Natasha Trethewey’s Life in Poetry and Prose Natasha Trethewey’s Life in Poetry and Prose

A work of biography, an essay on literature and memory and the South, a prose poem full of lyrical dexterity, Trethewey’s latest book is like all of her others: a master study of …

Books & the Arts / Edna Bonhomme

I Already Knew Kamala Harris. In Chicago, I Got to Meet Kaitlyn Joshua. I Already Knew Kamala Harris. In Chicago, I Got to Meet Kaitlyn Joshua.

As always, the DNC was an endurance grind. But my serendipitous encounter with a woman who embodies Harris’s reproductive justice agenda was the high point for me.

Joan Walsh

The Genius of Garth Greenwell The Genius of Garth Greenwell

Set abroad or at home, in unfamiliar worlds an ocean away or in an intensive care unit in Iowa, Greenwell’s novels are songs of the self and of the United States as a whole.

Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold

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A Strong Policy Debate Is Kamala Harris’s Best Shot to Break the Election Tie A Strong Policy Debate Is Kamala Harris’s Best Shot to Break the Election Tie

Sep 9, 2024 / Jeet Heer

For Israeli Protesters, Palestine Might as Well Not Exist For Israeli Protesters, Palestine Might as Well Not Exist

Sep 9, 2024 / Ori Goldberg

The Enduring Influence of Marx’s Masterpiece The Enduring Influence of Marx’s Masterpiece

Sep 9, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Wendy Brown

Why Black Voter Turnout Is Dropping in Wisconsin Why Black Voter Turnout Is Dropping in Wisconsin

Sep 9, 2024 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

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2024 Election

Donald Trump looks on during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on August 26, 2024, in Arlington, Virginia.

The Trump Campaign Is Now Running on Pure Contempt The Trump Campaign Is Now Running on Pure Contempt

Both Trump and JD Vance are incapable of hiding their lack of basic humanity.

Chris Lehmann

John Russell during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday, August 22, 2024.

The Speech That Brought the Class War to the DNC The Speech That Brought the Class War to the DNC

John Russell told Democrats that they must “create a political home for working Americans fighting for control over their government, their workplaces, and their planet.”

John Nichols

Governor Tim Walz gets a huge hug from students at Webster Elementary in Minneapolis, after he signed into law a bill that guarantees free school meals for every student in Minnesota's public schools.

The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools

Their agenda breaks with decades of Democratic thinking about education.

Comment / Jennifer C. Berkshire

World

Locals carry out search and rescue efforts after an Israeli attack on the Ridwan family home in Rafah, Gaza, on April 20, 2024.

“I Couldn’t Ask if She Was Still Alive”: A Girl, Her Mother, and a Bloody Night in Gaza “I Couldn’t Ask if She Was Still Alive”: A Girl, Her Mother, and a Bloody Night in Gaza

“I felt something warm on my hand. I couldn’t see what it was in the darkness. Then I realized it was blood.”

Comment / Lujayn

'Little Guantánamo' Gets Bigger

‘Little Guantánamo’ Gets Bigger ‘Little Guantánamo’ Gets Bigger

Two secretive prison units that used to almost exclusively house people said to be connected to terrorism have expanded by nearly 80 percent in 15 years, and a new unit is on the …

Interactive / Nausheen Husain, Aly Panjwani, and Haley Moreland

Indian policemen stand guard as Kashmiri Pandits participate in a procession to mark the Ramnavmi festival on April 17, 2024, in Srinagar, Kashmir.

To Understand India, Listen to the Pandits of Kashmir To Understand India, Listen to the Pandits of Kashmir

They have been lionized, targeted, exploited, and oppressed for decades. And they have stories to tell.

Nevin Kallepalli

Books & the Arts

The Enduring Influence of Marx’s Masterpiece

The Enduring Influence of Marx’s Masterpiece The Enduring Influence of Marx’s Masterpiece

No book has done more than Capital to explain the way the world works.

Books & the Arts / Wendy Brown

Audre Lorde, 1983.

Audre Lorde Has More to Tell Us Than a Handful of Quotes Audre Lorde Has More to Tell Us Than a Handful of Quotes

A conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, one of the world’s foremost experts on the Black feminist writer, on her biography Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde…

Books & the Arts / Marian Jones

A screenshot from a 2011 interview with James C. Scott.

James C. Scott, the Ambivalent Anarchist James C. Scott, the Ambivalent Anarchist

The radical anthropologist offered not only incisive studies of the state but also a vision of what life looked like beyond it.

Books & the Arts / Ben Mauk

Politics

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The Federal Judiciary Has a Gerontocracy Problem The Federal Judiciary Has a Gerontocracy Problem

From district courts all the way up to the Supreme Court, judges are refusing to retire, holding on to power well past their prime.

Elie Mystal

House And Senate Democrats Unveil Policing Reform And Equal Justice Legislation

The Mass Movement That Never Came The Mass Movement That Never Came

Four years after the “Summer of George Floyd,” the political climate has cooled.

Column / Adolph Reed Jr.

At DemPalooza, held at McCormick Place during the Democratic National Convention.

Images From Inside (and Outside) the DNC Images From Inside (and Outside) the DNC

Here’s a look at this week’s 2024 Democratic National Convention.

Photo Essay / Susan Meiselas

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“You Blitz!” Jane McAlevey’s Answer to What to Do When We Don’t Have Enough Time.

“You Blitz!” Jane McAlevey’s Answer to What to Do When We Don’t Have Enough Time. “You Blitz!” Jane McAlevey’s Answer to What to Do When We Don’t Have Enough Time.

The Nation’s strikes correspondent was happy to be profiled in The New Yorker. There was just one problem: She didn’t want any mention of her terminal illness.

Feature / Eleni Schirmer

The Toughest Fight to Win Back Abortion Rights Is On in Florida

The Toughest Fight to Win Back Abortion Rights Is On in Florida The Toughest Fight to Win Back Abortion Rights Is On in Florida

A six-week abortion ban in the state has unleashed widespread suffering. Now voters in the state have a chance to restore Florida as a haven for abortion care in the South.

Feature / Amy Littlefield

Kamala Harris Steps Up

Kamala Harris Steps Up Kamala Harris Steps Up

The future of American democracy now rests on the vice president’s shoulders. That’s why it’s more important than ever to understand who she is.

Feature / Joan Walsh

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