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Feature
151 Years of America’s Housing History
From the first tenement regulation to work requirements for public-housing residents, these are key moments in housing policy.
The Nation
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Meet the Rising New Housing Movement That Wants to Create Homes for All
From rent regulation to social housing, activists are pushing for serious solutions to the affordable-housing crisis.
Jimmy Tobias
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The Deep, Uniquely American Roots of Our Affordable-Housing Crisis
Nearly half of all renters can’t afford rent, and over half a million Americans are homeless on any given night. How did we get here?
Bryce Covert
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Editorial
There Is Power in a Union
A new study overturns economic orthodoxy and shows that unions reduce inequality.
Mike Konczal
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It’s Time for Progressive Politicians to Catch Up to the Rising Affordable-Housing Movement
The base is getting busy, but elected officials have been slow to catch on.
The Nation
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Why Trump’s Strategy for Iran Is Likely to Lead to War
His hopes for a “better deal” are based on the myth—partly encouraged by Obama—that sanctions forced Iran to come to terms in 2015.
Trita Parsi
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Column
Who Owns Public Space?
Racists who threaten and police people of color are finally getting called out.
Laila Lalami
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The Fraying Ties Between Liberal American Jews and Israel
A new generation of liberal American Jewish leaders will no longer uncritically support Israel, and Netanyahu no longer pretends to care.
Eric Alterman
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Books & the Arts
Broadway’s Golden-Age Shows and #MeToo
A certain critical consternation awaited the current productions of My Fair Lady and Carousel—and with good reason.
Alisa Solomon
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The Standard of Pure Abstraction
The painters Joe Overstreet and James Little subvert the demands of representation.
Barry Schwabsky
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Zora Neale Hurston and the Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade’s Last Survivor
Even after Emancipation, Kossula Oluales spent the rest of his life trying to recover what was lost.
Elias Rodriques
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Letters
Letters From the June 18-15, 2018, Issue
The devil in the details… Massing replies… The ACLU forsworn…
Our Readers and Michael Massing
