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The Shorter Community African Methodist Episcopal Church in Denver, Colorado, provides members free haircuts and almost $30,000 from congregation donations.

Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialist—Zohran Mamdani? Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialist—Zohran Mamdani?

By demeaning the mayoral candidate’s agenda, Andrew Cuomo offends the Black tradition of community care.

Jun 10, 2025 / Anthony Conwright

A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest Trump’s latest travel ban at Los Angeles International Airport on June 9, 2025.

Don’t Let Trump Desensitize You to the Horrors of His Latest Travel Ban Don’t Let Trump Desensitize You to the Horrors of His Latest Travel Ban

The first time Trump did this, we flocked to the airports in protest. This ban is no less racist—and it may even be more dangerous.

Jun 10, 2025 / Rafia Zakaria

Pedestrians cross Union Street in the North Beach district in San Francisco.

Will the Creation of a Historic District in San Francisco Hold Back New Housing? Will the Creation of a Historic District in San Francisco Hold Back New Housing?

Activists are butting heads with a local preservation organization over a proposal to turn part of the city’s North Beach neighborhood into a nationally registered historic ...

Jun 10, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin

Our inaugural issue.

Happy 160th Anniversary to “The Nation”! Happy 160th Anniversary to “The Nation”!

Since 1865, we’ve held fast in our belief in the liberating power of simply telling people the truth.

Jun 10, 2025 / D.D. Guttenplan

If Trump Could Make John Wayne the Head of Homeland Security, He Would

If Trump Could Make John Wayne the Head of Homeland Security, He Would If Trump Could Make John Wayne the Head of Homeland Security, He Would

Trump’s appeal stems from the way he combines restoration and revolution. His reactionary modernism may have beguiled Silicon Valley, but the rest of us should expect repression.

Jun 10, 2025 / Column / John Ganz

A Jewish student wears a kippah given to him by Donald Trump’s campaign during a speech before prominent Jewish donors on September 19, 2024, in Washington, DC.

Trump Says He’s Punishing Harvard for Antisemitism Trump Says He’s Punishing Harvard for Antisemitism

Jun 10, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin

These Dis-United States

These Dis-United States These Dis-United States

The country and the nation: Fifty writers and artists report on the states of our dis-union.

Jun 10, 2025 / Feature / Various Contributors

Nation Poetry

Take Care Take Care

Jun 10, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Michael Prior

Atlanta during a heat wave in 2022.

How America Failed the Unhoused How America Failed the Unhoused

Brian Goldstone’s There Is No Place For Us is an enraging book about the intertwined calamities of homelessness and wage labor.

Jun 10, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Libby Watson

Nation Poetry

Nothing Survives Without Food Nothing Survives Without Food

Jun 10, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Leah Naomi Green

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