Road Trip to Nowhere Road Trip to Nowhere
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's reality show is an ungainly mix of corporate corruption and MAGA agitprop.
Aug 24, 2026 / Henry Burke
Oxford and Cambridge Have Always Been Racist Oxford and Cambridge Have Always Been Racist
I was one of the few Black scholars at both institutions. I understand—and loathe—how their tendency to undermine the suffering of Black people led to Jason Arday’s demise.
Aug 22, 2026 / Gazelle Mba
The Hollywood Gerrymander The Hollywood Gerrymander
The proposed Paramount/Warner Bros. merger does not just represent media monopoly—it is another form of gerrymandering, of rigging the rules to limit who has power.
Aug 20, 2026 / Rashad Robinson
Our Court Jesters Are Disappearing Just When We Need Them Most Our Court Jesters Are Disappearing Just When We Need Them Most
In this authoritarian moment, we need defiant comedy more than ever.
Aug 3, 2026 / Kali Holloway
Universities Say They Value a Free Press. Student Journalists Tell a Different Story. Universities Say They Value a Free Press. Student Journalists Tell a Different Story.
The student press is facing a growing wave of censorship and institutional obstruction
Jul 30, 2026 / StudentNation / Ella Carter-Klauschie
Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Trump Humiliated a Submissive Mainstream Media at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
His speech was racist, homophobic, vindictive, and soul-crushingly unfunny—and the journalists in the crowd didn’t seem to care.
Jul 27, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Paying Tribute to Richard Lingeman—Longtime Executive Editor and a Quiet Force at “The Nation” for More Than Three Decades Paying Tribute to Richard Lingeman—Longtime Executive Editor and a Quiet Force at “The Nation” for More Than Three Decades
A man of few spoken words, on the page he was a marvel.
Jul 17, 2026 / Obituary / Nation Contributors
Thomson Reuters Is Profiting Off of ICE’S Reign of Terror Thomson Reuters Is Profiting Off of ICE’S Reign of Terror
And they’re trying to silence whistleblowers.
Jul 16, 2026 / Carl Ginsburg
Mayor Mamdani vs. the “New York Post” (and Its Ilk) Mayor Mamdani vs. the “New York Post” (and Its Ilk)
The broad swath of centrist Democrats and conservatives who have hoped to wound Mamdani enough to sap him of political capital are still figuring out how to land real blows.
Jul 15, 2026 / Ross Barkan