Jeb Bush Is Completely Wrong About the Voting Rights Act Jeb Bush Is Completely Wrong About the Voting Rights Act
Bush says the VRA is no longer necessary, but his home state of Florida has been a hotbed of voter suppression since 2000.
Oct 8, 2015 / Ari Berman
‘The Nation’ LIVE! in Seattle on October 15 ‘The Nation’ LIVE! in Seattle on October 15
Naomi Klein reads Wendell Berry, Dave Zirin reads Muhammad Ali, Richard Kim reads Tony Kushner, and much, much more.
Oct 8, 2015 / The Nation
Did Predatory Lenders Pay These 12 Lawmakers to Hobble the CFPB? Did Predatory Lenders Pay These 12 Lawmakers to Hobble the CFPB?
An ethics complaint filed this week alleges that industry lobbyists and donors crossed the fuzzy line between routine fundraising and a quid pro quo arrangement.
Oct 8, 2015 / Joshua Holland
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Climate Justice Movement Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Climate Justice Movement
The new American radicals know that it’s time to fight like there’s nothing left to lose but our humanity.
Oct 8, 2015 / Feature / Wen Stephenson
Hillary on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hillary on ‘Saturday Night Live’
So Hillary did SNL. And critics believed she did well. But Democrats, midst all the fun, Still wondered how Joe would have done.
Oct 8, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Fetal-Tissue Bans Are All About Making Abortion Providers Look Like Monsters Fetal-Tissue Bans Are All About Making Abortion Providers Look Like Monsters
Life-saving research is collateral damage in the war on Planned Parenthood.
Oct 8, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Culture That Capitalism Created The Culture That Capitalism Created
An interview with Boots Riley.
Oct 8, 2015 / Laura Flanders
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things—Like Gun Control Why We Can’t Have Nice Things—Like Gun Control
Gun extremists in Congress, heavily backed by weapons manufacturers and the NRA, wield wildly disproportionate influence.
Oct 8, 2015 / The Editors
How Patti Smith, Punk Chanteuse, Became the Irresistible Siren of Middle Age How Patti Smith, Punk Chanteuse, Became the Irresistible Siren of Middle Age
Her latest memoir, M Train, feels guided simultaneously by determination and serendipity.
Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
Jonathan Franzen Withdraws Jonathan Franzen Withdraws
Why are the agonized liberals in Purity so skeptical of political conviction?
Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jon Baskin