The Stain Steve Bannon Put on Donald Trump’s Presidency Cannot Be Washed Away
The White House chief strategist has had a profound influence on Trump and, tragically for America, that influence will linger.
John NicholsElections
A Mark Zuckerberg Presidency Isn’t Ridiculous—It’s Terrifying
The Facebook CEO destroyed privacy as we know it. Imagine what he’d do in the White House.
Jake BittleThe Right
Trump’s White House Is Turning a Blind Eye to White-Supremacist Terrorism
Right-wing extremists are behind numerous incidents of domestic terror, but the government has opted to ignore the threat.
David NeiwertActivism
The Secret to This Video Game? You Can’t Win.
Brave New Films created a game that mimics the feeling of being trapped in debt.
Robert GreenwaldLatest From The Nation
Yesterday 5:17 pm Media
Keep the Blame Where It Belongs
In the aftermath of the violence in Charlottesville, too many media outlets used headlines that implied that both sides were at fault.
Leslie Savan
Yesterday 10:37 am Arts and Entertainment
A Pitiless Heist Movie
August 17, 2017 Politics
It’s Not Hysterical to Recognize the Threat Trump Poses
August 17, 2017 Politics
Three Days in August
From the Magazine
-
-
-
“There are few places where one can still read courageous journalism. The Nation is one.” - Alec Baldwin
-
Charlottesville
Historical Amnesia About Slavery Is a Tool of White Supremacy
Where we have (mostly) condemned slavery, we as a country have refused to condemn its defenders.
Mychal Denzel SmithHow the Police Failed in Charlottesville
Police must learn from past protests to avoid stoking further violence.
Alex S. VitaleCharlottesville: Is America Becoming the Middle East?
Our neo-imperial wars may be coming home to roost.
Juan ColePolitics
Could Paul Manafort Bring Down the Whole Trump Family?
He sits atop a massive tangle of ties to Russia, pro-Russian Ukrainians, and shady New York real-estate deals.
Bob Dreyfuss
Fire the White Supremacists, Topple the Confederate Statues, Crack Down on the Violent Fascists
This is about more than Trump—this is about what America must do. Now.
John Nichols
It’s Not Hysterical to Recognize the Threat Trump Poses
Democracy, such as it is, really is in danger.
Katha PollittNation Voices
Culture
The Two Andrew Jacksons
Jacksonian democracy may have been liberating for some, but it was repressive for many others.
Michael Kazin
The Uncanny World of Deborah Levy
The English novelist is a connoisseur of domestic disturbances.
Becca Rothfeld
More Than Motown
Kathryn Bigelow’s instinct for the visceral overflows her chosen subject, making a mess of the themes in her new film Detroit.
Stuart Klawans
World
Brazil’s Most Popular Leader Has Been Convicted of Corruption on Flimsy Evidence
Lula da Silva and his Workers’ Party are an affront to the country’s traditional elite—which is itself mired in corruption—so they want to destroy him by any means necessary.
Mark Weisbrot
Venezuela May Be on the Brink of Civil War
The international left should do everything in its power to prevent it; we must support a negotiated solution.
Gabriel Hetland
Trump’s Handling of North Korea Is Going to Lead Us Straight Into Nuclear Disaster
Public strong-arming isn’t the key to de-escalating confrontation—it’s the key to igniting it.
Rajan MenonWatch and Listen
Listen: The Deportation of Teen Soccer Star Lizandro Claros
Feeling the effects of the Trump era, from youth sports to the pros.
August 15, 2017
View: The Borderlands’ Human Stain
Photographs that capture the traces of violence that have plagued the US-Mexico border for generations.
July 27, 2017
Watch: VIDEO: People in Denmark Are a Lot Happier Than People in the United States. Here’s Why.
When governments provide benefits and services that allow its citizens to thrive, everyone wins.
July 17, 2017
Columnists
