Insurgents Are Revitalizing the Democratic Party
And despite all the establishment pushback, voters know it.
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September 2026 Issue
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Editorial
Subscribers Only How Occupy Wall Street Still Explains Politics Today
It sowed the seeds for a new era of social movements—but its politics of powerlessness should act as a cautionary tale.
The Explosive Failures Fueling the Cyclospora Outbreak
We're getting a stark reminder of what happens when you gut a public-health system.
Subscribers Only We Can’t Surrender to Climate Destruction
Politicians and pundits are telling us to accept the escalating breakdown of our planet. We have to fight back.
Subscribers Only Should Ballot Initiatives to Protect Reproductive Rights Restrict Abortion in the Third Trimester?
Melanie Folwell writes that a post-viability limit is the right choice for a citizens' initiative in Idaho, but Erika A. Christensen argues that restrictions are never acceptable.
Subscribers Only Hubert Harrison’s Brand of Black Radicalism
In this interview with Brian Kwoba, The Nation talks with the author about his new book on the legacy of a little-known, but influential activist.
Subscribers Only Saluting a Matriarch—25 Years After “Nickel and Dimed”
Barbara Ehrenreich’s thesis has become even more resonant since the book’s 2001 release.
A Modicum of Justice for Ronni Karpen Moffitt
Fifty years after Pinochet’s henchmen assassinated her and Orlando Letelier, finally a judicial reckoning.
The Iran Disaster Is an Opportunity to Turn Away From Hawkish Idiocy and Reset Our Relationship With the Region
The amount of time spent in DC obsessing over Iran compared to the actual threat it poses to our country’s security is insane.
Column
Subscribers Only Looking Back On 9/11
I hate to use this column to say “I told you so,” but in this case, The Nation was on the right side of history.
Subscribers Only Trump’s Iran Disaster Is Making All His Cronies Look Like Fools
Two foreign-policy camps are claiming Trump for themselves, while the Middle East fiasco humiliates every single one of them.
Subscribers Only Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy
Too often, Democrats reinforce Republicans’ lie that the language of racial justice is the problem—instead of the injustices the language is trying to name.
Why Andrew Tate Is a MAGA Superstar
Manosphere celebrities—including alleged sexual predators like Tate—are a symptom of a politically resurgent misogyny.
Feature
“Nobody Is Resting”: Meet the Grassroots Advocates Defending the Right to Vote
At a time when the US president is actively interfering in elections, these groups, activists, and officials are protecting their local systems from federal sabotage.
Is 2026 the Year of the Independent?
An unprecedented number of candidates in this year’s midterms are running outside of the two-party system. What’s more, a lot of them could win.
Subscribers Only The Dignifying Solution to America’s Care Crisis
Employee ownership turns care work jobs into good jobs—and leads to better patient outcomes.
Subscribers Only The Fight for Special Education
Students were denied special education services even before Trump began dismantling the Department of Education. This Texas family is fighting back.
Subscribers Only Trump Is Writing Off Kids With Disabilities, but We Shouldn’t
A broad coalition of organizations, lawmakers, and former Department of Education officials are calling to preserve the agency from Trump’s liquidation plans.
Subscribers Only How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores
Everyone from RFK Jr. to social media influencers are telling us that the nutrient needs to be maximized in our diet as much as possible. But is that actually good for our bodies?
Books & the Arts
What Happened to the American University?
Once the envy of the world, higher education in the United States is now in a state of endless crisis.
John Edgar Wideman’s American Vernacular
The master novelist offers a view of a United States defined by its cultures of improvisation.
The Nostalgic Architecture of the Obama Presidential Center
Where hope even has a gift shop.
Subscribers Only Boots Riley’s Communist Heist Film
Yes, it even has Marxist teleporters.
