Why Donald Trump Attacked the NFL Players Who Take a Knee
He’s stoking racial divisions in order to maintain a grip on a Senate seat that Democrats are surprisingly competitive for.
John NicholsPolitics
Donald Trump Is Running America Like It’s a Casino
Can’t imagine why that’s a problem.
Nomi PrinsActivism
What Does a Leader of the Vietnam Anti-War Movement Think About Ken Burns’s Documentary?
According to Todd Gitlin, the film is an extraordinary portrayal of the people who lived through the war—both Americans and Vietnamese.
Jon WienerSports
For the NFL, It Was ‘Choose-Your-Side Sunday’
Donald Trump thought targeting NFL players with his racialized venom would be smart politics. He was wrong.
Dave ZirinLatest From The Nation
Yesterday 10:23 am Executive Branch
The Fragile, Toxic Masculinity of Donald Trump
His comments about NFL players reveal just how divisive and narcissistic the president really is.
Dave Zirin
September 22, 2017 Class
The False Promise of Macron’s Labor Reforms
September 22, 2017 Sports
Is the NBA a ‘Safer Space’ for Political Athletes?
September 22, 2017
How to Lose Elections and Influence People
September 21, 2017 War on Terror
Bernie Sanders Just Gave One of the Finest Speeches of His Career
September 21, 2017 Budgets
The GOP’s Latest Obamacare Repeal Push Isn’t Really About Health Care
September 21, 2017 Health Care
On Graham-Cassidy, Republicans Are Either Stupid or Dishonest
From the Magazine
-
-
-
“There are few places where one can still read courageous journalism. The Nation is one.” - Alec Baldwin
-
-
Politics & Sports
For the NFL, It Was ‘Choose-Your-Side Sunday’
Donald Trump thought targeting NFL players with his racialized venom would be smart politics. He was wrong.
Dave ZirinThe Fragile, Toxic Masculinity of Donald Trump
His comments about NFL players reveal just how divisive and narcissistic the president really is.
Dave ZirinIs the NBA a ‘Safer Space’ for Political Athletes?
The NBA wants to be seen as more friendly to player activism than the NFL. Let’s find out.
Dave ZirinPolitics
Debating ‘What Happened’
Our 2016 election correspondents take on Hillary Clinton’s controversial new memoir.
Joan Walsh and D.D. Guttenplan
How Trump Has Normalized the Unspeakable
He has legitimized bigotry and given the imprimatur of a major political party to criminal violence.
Sasha Abramsky
How to Lose Elections and Influence People
Labour may have lost the election, but it laid the foundation for a more progressive UK.
Gary YoungeNation Voices
Feature
How Trump Has Normalized the Unspeakable
He has legitimized bigotry and given the imprimatur of a major political party to criminal violence.
Sasha AbramskyIn late March 2016, a series of powerful bomb blasts killed nearly three dozen people at the international airport in Brussels, Belgium, as well as in a train carriage pulling out of one of the central city’s busy stations.1 Within hours of the atrocity, then–presidential candidate Donald Trump had taken… Continue Reading >
Culture
Speaking of the ‘Female Gaze’
In today’s confused, commercial, and not-quite-intellectual environment, the phrase “female gaze” functions in varied ways, according to its users’ needs.
Alina Cohen
Frederick Wiseman’s World of Institutions
In his 42nd film, the documentarian examines the New York Public Library from both his Olympian and activist perspectives.
Stuart Klawans
The Real Crisis of European Multiculturalism
As a set of policies and as an ideal for a more pluralist society, it has failed not because of recent waves of immigration but because of how Europeans view their own culture and national traditions.
Joan W. ScottWatch and Listen
Listen: Trump’s Campaign Chief Paul Manafort Faces Indictment
Bob Dreyfuss, plus Sarah Leonard on Hillary’s book and Todd Gitlin on Ken Burns’s Vietnam.
September 21, 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
