Society

COVID-19 cremation

Parking Lot Crematoria Burn Through the Night as Covid-19 Overwhelms Delhi Parking Lot Crematoria Burn Through the Night as Covid-19 Overwhelms Delhi

Rage at Modi builds amid catastrophic government failure.

May 11, 2021 / Fahad Shah

Covid’s Spread Ignores All Borders

Covid’s Spread Ignores All Borders Covid’s Spread Ignores All Borders

This global pandemic must remain our collective battle.

May 11, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Scott Stringer arrives for rally by coalition of union

Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer

The facts are too scarce, and the stakes are too high, to jump to conclusions.

May 11, 2021 / Katha Pollitt

Women’s Hoops 16 Years After Shattering the Glass

Women’s Hoops 16 Years After Shattering the Glass Women’s Hoops 16 Years After Shattering the Glass

Authors Pamela Grundy and Susan Shackelford join the show to talk about their classic book, Shattering the Glass: The Remarkable History of Women's Basketball.

May 11, 2021 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Covid: Un-United States of Guns

Covid: Un-United States of Guns Covid: Un-United States of Guns

The battle over gun safety laws in America.

May 10, 2021 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

President Richard Nixon

The UC System’s Policing Expansion Belies Its Stated Commitment to Racial Justice The UC System’s Policing Expansion Belies Its Stated Commitment to Racial Justice

The license for the rise of the law-and-order campus dates back to President Richard Nixon and The Report of the President’s Commission on Campus Unrest.

May 10, 2021 / Robin D.G. Kelley, Paola Bacchetta, and David Theo Goldberg

What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021

What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021 What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021

A conversation with Melissa Febos about her radical essays on youth and gender.

May 10, 2021 / Q&A / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Transgender Protest

VIDEO Chase Strangio and Raquel Willis Review the Anti-Trans Bills Sweeping the US VIDEO Chase Strangio and Raquel Willis Review the Anti-Trans Bills Sweeping the US

ACLU lawyer Chase Strangio and activist, writer, and media strategist Raquel Willis joined The Nation for an intimate conversation exploring the recent spate of anti-trans leg…

May 7, 2021 / The Nation

Benjamin Moser

‘The Nation’ Names Benjamin Moser as Contributing Writer ‘The Nation’ Names Benjamin Moser as Contributing Writer

With an eye on the intersection of culture and politics, he will document the ways in which intellectual and literary life collide with the real world.

May 7, 2021 / Press Room

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh The Last Laugh

 Scene, Not Seen. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of May 3.

May 7, 2021 / Steve Brodner

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