What “Demon Copperhead” Gets Right About Appalachia What “Demon Copperhead” Gets Right About Appalachia
Barbara Kingsolver’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel shows the reality of the opioid and foster care crises in the region without resorting to stale stereotypes.
May 15, 2023 / StudentNation / Jessica Miller
Introducing the 2023 Puffin Student Writing Fellows Introducing the 2023 Puffin Student Writing Fellows
Selected from a highly competitive applicant pool of entrants from coast to coast, ten student journalists will be mentored by leading Nation voices, bestselling authors, and award...
May 15, 2023 / StudentNation / Press Room
He Called for His Mother He Called for His Mother
Mamie Till-Mobley was one of the first in a far-too-long line of Black mothers to seek justice for their sons.
May 14, 2023 / Lottie Joiner
The Suits at CNN Have Always Loved Trump The Suits at CNN Have Always Loved Trump
Despite a recent fake public fight, the network is happy to continue profiting from promoting Trump.
May 12, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The GOP’s Threats to Women’s Rights The GOP’s Threats to Women’s Rights
And the GOP’s threats to Mother Earth.
May 12, 2023 / OppArt / Sabrina Jones
How a Scrappy Group of Young Moms Transformed the Way We Think About Teen Pregnancy How a Scrappy Group of Young Moms Transformed the Way We Think About Teen Pregnancy
Over a 10-year campaign, they talked back to public health experts, government officials, and even purported allies who were treating them like they were the problem.
May 12, 2023 / Amy Littlefield
How Women’s Swimming Got So Transphobic How Women’s Swimming Got So Transphobic
Almost no other sport is as hostile to trans athletes—and that's because its culture created the perfect conditions for transphobia to take root.
May 12, 2023 / Frankie de la Cretaz
Clarence Thomas Is What He Wrongly Accuses Black Folks of Being Clarence Thomas Is What He Wrongly Accuses Black Folks of Being
Thomas has elevated “personal responsibility” into a prerequisite for citizenship. Yet he fails his own test.
May 12, 2023 / Column / Kali Holloway
Why Trump Was Found Liable for Sexual Assault but Not Rape Why Trump Was Found Liable for Sexual Assault but Not Rape
Blame the definition of rape in the first degree in New York State.
May 12, 2023 / Alexis Grenell