Trump and McConnell Are Undoing the Supreme Court’s Constitutional Legitimacy
A rush to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the eve of an election jeopardizes the credibility of the judicial branch.
John NicholsCoronavirus
Undocumented Immigrants Are Still Suffering With No Federal Relief
Undocumented immigrants have had to fend for themselves during the coronavirus crisis.
Mary Ann KoruthPolice and Law Enforcement
One Black Lives Matter Protest in Rural New York Opens the Door to Change
In the months since a Black Lives Matter protest in Catskill, N.Y., one of the march’s organizer has decided to run for office. Change is coming to the rural town.
Karen RothmyerFine Art
Behind the Myth of Pier Paolo Pasolini
On the artistic afterlife of the Italian filmmaker, poet, novelist, and polemicist.
Barry SchwabskyLatest from The Nation
September 26, 2020
Countdown: 38 Days Until the Election
September 25, 2020 Supreme Court
Amy Coney Barrett Is an Extremist—Just Not the Kind You Think
September 25, 2020 Social Justice
On Louisville, Breonna Taylor, and Muhammad Ali
September 25, 2020 Politics
Senator Wyden Presses the DHS on ‘Unconstitutional’ Surveillance
September 25, 2020 Nation History
He Taught Gorbachev
September 25, 2020 Politics
Mueller’s Failure Exposes the Limits of Prosecutorial Liberalism
September 25, 2020 Inequality
Call and Response
Supreme Court
Amy Coney Barrett’s Extremist Religious Beliefs Merit Examination
Her Catholicism is irrelevant. The worldview of the fringe right-wing sect she has grown up in definitely isn’t.
Joan WalshPresident Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, is a devout Catholic. Obviously, that has no bearing on her fitness to join the court. The Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, is a devout Catholic. Justice Sonia Sotomayor is Catholic, as are four conservatives currently on the court: Chief Justice… Continue Reading >
Politics
Democrats Can’t Take Any Option Off the Table
The tendency to pretend the old norms still prevail is part of what’s gotten the nation to this awful crisis.
Joan Walsh
There Is Only One Way Out of This Crisis: Expand the Court
Expanding the Supreme Court may not be easy, but it’s the only constitutional way to address the Republicans’ cynical theft of at least two seats.
Elie Mystal
Bernie Sanders Has Given Us a Tool Kit for Defending Against Trump’s Threat to Democracy
In a sweeping address, the senator argues for specific action to assure a peaceful transfer of power after the November election.
John Nichols
Culture
The Inner Lives of the Accused in Emma Cline’s ‘Daddy’
Her new story collection is of apiece with the writer’s interest in the minds of the guilty, the complicit, and the canceled.
Lizzy Harding
Claudia Rankine Wants Us to Talk
A conversation with the writer about her new book, Just Us, which is a close reading of the language and affects that go into our understanding of race.
Nawal Arjini
Orlando Patterson and the Postcolonial Predicament
Out of the ruins of colonialism and empire, the sociologist insisted we could fashion a more egalitarian and liberated future.
Adom Getachew
Nation Voices
World
Refugees Face Fire and Terror in Greece
Burned out of their homes, they now confront tear gas from police, beatings by fascists, and threats of imprisonment by the government.
Jesse Rosenfeld
The Incantatory Power of Ayad Akhtar and Shahzia Sikander
The two artistic geniuses—a novelist and a visual artist—discuss US politics, Islamophobia, and their recent work.
Ayad Akhtar and Shahzia Sikander
Justice, Finally, for a War Crime in El Salvador
A Spanish court has convicted one perpetrator of the 1989 murder of Jesuit priests—but El Salvador itself is a long way from mounting a credible prosecution.
Kate DoyleWatch and Listen
Listen: How Shocking Is the ‘Shocking’ Return of Big Ten Football?
Patrick Hruby joins the show to talk about the Big Ten’s flip flop on college football
September 22, 2020
View: Jails Are Designed to Keep Inmates Hidden
A photographic record of the Tombs, one of New York City’s most notorious detention complexes.
September 16, 2020
