Books and Ideas

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

How to Brazenly, Publicly, Out-in-the-Openly Steal an Election How to Brazenly, Publicly, Out-in-the-Openly Steal an Election

Trump smash democratic norms!

Sep 29, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Hiroshima

How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War

In 1946, a New Yorker report following six survivors of the Hiroshima atomic blast forced an entire country to look in the mirror.

Sep 28, 2020 / Nick Turse

He Taught Gorbachev

He Taught Gorbachev He Taught Gorbachev

Stephen Cohen was an active participant in the democratic changes in Russia, and he will always be remembered as such.

Sep 25, 2020 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Claudia Rankine Wants Us to Talk

Claudia Rankine Wants Us to Talk Claudia Rankine Wants Us to Talk

A conversation with the writer about her new book, Just Us, which is a close reading of the language and affects that go into our understanding of race.

Sep 24, 2020 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump Is Feeding the Monster Trump Is Feeding the Monster

Beware the thing that ate America’s brain!

Sep 22, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

‘The Nation’ Unveils New Look, New Logo With Inaugural Redesigned Issue, ‘The Drowned and the Saved’

‘The Nation’ Unveils New Look, New Logo With Inaugural Redesigned Issue, ‘The Drowned and the Saved’ ‘The Nation’ Unveils New Look, New Logo With Inaugural Redesigned Issue, ‘The Drowned and the Saved’

With 20 percent more pages in each issue, and four special double issues per year, the new Nation offers even more room for vivid reporting, rigorous debate, long-form analysis, an...

Sep 22, 2020 / Press Room

Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College?

Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College? Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College?

The system that is nobody’s first choice.

Sep 22, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

The New Look of ‘The Nation’

The New Look of ‘The Nation’ The New Look of ‘The Nation’

Our print magazine’s relationship to the world we cover has changed—now so have we.

Sep 22, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan

At a Military Cemetery, Trump Reflects on His Only War Hero

At a Military Cemetery, Trump Reflects on His Only War Hero At a Military Cemetery, Trump Reflects on His Only War Hero

He was the very model of a neighborhood podiatrist. For he could find the bone spurs that these losers’ doctors always missed. So if your name was on the list of those he needed to…

Sep 22, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Stephen F. Cohen, 1938–2020

Stephen F. Cohen, 1938–2020 Stephen F. Cohen, 1938–2020

Мой Cтив (My Steve): A personal recollection of Stephen F. Cohen, who died on September 18 at the age of 81.

Sep 21, 2020 / Obituary / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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