The Exiled Palestinian Poet Fighting Censorship in Democracies The Exiled Palestinian Poet Fighting Censorship in Democracies
Ghayath Almadhoun had a poetry event in Berlin canceled simply because he’s Palestinian. At least 200 more artists have been silenced over Palestine in Germany since.
Nov 29, 2024 / Ghayath Almadhoun
A 150-Year Critique of the Electoral College A 150-Year Critique of the Electoral College
As far back as the 1870s, The Nation opposed the existence of the Electoral College as "so grotesque as to be almost ludicrous.”
Nov 28, 2024 / Richard Kreitner
What’s—Still—the Matter With Kansas? What’s—Still—the Matter With Kansas?
As recent events bear out, when Thomas Frank lamented, “We’ll have to drag the Democrats kicking and screaming to victory" in 2017, if anything he was understating the challenge.
Nov 27, 2024 / Column / Erica Etelson
The Impossible Story of Communism The Impossible Story of Communism
How do you tell the history of a global movement in all its hope and contradiction?
Nov 26, 2024 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
In the Zone of the Rich In the Zone of the Rich
In The Hidden Globe, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian examines what globalization has come to look like for the wealthy.
Nov 26, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Vanessa Ogle
The Discontents of Michel Houellebecq The Discontents of Michel Houellebecq
What happened to the French novelist?
Nov 25, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Cole Stangler
Sundays With Noel Sundays With Noel
Noel Parmentel was, according to his former lover and mentee, Joan Didion, the ‘outsider who lived by his ability to manipulate the inside.’
Nov 22, 2024 / Obituary / Richard Lingeman
The Perils of a Post-Racial Utopia The Perils of a Post-Racial Utopia
In Nicola Yoon’s One of Our Kind, a dystopian novel of a Black upper-class suburb’s secrets, she examines the dangers of choosing exceptionalism over equality.
Nov 21, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse