Ben Lerner’s Quandary
The Topeka School captures the novelist at a crossroads between politics and aesthetics, fiction and poetry.
Evan KindleyState and Local Elections
Amazon Is Spending Big to Oust Seattle’s Socialist Council Member
The tech giant has poured an unprecedented $1.45 million to influence Seattle’s City Council races. Can Kshama Sawant keep her seat?
Hallie GoldenDemocrats
We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Impeachment
A narrow and quick impeachment is no longer sufficient for a White House that flaunts its crimes.
Jeet HeerCongress
Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful
The civil rights movement veteran, who was a stalwart champion of unions, challenged abusive presidents, and called out Scott Walker for lying to Congress, died Thursday at 68.
John NicholsLatest from The Nation
October 18, 2019 Climate Change
Quebec Students Can Teach the World a Thing or Two About Striking
After all, they’ve been doing it for decades.
Miriam Lafontaine
October 18, 2019 Europe
Peter Handke’s Nobel Is a Celebration of Violence
October 18, 2019
Grim Weather Report
October 18, 2019 Fine Art
What Curators Don’t Get About Prison Art
October 18, 2019 Environment
Inside Trump’s War on Climate Science
October 18, 2019 Environment
The Greening of the New Deal
October 17, 2019 Television
In ‘Succession,’ Who Is the Joke Really On?
Politics
Colleges Are Spreading Trump’s Disingenuous Notion of ‘Free Speech’
In the name of free speech, universities are suppressing student protests in increasingly draconian ways.
P.E. Moskowitz
Impeach Him, Already!
Forget Ukraine. The reasons why Donald Trump should be impeached—and convicted—are nearly endless.
Rebecca Gordon 
Centrist Democrats Want You to Think They’re the Big Boys on the Stage
To stall the progressive momentum, the centrists are trying to recast their ideas as more pragmatic. The problem is, they’re not.
Elie MystalImpeachment
We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Impeachment
A narrow and quick impeachment is no longer sufficient for a White House that flaunts its crimes.
Jeet HeerImpeach Him, Already!
Forget Ukraine. The reasons why Donald Trump should be impeached—and convicted—are nearly endless.
Rebecca Gordon The Impeachment Crisis Just Got Worse for the GOP
Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to bring Pompeo and Pence down with him.
Joan WalshNation Voices
world
Quebec Students Can Teach the World a Thing or Two About Striking
After all, they’ve been doing it for decades.
Miriam Lafontaine
Ecuador Reaches a Deal—but Unrest May Return
Protesters in Ecuador win some concessions, but underlying problems remain.
Mark Weisbrot
Winning Hearts and Minds, but Not the Canadian Election
Always upbeat and killing it in the debates, Jagmeet Singh of the progressive NDP is picking up steam before next week’s election. If only good ideas were enough to sway voters.
Steven ZhouEU and UK Reach a Deal
How Boris Johnson Fell For America
Britain’s prime minister is a lifelong admirer of the US. How will Brexit change his—and his country’s—special relationship?
Jon AllsopBrexit Gives Its Former Colonies a Whiff of Schadenfreude
Britain is learning what many of its former colonies already know: Democracy requires constant vigilance.
Nanjala NyabolaThe Wheels Are Coming Off Britain
With Brexit, Britain is facing down a regressive, authoritarian, oligarch-backed far-right political project.
Rachel ShabiClimate Catastrophe
Climate Change
Pulling the Plug on PG&E
California’s recent blackout shows how desperately we need to replace private utilities with community-controlled, publicly owned, green energy systems.
Johanna BozuwaProfile
Democrats
Why Ilhan Omar Is the Optimist in the Room
The Minnesota representative is bringing an organizer’s mind-set to Congress.
David M. PerryFrom the Magazine
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Culture
Jedediah Purdy Has an Idea That Could Save Us From Capitalism and the Climate Crisis
We talked to the lawyer, theorist, and critic about his new book This Land Is Our Land, his concept of a moral political economy, and the legacies of Bush and Obama.
Aaron Bady
In ‘Succession,’ Who Is the Joke Really On?
The show is heralded as a nuanced and cutting critique of the 1 percent. But whose side is it really on?
Erin Schwartz
Danny Brown Is the Patron Saint of Rap Misfits
Uninterested in universal truths or uplifting mantras, the Detroit artist’s new album, uknowhatimsayin¿, takes pride in his singular life.
Stephen KearseWatch and Listen
Listen: Fear Is Changing Sides in Puerto Rico
Representative Manuel Natal Albelo is part of a movement inspiring a new generation of activists, and striking fear into the heart of the establishment.
October 15, 2019
Listen: Why Ryan O’Callaghan Hid His Sexuality From His NFL Teammates
Former New England Patriot Ryan O’Callaghan joins the show to talk about his new book, My Life on the Line.
October 8, 2019
View: More Than a Wall: Photos of 30 Years of Life Along the US-Mexico Border
Successive US administrations have sought to turn the borderlands into a land of death—but these photos prove it is very much a land of the living.
September 12, 2019
Signal:Noise
The Labor Movement
On the Picket Line With Chicago’s Teachers
The teachers, now on the second day of their strike, are fighting for the schools Chicago students deserve.
Alan MaassChicago’s Teachers Are Making History. Again.
Rank-and-file workers are finally taking back their unions, and strikes are spreading across the country as a result.
Jane McAleveyThe Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike
During Climate Week, why not show we can have economic and environmental justice?
Jane McAleveycolumnists
film reviews
A Long Journey Through the Ruins of Capitalism and the Cosmos
On Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite, Brad Pitt’s astronaut adventures in Ad Astra, and more.
Stuart KlawansThe Subversive Joy of ‘Hustlers’
Lorene Scafaria’s box office smash is a cinematic depiction of women rebels who try to steal back what capitalism has stolen from them.
Joshunda SandersBong Joon-ho’s ‘Parasite’ Stops Short of Class War
This upstairs-downstairs thriller pokes fun at inequality, but it’s hardly a call to arms.
E. Tammy Kimmusic
Chrissie Hynde Sets a New Standard
Valve Bone Woe uses Tin Pan Alley classics, musical theater numbers, jazz tunes, and more to show the Pretenders singer as the top of her game
David Hajdu
Danny Brown Is the Patron Saint of Rap Misfits
Uninterested in universal truths or uplifting mantras, the Detroit artist’s new album, uknowhatimsayin¿, takes pride in his singular life.
Stephen Kearse
Tegan and Sara’s Memoir Captures the Wonders and Terrors of Growing Up
We talked to Tegan Quin about adolescent artistry, how writing High School changed their music, and taking young women seriously.
Samantha Schuyler