Could Elizabeth Warren Be the Next Treasury Secretary?
The Massachusetts senator is lobbying for the position and is expected to meet with President-elect Biden to make her case.
Eoin HigginsElection 2020
The High Cost of Defeating Donald Trump
Joe Biden built an impressive coalition to defeat a sitting president. Too bad he did so at the expense of his own party.
Jeet HeerElection 2020
John Kasich Contributed Nothing to Biden’s Election, So Why Should Democrats Listen to His Claptrap?
Kasich claims the left harmed Democrats. Wrong. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and movements boosted turnout and helped swing key states.
John NicholsUS Wars and Military Action
The Children of Fallujah: The Medical Mystery at the Heart of the Iraq War
Since the 2003 invasion, doctors in Fallujah have been reporting a sharp rise in birth defects among the city’s children—and to this day, no one knows why.
Laura GottesdienerLatest from The Nation
Today 2:07 pm Immigration Policy
Cameroonian Asylum Seekers Say They Face Violent Persecution Upon Deportation
Immigrant rights advocates allege that ICE detainees are being coerced, sometimes violently, into signing their own removal papers and returned to a country that is arresting and beating them.
John Washington
Today 5:45 am Autobiography and Memoir
Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait
November 7, 2020
Jared Kushner: Nepotism at Work
November 6, 2020 Politics
Joe Biden: The Decency Is the Point
Politics
The Election Nobody Won
A narrow Biden victory offers four years of gridlock—and that’s the best-case scenario.
Edward Burmila
The Biden-Harris Victory Brings ‘an Outpouring of Joy, Hope, Renewed Faith’
In cities nationwide, a spontaneous celebration erupts as Trump is defeated and voters usher in “a new day for America.”
John Nichols
From Philadelphia With Love and Rage
The prevailing feeling was that Trump’s loss was our gain, and with that came raucous joy.
Kim Kelly
World
A New Constitution: What the United States Can Learn From Chile
Do the problems that beset us, so similar to those that plague our Chilean brothers and sisters, not cry out for a radical reimagining of who we are?
Ariel Dorfman
For Persian Gulf Migrant Workers, the Pandemic Has Amplified Systemic Discrimination
Trapped in crowded, unsafe accommodations with little access to health care, millions have been abruptly deprived of income.
Sarah Aziza
Could Colombian Politicians Help Trump Win Florida?
The Trump campaign is using disinformation and red-baiting tactics exported from Colombia to sway Florida’s Latinx vote.
Miguel Salazareditor’s picks
Nation Voices
Culture
Don’t Hide the Art of Philip Guston
We should be able to distinguish racist imagery from imagery depicting racists.
Barry Schwabsky
When Raving Was Radical
Rainald Goetz’s 1998 novel captures both the complicated politics of the German electronic music scene and the chaotic experience of a night lost to dancing.
Rachel Hahn
Watch and Listen
View: How Many Cameras Does One Protest Need?
Livestreamers and citizen journalists are providing constant, steady footage of the protests for Black Lives. Is that a good thing?
November 3, 2020
Listen: The Election and the Streets of DC
Deadspin’s Chuck Modiano joins the show to talk about recent police violence protests in DC.
November 3, 2020
View: Along the Keystone XL Pipeline, Hoping for a Miracle
This election could decide whether one of the most destructive fossil fuel projects continues to be built, or is brought to a halt.
October 27, 2020
From the Magazine
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November 16/23, 2020, Issue
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Editorial
The Supreme Court Has Never Been on the Side of Working People By D.D. Guttenplan and The Nation
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Feature
The Children of Fallujah: The Medical Mystery at the Heart of the Iraq War By Laura Gottesdiener
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Books & the Arts
Michael Apted’s Flawed but Brilliant Epic of British Social Life By Susan Pedersen
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