Snow Snow

How did we come to this cold place? It is not listed on the maps. The cold has disarranged your face. These memories are not ours, perhaps. But still we must pretend to know the reason for things as they are. We do not recognize the snow. Perhaps that makes us what we are.

Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / William Logan

Feral Gardens Feral Gardens

Danny Cooke’s Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl summons a lost history of familiar and alien dreams.

Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Letters Letters

Those were the days; it's not mutual; the school-to-prayer pipeline; bad good guys; Julia M. Klein replies…
 

Feb 11, 2015 / Our Readers and Julia M. Klein

How to Get Serious About Ending the ISIS War How to Get Serious About Ending the ISIS War

A long-term alternative to war can only be built by popular movements in Iraq and Syria. These movements deserve our solidarity—not our bombs.

Feb 11, 2015 / Sarah Lazare and Foreign Policy In Focus

Puzzle No. 3355 Puzzle No. 3355

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Feb 10, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis Scientists: We Cannot Geoengineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis

The scariest conclusion of a new comprehensive study is that scientists have no clue what geoengineering would really do to the planet.

Feb 10, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s War on Workers Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner’s War on Workers

Brazen attacks on unions threaten wages, workplace protections and more.

Feb 10, 2015 / John Nichols

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Feb 10, 2015 / Matt Bors

Snapshot: Fighting Eviction in Hebron Snapshot: Fighting Eviction in Hebron

A woman from a Palestinian community dries yogurt near the West Bank city of Hebron. Israel declared the area, which is home to 1,300 Palestinians, a firing zone for military training in the 1980s. The Israeli military issued an eviction order in 1999, though the villagers are still fighting in the Israeli courts to stay on their land.

Feb 10, 2015 / Ammar Awad

Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part I Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part I

A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1865 to 1919.

Feb 10, 2015 / The Nation