Race and Ethnicity

A farmer feeds cattle in Montrose, Missouri.

White Farmers Are Getting a Taste of Their Own Medicine White Farmers Are Getting a Taste of Their Own Medicine

Trump’s tariffs and immigration raids are driving the latest farm crisis. White farmers have stood by him year after year—and still do.

Dec 12, 2025 / Kali Holloway

Jasmine Crockett at a hearing to examine the unlawful detention of US citizens and immigrants by federal immigration agents at the LA Metropolitan Water District.

Here’s What It Takes for a Democrat to Win in Texas Here’s What It Takes for a Democrat to Win in Texas

Jasmine Crockett can win the Texas Senate race—if voters of color get to the polls.

Dec 11, 2025 / Steve Phillips

Children eating Thanksgiving dinner in Harlem.

Make Thanksgiving Radical Again Make Thanksgiving Radical Again

The holiday’s real roots lie in abolition, liberation, and anti-racism. Let’s reconnect to that legacy.

Nov 27, 2025 / Kali Holloway

Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable

Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable

An interview with the author of a new book documenting the brutalities of childbirth in the post-Dobbs era.

Nov 25, 2025 / Regina Mahone

Flying While Brown and Bearded

Flying While Brown and Bearded Flying While Brown and Bearded

The director of the FBI and the mayor of the largest city in America now look like me. When will TSA stop singling us out?

Nov 22, 2025 / Shaan Sachdev

The White House Press Corps Is an Embarrassment

The White House Press Corps Is an Embarrassment The White House Press Corps Is an Embarrassment

In this week’s Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s justice correspondent digs into some of the failures of the fourth estate—along with a new gerrymandering case, Larry Summers, and more.

Nov 21, 2025 / Elie Mystal

A group welcomes Angelo Herndon to New York after his release on bail from the Georgia State Prison.

Angelo Herndon and the Radical Politics of Free Speech Angelo Herndon and the Radical Politics of Free Speech

The story ofhis landmark case reminds us of how powerful a popular front of socialists and liberals can be in protecting our civil liberties.

Nov 17, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Randall Kennedy

“Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.”

“Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.” “Nobody Blames the Landlord. They Just Take Away the Kids.”

All too often, when parents can’t afford safe housing, the solution child welfare services offer is putting their children in foster care.

Nov 17, 2025 / Feature / Bryce Covert

President Donald Trump at a rally with supporters in Butler, Pennsylvania, in October 2024.

The Heartbreaking Banality of Racist Chat Reveals The Heartbreaking Banality of Racist Chat Reveals

Anti-Blackness and race hate increasingly seem to be a rite of passage for white folks, no matter where they end up on the political spectrum.

Nov 14, 2025 / Kali Holloway

“We Have Breath Again”: Black Americans on Leaving the US for Mexico

“We Have Breath Again”: Black Americans on Leaving the US for Mexico “We Have Breath Again”: Black Americans on Leaving the US for Mexico

The Americans recently relocating to San Miguel de Allende are a new kind of “expat,” a word they refuse to call themselves.

Nov 14, 2025 / Rebekah Sager

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