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September 22, 2020
Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College?
The system that is nobody’s first choice.
Michael Kazin
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September 22, 2020
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September 22, 2020
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September 21, 2020
Orlando Patterson and the Postcolonial Predicament
Out of the ruins of colonialism and empire, the sociologist insisted we could fashion a more egalitarian and liberated future.
Adom Getachew
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The Nation is reader supported.
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September 8, 2020
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September 8, 2020
Can the American University Be Saved?
Covid-19 has revealed the glaring inequalities of higher ed in the United States and may push the system to the point of crisis.
Daniel Bessner
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September 8, 2020
C Pam Zhang’s Radical Retelling of Western Myths
Her novel How Much of These Hills Is Gold follows two Chinese American siblings’ quest to find home amidst the prejudice and danger of the frontier.
Larissa Pham
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August 25, 2020
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August 25, 2020
How Federal Housing Programs Failed Black America
In Race for Profit, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor shows how even those housing policies that sought to create more Black homeowners were stymied by racism and a determination to shrink the government’s presence.
Marcia Chatelain