Hillary Clinton Roasts the Trump Administration in a Remarkable Speech
“When people in power invent their own facts and attack those who question them, it can mark the beginning of the end of a free society.”
John NicholsLatin America
Burning Man in Venezuela
The man set on fire in Caracas might be the perfect symbol of the country’s runaway opposition.
Greg GrandinPolitics
Conservatives Complain That Republicans Have a Liberal Bias
Trump’s negative media coverage is being driven not by Democrats but by law-enforcement sources and pissed-off Republicans.
Joshua HollandPolitics
While Democrats Bicker, Another Bully Wins an Election
The “resistance” to Trump still needs to get a national win on the board.
D.D. GuttenplanLatest From The Nation
Yesterday 12:28 pm Immigration Policy
How to Join the Fight Against Texas’s Racist Immigration Law
Activists will gather at the Texas State Capitol this Monday—and they’re asking for everyone’s support.
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“There are few places where one can still read courageous journalism. The Nation is one.” - Alec Baldwin
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April 24-May 1, 2017, Issue
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You Are Now Paying Internet Companies to Sell Your Browsing History to Advertisers
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Books & the Arts
Le Pen’s Long Shadow
By David A. Bell
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Politics
‘This Is a Thunderbolt of Resistance’
Progressives are flipping Republican statehouse seats to the Democrats—and sending a message to the rest of the country.
John Nichols
Democrats Are Launching a Commission to Protect American Democracy From Trump
In response to Trump’s “election integrity” commission, the DNC is going on offense on voting rights.
Ari Berman
Donald Trump to Hungry Seniors: Drop Dead
Some 10 million elders are threatened by hunger—but the president’s budget would slash desperately needed funding for food programs.
Trudy LiebermanNation Voices
The 45th President
Our Embarrassment in Chief’s International Trip Is No Laughing Matter
Let’s not grade a guy holding the nuclear codes on a curve.
Joshua HollandTrump Is a Cornered Megalomaniac—and That’s a Grave Danger to the Country
He will likely resort to all the tricks of the demagogue as he fights for his survival.
Sasha AbramskyTrump Is Trying to Cover Up His Lies by Destroying Information
For an administration that depends on ignorance, public knowledge is enemy number one.
Rebecca GordonTrumpcare
Will the Republican Health-Care Debacle Pave the Way for ‘Medicare for All’?
Only if progressives force the debate.
Robert L. BorosageWhy Are Canada’s Prescription Drugs So Much Cheaper Than Ours?
US drug prices are out of control—Bernie Sanders wants to change that.
Michelle ChenMore Proof Republicans Are Just Lying About Trumpcare
A long-awaited analysis from the Congressional Budget Office confirms that the GOP’s health-care bill punishes people with preexisting conditions.
Zoë Carpenter
Culture
Doesn’t Every Political Resistance Need a Soundtrack?
In their efforts to protest Trump’s ascension as soon as possible, more than one artist has recast an existing song with lyrics applicable to the current crisis.
David Hajdu
Owning Time at the Venice Biennale
If only for an hour, the Zimbabwean artist Admire Kamudzengerere sought to exert control over an audience culled from the wealthy, sophisticated, international art-world elite.
Alina Cohen
Factory or Forest, Modernity and Climate Change
In India, the pathology of denial about global warming reveals the real crisis at our door—one of imagination.
Abhrajyoti ChakrabortyWatch and Listen
View: These Haunting Photos Show the Deadly Absurdity of the US-Mexico Border Wall
A collaboration between photographer Richard Misrach and experimental composer Guillermo Galindo captures the austere brutality of the borderlands.
May 11, 2016
Watch: Clean In: How Hotel Workers Fought For a Union—And Won
A feminism for the 99 percent has been forged by working-class immigrant women who confronted Harvard’s first female president and Sheryl Sandberg.
March 8, 2017
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