Populists Can’t Be Populist if They Suppress the Vote Populists Can’t Be Populist if They Suppress the Vote
The crusade against ballot access, like virtually every other facet of Trump’s agenda, does nothing to serve the interests of “the people,” but our press is too brain-dead to noti...
Sep 16, 2026 / Column / Chris Lehmann
Edward Said: Between Worlds Edward Said: Between Worlds
A new film biography depicts the Palestinian writer as still out of place—and ahead of his time.
Sep 15, 2026 / D.D. Guttenplan
We Are Living Under Roy Cohnian Logic We Are Living Under Roy Cohnian Logic
The political fixer created a career for himself as a self-promoting, ubiquitous hustler. Like Trump, he got away with it by having the right friends.
Sep 15, 2026 / Kai Bird
Imani Thompson’s Grad-School Thriller Imani Thompson’s Grad-School Thriller
In Honey, the novelist offers a different take on the campus satire.
Sep 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme
The Palestine of Soraya Antonius and Annemarie Jacir The Palestine of Soraya Antonius and Annemarie Jacir
In The Lord and in Palestine ’36, the story of Mandatory Palestine comes into focus.
Sep 9, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism
Molly Crabapple’s Here Where We Live Is Our Country revisits the past of the Jewish Labor Bund and considers what it might mean for our future.
Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins
Can We Save Democracy? Can We Save Democracy?
Hélène Landemore’s case for an alternative system of popular government.
Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Osita Nwanevu
Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read
The Florida Senate candidate responded to Republican book-banning schemes by opening a bookstore.
Sep 8, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation
Love and Literature in Leslie Fiedler’s America Love and Literature in Leslie Fiedler’s America
When will the American novel grow up?
Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick