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The Color of Water

In one of the richest agricultural areas in the world, residents of the California’s colonias still don’t have access to clean running water.

David Bacon

It’s Woody Guthrie’s World. We Just Live in It.

A new show at the Morgan Library illuminates the legendary folk singer’s jam-packed life.

Gene Seymour

Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women

The line from America’s earliest empire in the Philippines to Japan, Korea, Vietnam—and anti-Asian violence at home—is straight, clear, and written in blood.

Panthea Lee

Should NATO Exist?

David Klion argues that NATO’s function now is to contain a war, while Chase Madar writes that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows that the US’s European allies are capable of defending themselves.

David Klion and Chase Madar

We Can’t Let Billionaires Control Major Communications Platforms

Elon Musk may not be sitting on Twitter’s board, but he remains its largest shareholder—and that’s bad news.

Victor Pickard

The Amazon Labor Union’s Historic Victory Was the First Step

But with the full support of the New York City labor movement and the broader community, the workers can win.

Jane McAlevey

Prosecuting Putin’s Aggression

Prosecuting the crime of aggression is the only effective way to target those who are most responsible for the horrors of war. Yet international law does not currently recognize this offense.

Philippe Sands for The Nation

Cancel Culture Exists

It’s fashionable to claim there are no real consequences for online callouts. The truth is, there very often are.

Katha Pollitt

Donald Trump’s Continued Liberty Is an Affront to the Rule of Law

There is ample evidence that the former president has committed numerous crimes, so why is he still a free man?

Elie Mystal

Tom Cotton, Legal Scholar

Calvin Trillin

Couplets

Maggie Millner

The Many Lives of Billy Wilder

From Galicia to Berlin to Paris and eventually to Hollywood, the prolific director and screenwriter never let go of what proved to be his most formative experience: being in a state of exile.

Noah Isenberg

Cedric Robinson’s Radical Democracy

Rejecting the resignation of the 1970s and ’80s, Robinson found hope and resistance in the ruins of the American city.

Jared Loggins

The Patience “Euphoria” Demands

While the HBO show is polarizing and easy to critique, it still manages to expand the genre of teen drama.

Erin Schwartz

Without Clinic Escorts, Abortion Would Be Even Harder to Access

Lauren Rankin’s new book about abortion clinic escorts, Bodies on the Line, shows how much ordinary people can do to ensure that abortion is accessible in America.

Amy Littlefield