Some Inconvenient Truths About Antisemitism and the Left Some Inconvenient Truths About Antisemitism and the Left
By ceding the space on antisemitism—responding when we are accused of it, but not taking up the fight against it as our cause—we’ve created a strategic opportunity for the right.
Feb 14, 2025 / Rachel Shabi
It’s Time for the Democrats to Throw Off the Dead Hand of Clintonism It’s Time for the Democrats to Throw Off the Dead Hand of Clintonism
More than 20 years after Bill Clinton left office, Democrats remain in the grips of his New Democrat politics. That’s a serious problem.
Feb 13, 2025 / Feature / Lily Geismer
The Nation Names New Columnists Zephyr Teachout, John Ganz, and David Klion "The Nation" Names New Columnists Zephyr Teachout, John Ganz, and David Klion
From crony capitalism to the culture wars, they will chronicle a new and tumultuous chapter in American democracy under a second Trump administration.
Feb 13, 2025
Henri Bergson’s States of Change Henri Bergson’s States of Change
Why did one of the early 20th century’s most famous philosophers go out of fashion?
Feb 11, 2025 / Books & the Arts / John Banville
The Making and Remaking of Karl Marx’s “Capital” The Making and Remaking of Karl Marx’s “Capital”
In the first English translation in half a century, Paul Reitter and Paul North distill the essence of the Marxist masterpiece by going back to basics.
Feb 10, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Alyssa Battistoni
Vigdis Hjorth and the Novel of Ugly Love Vigdis Hjorth and the Novel of Ugly Love
In If Only, the Norwegian novelist distills a story of romance into all its private discomfort and claustrophobia. Its intense ambivalence in regards to love feels truer to life. ...
Feb 4, 2025 / Books & the Arts / David Schurman Wallace
The Social Critic Who Predicted Big Tech’s Dark Turn The Social Critic Who Predicted Big Tech’s Dark Turn
Theodore Roszak and the perils of technocracy.
Jan 31, 2025 / Peter Richardson and Michael J. Kramer
Devastating Empathy: Jules Feiffer, 1929–2025 Devastating Empathy: Jules Feiffer, 1929–2025
The cartoonist and writer proved that the deadliest skewering is informed by understanding.
The Art of Reading Like a Translator The Art of Reading Like a Translator
In The Philosophy of Translation, Damion Searls investigates the essential differences—and similarities—between the task of the translator and of the writer.
Jan 30, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer