VIDEO Dave Zirin on Claiming Sports as a Place for Community Protest VIDEO Dave Zirin on Claiming Sports as a Place for Community Protest
Dave Zirin, The Nation’s sports editor, joined editorial director and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel and Nation readers for an intimate conversation about sports and sporting even…
Apr 30, 2021 / The Nation
What’s Up in DC: The Deep Partisan Divide on D.C. Statehood Won’t Be Overcome Until Democrats Play Hardball What’s Up in DC: The Deep Partisan Divide on D.C. Statehood Won’t Be Overcome Until Democrats Play Hardball
The House of Representatives voted April 22 for the Washington, D.C., Admission Act, the latest proposal to make the District of Columbia a state. Making D.C. a state should not ha…
Apr 26, 2021 / John Nichols
VIDEO Viet Thanh Nguyen Talks About the Rhetoric of Imperialism and Hate VIDEO Viet Thanh Nguyen Talks About the Rhetoric of Imperialism and Hate
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen joined The Nation for an intimate conversation about the power of language in challenging imperialism, colonialism, and hate; the lo…
Apr 23, 2021 / The Nation
Memories of ‘The Nation,’ Resilience, and Solidarity During 9/11 Memories of ‘The Nation,’ Resilience, and Solidarity During 9/11
It was going to be a perfect day; that much was clear from the start. It was one of those rare, glorious New York City days of low humidity and crisp blue skies, when the suffocati…
Apr 21, 2021 / Roane Carey
What’s Up in DC: A Key Democrat Thinks Meaningful Police Reform Can Win Senate Approval What’s Up in DC: A Key Democrat Thinks Meaningful Police Reform Can Win Senate Approval
Karen Bass is optimistic about prospects for meaningful police reform at the federal level. Representative Karen Bass says she has faith that the George Floyd Justice in Policing A…
Apr 19, 2021 / John Nichols
VIDEO Chesa Boudin and Sylvia A. Harvey Discuss Parenting and Incarceration VIDEO Chesa Boudin and Sylvia A. Harvey Discuss Parenting and Incarceration
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and journalist and author Sylvia A. Harvey joined The Nation for an intimate conversation about the impact of incarceration on parents…
Apr 16, 2021 / The Nation
Trump Bump Gives Way to Post-Trump Slump Trump Bump Gives Way to Post-Trump Slump
Sixty years ago the radical journalist I.F. Stone attended John F. Kennedy’s first press conference. Immune—or so he thought—to the new president’s charm, Stone had spent the 1960…
Apr 14, 2021 / D.D. Guttenplan
What’s Up in D.C.: The House Judiciary Committee Holds a Historic Session on Reparations This Week What’s Up in D.C.: The House Judiciary Committee Holds a Historic Session on Reparations This Week
The House Judiciary Committee will, on Wednesday, hold the first-ever markup for a plan to develop reparations proposals for African Americans. At the session, the committee will t…
Apr 12, 2021 / John Nichols
What’s Up in D.C.: Gregory Meeks Has an Agenda for Renewing House Influence on Foreign Policy What’s Up in D.C.: Gregory Meeks Has an Agenda for Renewing House Influence on Foreign Policy
Since Representative Gregory Meeks took over as chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in January, he has been a busy man. The committee has taken on major global issues and…
Apr 5, 2021 / John Nichols
Chinatown and the Rot of Nostalgia Chinatown and the Rot of Nostalgia
Hollywood just can’t let go of the 1970s. It was arguably the decade of its most fertile creative turmoil, a storied period where the old studio system bosses, worried about losing…
Apr 2, 2021 / Jeet Heer