We Didn't Vanquish Polio. What Does That Mean for Covid-19?
The world is still reeling from the pandemic, but another scourge we thought we’d eliminated has reemerged.
Patrick CockburnPolitics
Trump's Embrace of QAnon Realizes the Dream of the Religious Right
For evangelicals and conservative Christians, the former president’s cult-like rallies have placed their ritualized militancy at the center of American politics.
Chris LehmannReligion
Republicans Are Ready to Declare the United States a Christian Nation
Sixty-one percent of the party’s base now favors ending the separation of church and state, as do a growing number of prominent Republicans.
John NicholsRadioactive Waste and Contamination
Cori Bush on Her Green New Deals for Cities
The Missouri congresswoman talks to The Nation about her climate bill and why St. Louis is overdue for investment.
Devin Thomas O’SheaCelebrating Latinx Heritage Month
The Latinx Future Will Not Look Like the Latinx Past
My generation is more outspoken—about inequality, assimilation, racism, and more—than those that came before.
Luis Manuel Diaz and Magnum FoundationThe Problem With Latinidad
A growing community of young, black, and indigenous people are questioning the very identity underpinning Hispanic Heritage Month.
Miguel SalazarAre Latino Voters Actually Fleeing the Democratic Party?
In Texas, unapologetically progressive Latinx candidates saw victories across the state, contradicting the claims of an exodus from the Democratic Party.
Steve PhillipsCulture
A Poet Confronts the Violent History of El Salvador
Christopher Soto’s Diaries of a Terrorist grapples with the the security ideology that shapes the Americas through poems that explore activism and resistance.
Danielle Mackey
Imani Perry’s Capacious History of the South
While the South is often dismissed as a region catching up to the rest of the country, Perry’s new book demonstrates why it has always been the key to defining the promise and limits of American democracy.
Robert Greene II
The Messy Politics of the NBA
Professional basketball finds itself at a crossroads—between its image as a do-gooder and a history of self-serving contradictions.
Jeremy Gordon
Politics
Trump's Embrace of QAnon Realizes the Dream of the Religious Right
For evangelicals and conservative Christians, the former president’s cult-like rallies have placed their ritualized militancy at the center of American politics.
Chris Lehmann
Cori Bush on Her Green New Deals for Cities
The Missouri congresswoman talks to The Nation about her climate bill and why St. Louis is overdue for investment.
Devin Thomas O’Shea
Tish James Got the Goods on the Trump Family Grift—Now What?
While it’s nice to learn more about the crimes Trump & Co. committed, what many of us really want is to know when he’ll be held accountable.
Elie MystalWorld
The Russian Military’s Ineptitude Almost Rivals Our Own
Putin’s plunge into Ukraine confirms that he learned nothing from the folly of post-9/11 US military policy.
Andrew J. Bacevich
Chile’s Constitutional Makeover, Take 2
The Boric government can recover from the lopsided rejection of Chile’s new Constitution by harnessing the energy behind the country’s reform movement.
John Dinges
The Far Right Has Already Had an Impact on Sweden’s Elections
With voting on September 11, the country’s center parties still have the power to freeze out the far-right Sweden Democrats. But will they use it?
Linda MannheimNation Voices
Watch and Listen
Listen: Chris Lehmann on Ron DeSantis Using Migrants as Pawns
On this week’s episode of The Time of Monsters, a discussion of how the GOP’s immigration gambit might boomerang.
September 21, 2022
Listen: Playing Through Fire: Athletes in an Age of Reaction
On this week’s episode of the Edge of Sports podcast, a talk about the role of the athlete during times of political upheaval.
September 9, 2022
