The Radical Origins of Self-Help Literature The Radical Origins of Self-Help Literature
How did the genre of self-help go from one focused on collective empowerment to one serving the class hierarchy as it stands?
Nov 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
‘The Nation’ Unveils New Look, New Logo With Inaugural Redesigned Issue, ‘The Drowned and the Saved’ ‘The Nation’ Unveils New Look, New Logo With Inaugural Redesigned Issue, ‘The Drowned and the Saved’
With 20 percent more pages in each issue, and four special double issues per year, the new Nation offers even more room for vivid reporting, rigorous debate, long-form analysis, an...
Sep 22, 2020 / no-paywall / Press Room
Publishers Are Taking the Internet to Court Publishers Are Taking the Internet to Court
In a lawsuit against the Internet Archive, the largest corporations in publishing want to change what it means to own a book.
Sep 10, 2020 / Maria Bustillos
Milton Glaser, 1929–2020 Milton Glaser, 1929–2020
Luckily for The Nation, Milton’s first rule was “You can only work for people you like.”
Jul 10, 2020 / Editorial / Victor Navasky
The Ingenuity Keeping Indie Bookstores Going The Ingenuity Keeping Indie Bookstores Going
Amazon and the pandemic have left indie bookstores in a bind. They’re reinventing from the inside out.
May 12, 2020 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Let the Killing Stop Let the Killing Stop
Kurt Vonnegut’s earliest recorded speech implored a bungling administration to stop committing brutalities. Little has changed.
Mar 31, 2020 / Kurt Vonnegut
Emily Nemens Talks Baseball and the Art of the Quarterly Emily Nemens Talks Baseball and the Art of the Quarterly
With the baseball season delayed, the new book by the editor of The Paris Review, The Cactus League, is a salve for fans.
Mar 25, 2020 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini
We Need Multilingual Student Journalism We Need Multilingual Student Journalism
How the news is presented should not hinder anyone from staying informed. As student journalists, we can make sure of that.
Mar 13, 2020 / StudentNation / Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg
Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel
How a revitalized magazine with its roots in American communism captured the Jewish left.
Feb 6, 2020 / Q&A / Sarah M. Seltzer
A Realist’s Guide to Progressive Giving A Realist’s Guide to Progressive Giving
Your tax dollars end up doing a lot of harm. Here’s a way to offset the damage.
Dec 20, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt