Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy

Too often, Democrats reinforce Republicans’ lie that the language of racial justice is the problem—instead of the injustices the language is trying to name.

Column / Kali Holloway

The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza

This is what humanitarian collapse looks like: vermin moving freely through garbage, ruined buildings, and tents—and attacking people wherever they go.

Huda Skaik

How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores

Everyone from RFK Jr. to social media influencers are telling us that the nutrient needs to be maximized in our diet as much as possible. But is that actually good for our bodies?…

Feature / Maya Vinokour

Latest

How to Close a Camp—With John Washington How to Close a Camp—With John Washington

Aug 17, 2026 / Podcast / Jonathan Smucker, Matt DaSilva, and Aaron Regunberg

Democrats Really, Really, Really Don’t Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising Democrats Really, Really, Really Don’t Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising

Aug 17, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

Trump’s Loose Grip on Reality Could Sink the Navy’s Ships Trump’s Loose Grip on Reality Could Sink the Navy’s Ships

Aug 17, 2026 / Jeet Heer

From Urban Housing to Rural Nursing Homes, the Working-Class Fight to Protect Public Goods From Private Buyers From Urban Housing to Rural Nursing Homes, the Working-Class Fight to Protect Public Goods From Private Buyers

Aug 17, 2026 / Gwen Frisbie-Fulton

Subscribe to the Print Mag

CURRENT ISSUE / August 11, 2026
Cover of September 2026 Issue open link in a new window Subscribe

Politics

Public goods like housing, healthcare, and education are under an unprecedented assault by private interests.

From Urban Housing to Rural Nursing Homes, the Working-Class Fight to Protect Public Goods From Private Buyers From Urban Housing to Rural Nursing Homes, the Working-Class Fight to Protect Public Goods From Private Buyers

Public goods were meant for us, but corporate interests want to take them away.

Gwen Frisbie-Fulton

Ken Martin speaks at the 2026 California Democratic Party State Convention in San Francisco, February 21, 2026.

We’re Longtime DNC Members—and We Support Ken Martin We’re Longtime DNC Members—and We Support Ken Martin

Many of those trying to bring the DNC chair down just want the party to continue to act as an ATM machine for their consultancies.

Larry Cohen and James Zogby

Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong speaks during a campaign rally on August 2, 2026, in Milwaukee.

Wisconsin Socialists Have a Proud History in the Democratic Party Wisconsin Socialists Have a Proud History in the Democratic Party

Long before Francesca Hong’s current bid for governor, the party was revitalized when it nominated a Milwaukee “sewer socialist” for governor.

John Nichols

Books & the Arts

View of apartment buildings in Manhattan

Bad Mothers and Monstrous Children Bad Mothers and Monstrous Children

Jordy Rosenberg’s “Night Night Fawn” offers a multigenerational tale of Marxists, Zionists, and estrangement.

Books & the Arts / Emmet Fraizer

The New York premiere of “Girls,” 2012.

Growing Up With “Girls” Growing Up With “Girls”

Lena Dunham and her generation enter midlife

Books & the Arts / Grace Byron

A still from “I Love Boosters.”

Boots Riley’s Communist Heist Film Boots Riley’s Communist Heist Film

Yes, it even has Marxist teleporters.

Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte

World

Teenagers walk by a military recruitment poster in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, in 2024.

Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel Conscription System Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel Conscription System

They are being written out of the narrative.

Dan Storyev

JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump in the Oval Office on April 23, 2026.

Trump’s Iran Disaster Is Making All His Cronies Look Like Fools Trump’s Iran Disaster Is Making All His Cronies Look Like Fools

Two foreign-policy camps are claiming Trump for themselves, while the Middle East fiasco humiliates every single one of them.

Column / David Klion

A woman carries an umbrella to shelter from the sun as pedestrians cross a street in the Kabukicho entertainment area of Shinjuku in central Tokyo on July 29, 2025.

How Japan’s Media Ecosystem Is Fighting Climate Change How Japan’s Media Ecosystem Is Fighting Climate Change

Hundreds of outlets across the country have joined the “I am the 89%” campaign.

Mark Hertsgaard

Features

“swipe left below to view more features”Swipe →
How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores

How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores

Everyone from RFK Jr. to social media influencers are telling us that the nutrient needs to be maximized in our diet as much as possible. But is that actually good for our bodies?…

Feature / Maya Vinokour

Is 2026 the Year of the Independent?

Is 2026 the Year of the Independent? Is 2026 the Year of the Independent?

An unprecedented number of candidates in this year’s midterms are running outside of the two-party system. What’s more, a lot of them could win.

Feature / John Nichols

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Linda McMahon.

Trump Is Writing Off Kids With Disabilities, but We Shouldn’t  Trump Is Writing Off Kids With Disabilities, but We Shouldn’t 

A broad coalition of organizations, lawmakers, and former Department of Education officials are calling to preserve the agency from Trump’s liquidation plans.

Feature / Regina Mahone

Latest Podcasts

The Nation produces various podcasts, including American Prestige, Tech Won’t Save UsContempt of Court with Elie Mystal, Start Making Sense with Jon Wiener, Time of Monsters with Jeet Heer, and Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin.

Subscribe

How to Close a Camp—With John Washington How to Close a Camp—With John Washington

Trump’s Chaotic Foreign Policy Trump’s Chaotic Foreign Policy

Podcast / The Time of Monsters

The US-Iran Standoff Over Hormus, the Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey Alliance, a West Bank Community Besieged by Israeli Settlers—and More The US-Iran Standoff Over Hormus, the Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey Alliance, a West Bank Community Besieged by Israeli Settlers—and More

Podcast / American Prestige

x