Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail

For decades, abortion was considered a private matter. Now, a Nation investigation shows, women who terminate—or lose—pregnancies are facing prosecution and prison time.

Zoë Carpenter

How Carbon Farming Can Help Stop Climate Change in Its Tracks

New agricultural methods offer hope of restoring ecological balance.

Wilbur Wood

A Frontal Attack on Roe v. Wade

As a Republican-majority court threatens the legal right to abortion, it’s time for states to step up.

The Nation

Has Donald Trump Committed High Crimes and Misdemeanors?

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a noted constitutional scholar—and member of the House Judiciary Committee—discusses the question.

John Nichols

I Can’t Sleep Through All the Honking, and I’m Beeping Mad

Another reader asks how to maintain ties of affection amid leftist infighting.

Liza Featherstone

The President Tweets His Millionth Lie

Peter Kuper

The New Political Group Supermajority Aims to Mobilize Women Across Race, Class, and Generation

Cecile Richards, Ai-jen Poo, and Alicia Garza are pushing a “women’s new deal.”

Joan Walsh

A Radical Reunion: Harvard’s Student Strikers, 50 Years Later

We are older, grayer, and for the most part, more rotund—but our commitments to left politics haven’t changed.

Katha Pollitt

Zelensky’s Victory

Calvin Trillin

When the Black Panthers Came to Algeria

In Algiers, Third World Capital, Elaine Mokhtefi captures a lost world of camaraderie, shared ideals, and frequent miscommunication.

Elias Rodriques

The Transformation of Bernie Sanders

How the Vermont senator went from a third-party independent to a 2020 frontrunner. 

Matthew Karp

Harmony Korine’s Boomer Fable

The Beach Bum, starring Matthew McConaughey, is all about excess, anarchy, and baby boomers.

Erin Schwartz

Letters From the May 20-27, 2019, Issue

Wanted: A peace candidate… They’ve had their turn… Not my candidate…

Our Readers

Puzzle No. 3499

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto