Steven Thrasher on “The Viral Underclass” Steven Thrasher on “The Viral Underclass”
The Nation spoke with Thrasher about who makes up the viral underclass—the subject of his new book—and what we should do to confront the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Aug 11, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Charlotte Rosen
Summer in New York City! Summer in New York City!
Art and life in Harlem.
The Toxic History of the Salton Sea The Toxic History of the Salton Sea
A new book by Traci Brynne Voyles catalogs the alarming events that created one of the West’s most polluted bodies of water.
Aug 10, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Paoletta
Palestinian Resistance Tore Down the Green Line Long Ago Palestinian Resistance Tore Down the Green Line Long Ago
Despite their physical dispersal, the Palestinian people have never been more connected.
Aug 10, 2022 / Feature / Amjad Iraqi
The Line Separating Israel From Palestine Has Been Erased—What Comes Next? The Line Separating Israel From Palestine Has Been Erased—What Comes Next?
For 55 years, the Green Line has shut down our political imagination. Its disappearance gives us a chance to do things differently.
Aug 10, 2022 / Feature / Meron Rapoport
less hope less hope
apologies. i was part of the joy industrial complex, told them their bodies were miracles & they ate it, sold someday, made money off soon & now. i snuck an ode into the el…
Aug 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Danez Smith
Trump on Pence as Mob Constructs Gallows Trump on Pence as Mob Constructs Gallows
No calls for dispersal, just insults to Pence Was what Trump relayed to the crowd he harangued. He called Pence disloyal and things worse than that. No thanks to his boss did Mike…
Aug 9, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Keith Gessen’s Adventures in Parenting Keith Gessen’s Adventures in Parenting
In his new book about parenting, Gessen offers a tour of anxieties set in the semi-gentrified Brooklyn of the 2020s.
Aug 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Ryu Spaeth
Closure Closure
Is it the eight titanium pins around my knees or the fact that for three months the incisions were left open? I grew to know that plush of inside— the velvets, the iodine to preven…
Aug 9, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Sheila Black
Letters From the August 22/29, 2022, Issue Letters From the August 22/29, 2022, Issue
Gay liberation… Hooded justice…
Aug 9, 2022 / Our Readers