Editorial

Hubert Harrison with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, William “Big Bill” Haywood, and other leaders of the Paterson Silk Strike. Before it was defeated, Harrison had denounced the Socialist Party’s lackluster response to the strike and the IWW because he felt the silk workers needed all the financial, political, and moral support that they could muster.

Hubert Harrison’s Brand of Black Radicalism 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.

Aug 19, 2026 / Q&A / Peter Cole

A couple walks along Lake Michigan as smoke from Canadian wildfires blankets Chicago, Illinois, on July 16, 2026.

We Can’t Surrender to Climate Destruction 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.

Aug 13, 2026 / Sarah Lazare

How Occupy Wall Street Still Explains Politics Today

How Occupy Wall Street Still Explains Politics Today 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.

Aug 12, 2026 / Yotam Marom

Packages of Taylor Farms salad greens are displayed at a Safeway store on July 16, 2026, in Kings Beach, California.

The Explosive Failures Fueling the Cyclospora Outbreak The Explosive Failures Fueling the Cyclospora Outbreak

We're getting a stark reminder of what happens when you gut a public-health system.

Aug 10, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

Insurgents Are Revitalizing the Democratic Party Insurgents Are Revitalizing the Democratic Party

And despite all the establishment pushback, voters know it.

Aug 10, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation

A monument to Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt, who were killed by agents of the Chilean secret police in 1976, in Washington, DC.

A Modicum of Justice for Ronni Karpen Moffitt A Modicum of Justice for Ronni Karpen Moffitt

Fifty years after Pinochet’s henchmen assassinated her and Orlando Letelier, finally a judicial reckoning.

Jul 16, 2026 / Peter Kornbluh

Delegation staff members meet in the lobby on June 21, 2026, for a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland.

The Iran Disaster Is an Opportunity to Turn Away From Hawkish Idiocy and Reset Our Relationship With the Region 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.

Jun 23, 2026 / Matthew Duss

Amy Goodman on the Job of Journalism

Amy Goodman on the Job of Journalism Amy Goodman on the Job of Journalism

A conversation with the veteran broadcaster on threats to press freedom—and what the press is really for.

Jun 15, 2026 / Q&A / John Nichols

The Bald Eagle Perfectly Embodies America’s Flaws

The Bald Eagle Perfectly Embodies America’s Flaws The Bald Eagle Perfectly Embodies America’s Flaws

Our national bird isn’t what we believe it to be—but it is the perfect bird for an imperfect country.

Jun 12, 2026 / Alexandra Tey

Sonny Rollins’s first appearance in print, at age 15 (pictured at right), was in an article about his father’s case.

Sonny Rollins Lived to See Justice for His Wrongly Convicted Father Sonny Rollins Lived to See Justice for His Wrongly Convicted Father

The jazz legend fought for nearly 80 years to clear his father of racially motivated charges.

Jun 10, 2026 / Aidan Levy

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