How the US Exported Its Border Around the World How the US Exported Its Border Around the World
Todd Miller’s new book examines the massive industrial complex that sustains and influences the lines that divide the globe.
Aug 20, 2019 / Aaron Bady
Jay-Z Isn’t a Sellout, He’s a Capitalist Jay-Z Isn’t a Sellout, He’s a Capitalist
He’s a billionaire who wants to be an NFL team owner, and erasing Colin Kaepernick is the price of admission.
Aug 19, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Graydon Carter’s E-mail Newsletter for the Rich and Boring Graydon Carter’s E-mail Newsletter for the Rich and Boring
His latest media venture, Air Mail, is an exercise in misplaced nostalgia for the heyday of glossy magazines.
Aug 19, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Chayka
The Truth Behind the Assassination of the South African PM The Truth Behind the Assassination of the South African PM
When my relative stabbed PM Hendrik Verwoerd to death, he was described as a “madman”—but he was really trying to bring down apartheid.
Aug 16, 2019 / Nikos Konstandaras
Alex Katz’s Downtown Dreams Alex Katz’s Downtown Dreams
In a recent show curated by the New York painter and sculptor, as well as a showcase of his new work, his particular artistic psychogeography comes to life.
Aug 16, 2019 / Barry Schwabsky
Media Companies Are (Still) Failing When It Comes to Diversity Media Companies Are (Still) Failing When It Comes to Diversity
We all need to do better—and that includes The Nation.
Aug 15, 2019 / D.D. Guttenplan
Heterosexual and Miserable Heterosexual and Miserable
Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women, a sprawling sexual biography of a trio of women, is the latest flawed attempt to chronicle the country’s changing mores.
Aug 15, 2019 / Marie Solis
The Boycott’s Abolitionist Roots The Boycott’s Abolitionist Roots
How a group of 19th-century Quakers cut their economic ties to slavery.
Aug 14, 2019 / Willy Blackmore
Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus Don’t Let the Trump Administration Rewrite Emma Lazarus
The Statue of Liberty poem “The New Colossus” was written as a radical call to welcome all immigrants—not just the wealthy and connected.
Aug 14, 2019 / John Nichols
Between Genius and Banal: The World of Kate Zambreno’s ‘Screen Tests’ Between Genius and Banal: The World of Kate Zambreno’s ‘Screen Tests’
Her new book is invested in issues of fame and public self-presentation—how the brilliant and the mundane collide in the itch of ambition.
Aug 14, 2019 / Audrey Wollen