Here’s Why the US Women’s National Hockey Team Is Going on Strike Here’s Why the US Women’s National Hockey Team Is Going on Strike
This is “a fight they don’t want, but must have.”
Mar 16, 2017 / Dave Zirin
Trump Is Fighting a New Trade War—and This One Is Intramural Trump Is Fighting a New Trade War—and This One Is Intramural
A nasty White House battle has broken out between right-wing nationalists and globalist financiers.
Mar 16, 2017 / William Greider
Democrats Need to Understand Why the Rust Belt’s White Workers Still Support Trump Democrats Need to Understand Why the Rust Belt’s White Workers Still Support Trump
D.D. Guttenplan on working-class Ohio, plus Katha Pollitt on abortion politics and Ari Berman on voting in Texas.
Mar 16, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Letters From the April 3, 2017, Issue Letters From the April 3, 2017, Issue
A note on words and images… New Jersey state of mind… The Dreyfusses reply… Birthing equality…
Mar 16, 2017 / Our Readers and Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
America’s Oldest Weekly Wins Again America’s Oldest Weekly Wins Again
Several Nation writers take home new awards for fearless journalism.
Mar 16, 2017 / The Nation
Sarah Manguso’s Existential Aphorisms Sarah Manguso’s Existential Aphorisms
In 300 Arguments, the author’s rejection of the conventions of storytelling helps reinforce the sense of her own smallness.
Mar 16, 2017 / Michele Moses
Kellyanne Conway on the Couch Kellyanne Conway on the Couch
The way she perches on a couch May not be reason to decry her, But it’s OK to mention that Ms. Conway is a world-class liar.
Mar 16, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Weeping Cherry Weeping Cherry
On a plateau, with little volcanic mountains, a muddy river, dangerous when the snow melts, a fertile valley, cattle breeders, and a music academy, a tall, handsome, agile people,…
Mar 16, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Henri Cole
When Downtown Was Up When Downtown Was Up
A new exhibition on New York’s artist-run galleries reminds us of a vibrant but now distant past.
Mar 16, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Can Words Be Violent? Can Words Be Violent?
On Milo Yiannopoulos, the First Amendment, and words that have consequences.
Mar 16, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams