Florida Judges Have the Power to Force Young People to Give Birth
Everything from their grades to their demeanor in the courtroom is fair game for a judge’s veto power.
Anna EskamaniJails and Prisons
When Force-Feeding Is Torture
After years of litigation, The Nation and Type Investigations have acquired footage of a force-feeding at a federal prison. It shows treatment that may amount to torture.
Aviva StahlFilm
What the Oscars Represent: Meritocracy Without Merit
In Michael Schulman’s extensive history of the awards, Oscar Wars, he documents how the institution’s reactionary origins still leak into today’s film culture.
David HajduElection 2024
Nikki Haley’s Presidential Run Is Already a National Joke
Her Machiavellian maneuvering notwithstanding, count on one thing: She won’t be able to beat either Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis.
Clarence LusaneCulture
The Costs and Contradictions of Ballet
Alice Robb’s Don’t Think, Dear and Ellen O’Connell Whittet’s What You Become in Flight explore both the liberating sense of art and the domineering logic of ballet.
Glory Liu
Nan Goldin’s Life Between Art and Activism
The impact of her pioneering photography and her advocacy on behalf of those harmed by Purdue Pharma is chronicled in Laura Poitras’s All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.
Barry Schwabsky
Gwendoline Riley’s Biting Realism
By turns bracing and comical, her novels find in everyday domestic dramas the art of life.
Robert RubsamPolitics
Rupert Murdoch Admits That Fox Pushed Trump’s Election Lies for Profit
An explosive new filing in the Dominion lawsuit shows that the News Corp head knew the ex-president’s 2020 claims were false but kept peddling them to keep ratings up.
Joan Walsh
When There’s a Communist Running City Hall
Elke Kahr, the mayor of Austria’s second-largest city, explains how her party built up trust over decades of organizing.
Lukas Hermsmeier
Ron DeSantis’s War on Florida Students
The Florida governor is using children as pawns to test the limits of his power.
CD Davidson-Hiers and Jeff VanderMeerWorld
Protests Against AMLO’s Reforms Reveal the Strongholds of Mexico’s Ancien Régime
The so-called “defense of the INE” has become the rallying cry of an opposition incapable of winning broad public support.
José Luis Granados Ceja
What’s Behind the Calls for “Democracy” in Israel?
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the last few weeks to rally against the Israeli government’s plans for so-called judicial reform.
Meron Rapoport and Oren Ziv
In the Dominican Republic, the Fight for Abortion Rights Is a Fight Against Anti-Blackness
Afro-feminist movements push for comprehensive sex education, a cultural shift, and exceptions to a total abortion ban.
Natalia Perez-GonzalezWatch and Listen
Listen: Homophobia and Transphobia at “The New York Times”
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Jack Mirkinson discusses the shameful track record of the “newspaper of record.”
March 1, 2023
Listen: John Nichols on the Most Important Election Before 2024, Plus Gregg Gonsalves on the End of the Covid Emergency
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we talk about this week’s Wisconsin Supreme Court primary, and Joe Biden’s public health disaster.
February 23, 2023
Listen: On the Banning of Black History in Florida, and “The Crown”
On this week’s episode of Start Making Sense, Robin Kelley discusses the attacks on Black Studies, and Gary Younge comments on The Crown on Netflix.
February 16, 2023
From the Magazine
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March 20/27, 2023, Issue
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Feature
When Force-Feeding Is Torture By Aviva Stahl
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Books & the Arts
The Cult of J. Edgar Hoover By Adam Hochschild
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Editorial
Biden Has Gotten a Lot Done. Have Voters Noticed? By Chris Lehmann
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Nation Voices
