Bernie Sanders: ‘We Have to Talk About Democratic Socialism as an Alternative to Unfettered Capitalism’ Bernie Sanders: ‘We Have to Talk About Democratic Socialism as an Alternative to Unfettered Capitalism’
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, Sanders explains that economic rights must be understood as human rights.
Jun 12, 2019 / John Nichols
Scamming the Scene: Lucy Ives and the Fiction of the Cultural Industry Scamming the Scene: Lucy Ives and the Fiction of the Cultural Industry
Ives’ second novel, Loudermilk, lampoons MFA writing programs and the inherited wealth that props them up.
Jun 12, 2019 / Charlie Markbreiter
Vasily Grossman in War and Peace Vasily Grossman in War and Peace
In both his life and his writing, the novelist and journalist captured the complications and contradictions of the Soviet century.
Jun 12, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Sheila Fitzpatrick
Adam Gopnik and the Cul-de-sac of 21st-Century Liberalism Adam Gopnik and the Cul-de-sac of 21st-Century Liberalism
In his new book, the New Yorker writer sets out to defend liberalism from its critics, but only ends up revealing its current limitations.
Jun 12, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
Will the World End in Nuclear—or Climate—Catastrophe? Will the World End in Nuclear—or Climate—Catastrophe?
Our politicians’ warmongering merely distracts us from the bigger picture of global disaster.
Jun 12, 2019 / David Bromwich
‘This Is Wholesale Child Neglect’: The Silence of School Leaders on the Climate Crisis ‘This Is Wholesale Child Neglect’: The Silence of School Leaders on the Climate Crisis
Many educators say school boards and education groups should speak out on climate inaction, but those calls aren’t always being well-received.
Jun 12, 2019 / StudentNation / Caroline Preston
Trump’s Face Time Trump’s Face Time
Facial-recognition insecurity.
Jun 12, 2019 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
Take Action Now: Support Local Journalists Take Action Now: Support Local Journalists
Subscribe to your local paper, then help protect the news industry from Big Tech and President Trump.
Jun 11, 2019 / NationAction
Elizabeth Warren Is Proving Her Doubters Wrong Elizabeth Warren Is Proving Her Doubters Wrong
The presidential race is better with her in it.
Jun 11, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
DOJ : Department of Trump DOJ : Department of Trump
William Barr, mouthpiece for the big lies.
Jun 11, 2019 / OppArt / Adam McCauley