Even as Vance Took Full Advantage of CBS’s Failure to Fact-Check Walz Defended Reality—Even as Vance Took Full Advantage of CBS’s Failure to Fact-Check

In a debate where JD Vance lied and lied and lied, Tim Walz did double duty. In addition to making his own case, Walz had to defend the truth.

Oct 2, 2024 / John Nichols

Pete Rose holding a baseball mitt in position during a Cincinnati Reds game.

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… Wind and Solar Energy Use Surpasses Gas and Coal…

The fossil fuel industry laments.

Oct 1, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Sen. J.D. Vance onstage at a rally, surrounded by Trump/Vance signs.

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 in Washington, DC, on November 28, 2006.

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

Patrick Masengo Kalasa (middle) president of the political group Alliance de Forces Populaires de Katanga

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

After discovering Jane in 1971, Shannon joined Chicago’s famous abortion underground.

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

Kris Kristofferson circa 1970.

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

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