Nation Notes

Nation Notes

Readers consistently rate the environment as one of their greatest concerns.

Copy Link
Facebook
X (Twitter)
Bluesky
Pocket
Email

Readers consistently rate the environment as one of their greatest concerns. In an effort to give the subject the attention it deserves, we have asked Mark Hertsgaard to establish an Environment Department, which makes its first appearance on the masthead this week. Hertsgaard has been covering the environment, and writing for The Nation, for more than twenty years and is the author of the highly regarded Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future. Indicating a range of interests that he intends to pursue in his work for the magazine, his other books include On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency and, most recently, The Eagle’s Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World. He’s a frequent contributor to leading newspapers and magazines here and abroad, and the political correspondent for Link TV, a new national satellite channel.

Be part of 160 years of confronting power 


Every day,
The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build alternatives to the world we live in now. 

We have just the right people to confront this moment. Speaking on Democracy Now!, Nation DC Bureau chief Chris Lehmann translated the complex terms of the budget bill into the plain truth, describing it as “the single largest upward redistribution of wealth effectuated by any piece of legislation in our history.” In the pages of the June print issue and on The Nation Podcast, Jacob Silverman dove deep into how crypto has captured American campaign finance, revealing that it was the top donor in the 2024 elections as an industry and won nearly every race it supported.

This is all in addition to The Nation’s exceptional coverage of matters of war and peace, the courts, reproductive justice, climate, immigration, healthcare, and much more.

Our 160-year history of sounding the alarm on presidential overreach and the persecution of dissent has prepared us for this moment. 2025 marks a new chapter in this history, and we need you to be part of it.

We’re aiming to raise $20,000 during our June Fundraising Campaign to fund our change-making reporting and analysis. Stand for bold, independent journalism and donate to support The Nation today.

Onward, 

Katrina vanden Heuvel 
Publisher, The Nation

Ad Policy
x