Is “Asteroid City” Wes Anderson’s Greatest Film? Is “Asteroid City” Wes Anderson’s Greatest Film?

In his latest film, Anderson asks us how art and storytelling give our lives meaning.

Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte

Robert Kennedy Jr. Is a Flawed Heretic Robert Kennedy Jr. Is a Flawed Heretic

But on security and Ukraine, he’s making more sense than the crackpot establishment.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Moms for Liberty Came to Philly. Philly Came for Them. Moms for Liberty Came to Philly. Philly Came for Them.

This city is welcoming to just about everyone—except hateful fascist bigots, as the Moms for Liberty found out.

Kim Kelly

Latest

The Text That May Be Key to How the New Pope Thinks The Text That May Be Key to How the New Pope Thinks

May 13, 2025 / Jack Hanson

The New Pope Delivers a Consistent Message on Gaza: Ceasefire! The New Pope Delivers a Consistent Message on Gaza: Ceasefire!

May 13, 2025 / John Nichols

Nostalgia for the American Logger? Nostalgia for the American Logger?

May 13, 2025 / Erik Loomis

Do Not Forget That India and Pakistan Could Still End Up in a Nuclear War Do Not Forget That India and Pakistan Could Still End Up in a Nuclear War

May 13, 2025 / Wolf Hertzberg

Subscribe to the Print Mag

CURRENT ISSUE / May 13, 2025
Cover of June 2025 Issue open link in a new window Subscribe

Politics

Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Their Nazi Fanboys Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Their Nazi Fanboys

The DeSantis and Trump campaigns are hurling accusations of racism against each other. Both are right.

Jeet Heer

Moms for Liberty Is the Tea Party All Over Again Moms for Liberty Is the Tea Party All Over Again

The growing right-wing movement proved its influence at its recent Philadelphia summit. The political press is playing right into its hands.

Chris Lehmann

Gus Newport Showed Bernie Sanders How to Be a Socialist Mayor in the Age of Reagan Gus Newport Showed Bernie Sanders How to Be a Socialist Mayor in the Age of Reagan

Former Berkeley mayor Eugene “Gus” Newport was an indefatigable activist who proudly identified as “an avowed socialist” in the age of Ronald Reagan—a fact that The New York Times…

John Nichols

Books & the Arts

Christopher Hill’s Revolutions

Christopher Hill’s Revolutions Christopher Hill’s Revolutions

The radical life and work of the historian.

Books & the Arts / Peter Linebaugh and Marcus Rediker

Features

“swipe left below to view more features”Swipe →
Michal Kaliszan and his mother at Michal's graduation from the University of Waterloo, where he studied computer science.

When Death Is the Best Choice, Is It a Choice at All? When Death Is the Best Choice, Is It a Choice at All?

Disabled Canadians need support, but without proper government funding, voluntary death through MAID may be their only option.

Feature / Nora Loreto

Without Apology: Abortion in Literature

Without Apology: Abortion in Literature Without Apology: Abortion in Literature

Some of the most powerful, important abortion narratives show working-class women terminating their pregnancies without regret or anguish.

Feature / Edna Bonhomme

In the Attacks on Trans Rights, We’re Seeing the Rise of a New Confederacy

In the Attacks on Trans Rights, We’re Seeing the Rise of a New Confederacy In the Attacks on Trans Rights, We’re Seeing the Rise of a New Confederacy

These legislative assaults constitute the spear tip of a nation within a nation, threatening the foundations of democracy.

Feature / Nan D. Hunter

World

Pope Leo XIV leads his first Regina Caeli prayer from the Central Loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.

The New Pope Delivers a Consistent Message on Gaza: Ceasefire! The New Pope Delivers a Consistent Message on Gaza: Ceasefire!

Pope Leo XIV has echoed his predecessor’s urgent call for an end to the assault that has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians.

John Nichols

Senior officers from the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force address the nation, revealing details of Operation Sindoor during a press conference on May 11.

Do Not Forget That India and Pakistan Could Still End Up in a Nuclear War Do Not Forget That India and Pakistan Could Still End Up in a Nuclear War

Even after a ceasefire, the standoff over Kashmir risks escalating into something far worse if nationalist ideology wins out over realism.

Wolf Hertzberg

Letters Icon

Letters From the June 2025 Issue Letters From the June 2025 Issue

Boys don’t cry… A call to action… The war party… Traveling to Cuba… Bill vs. Hill… Burning questions… The best medicine… Correction…

Our Readers

Latest from The Nation Podcasts

The Nation produces seven podcasts. Time of Monsters, Start Making Sense, Edge of Sports, System Check, More Than Enough, and Next Left.

Subscribe

White American Liberals, Part 2 White American Liberals, Part 2

Podcast / American Prestige

Amy Littlefield on Why We Have to Defend All Abortions Amy Littlefield on Why We Have to Defend All Abortions

Podcast / The Nation Podcast

How Crypto Corruption Took Over Washington How Crypto Corruption Took Over Washington

Podcast / The Time of Monsters

x