The Grand Delusions of “Marty Supreme” The Grand Delusions of “Marty Supreme”
Josh Safdie’s first solo effort, an antic sports movie, revels in a darker side of the American dream.
Jan 12, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Despite Themselves, Democrats Look Well Positioned for the Midterms Despite Themselves, Democrats Look Well Positioned for the Midterms
An otherwise inert opposition party may well clean up on Donald Trump's destructive and hubristic governing record.
Jan 12, 2026 / David Faris
Liberals Think Antifa Isn’t Real. But It Is—and It Knows How to Win. Liberals Think Antifa Isn’t Real. But It Is—and It Knows How to Win.
To protect us all from the violence of the Trump administration, we must defend antifa.
Jan 12, 2026 / Christopher Mathias
John Updike, Letter Writer John Updike, Letter Writer
A brilliant prose stylist, confident, amiable, and wonderfully lucid when talking about other people’s problems, Updike rarely confessed or confronted his own.
Jan 12, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
Deportation and the Silence That Follows Deportation and the Silence That Follows
When ICE abducted my father without cause, something strange filled his vacancy.
Jan 10, 2026 / Taiwo Adepetun
Abolish ICE or GTFO Abolish ICE or GTFO
In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent makes the case to get rid of ICE, explores George Conway’s congressional campaign—and shares his New Year’s resolutio...
Jan 9, 2026 / Elie Mystal
Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators. Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.
ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.
Jan 9, 2026 / Eric Blanc, Wes McEnany, and Claire Sandberg
Pretty Please Pretty Please
Graffiti near Union Square, New York City.
Jan 9, 2026 / OppArt / Anonymous and Peter Kuper