Print Magazine November 20-27, 2017, Issue Cover art by: Nurul Hana Anwar Purchase Current Issue or Login to Download the PDF of this Issue Download the PDF of this Issue Editorial Magic Bull**it Theory The Nation has launched OppArt, a series of daily artistic dispatches from the front lines of the resistance. To see more, visit TheNation.com/OppArt. Read More Peter Kuper Donald Trump’s Best Day Was a Year Ago—Sad! But progressives need to be more than just anti-Trump. John Nichols In 2017, It’s Still a Crime to Be Poor But across the country, a new movement is pushing back against the criminalization of poverty. Peter Edelman Trump Is Creating a Grifter Economy The White House’s economic plans help the scheming and powerful swindle ordinary Americans. Mike Konczal Column Women in the Service Sector Are at the Forefront of Resisting Sexual Harassment Strength in numbers is more powerful than naming and shaming. Kai Wright Are Sexual Predators in the Workplace Finally Facing Justice? It’s hard to believe that a country that elected Donald Trump will take a no-tolerance attitude with the mini-Trumps all around us. Katha Pollitt Memories of a Conversation Between Donald Trump and a Gold Star Widow Calvin Trillin Letters Letters From the November 20-27, 2017, Issue The farm bill of the future…Toxic present, toxic past…Nuclear insanity…Backyard sustainability… Our Readers Feature America’s Dental Gap Has Left People Relying on Pliers, Chisels, and Whiskey A free clinic fights decay in Tennessee. Zoë Carpenter The US Constitution Is Over 2 Centuries Old and Showing Its Age To fix our broken system, we need a new constitutional convention. Richard Kreitner What Killed the Democratic Party? A new report offers a bracing autopsy of the 2016 election—and lays out a plan for revitalization. William Greider Books & the Arts The Other Foucault What led the French theorist of madness and sexuality to politics? Bruce Robbins The Miseducation of Eva Moskowitz What does it mean for parents and their children to be “consumers” of education? Megan Erickson Oedipus D.M. Aderibigbe A Guide to the Louisa County Free Negro & Slave Records, 1770–1865 Kiki Petrosino Documentaries, Satires, and Epics: The New York Film Festival What makes a film festival count for more than a tally of masterpieces? Stuart Klawans Recent Issues See All "swipe left below to view more recent issues"Swipe → December 2024 November 2024 October 2024 September 2024 August 2024 July 2024 See All x
Magic Bull**it Theory The Nation has launched OppArt, a series of daily artistic dispatches from the front lines of the resistance. To see more, visit TheNation.com/OppArt. Read More Peter Kuper
Donald Trump’s Best Day Was a Year Ago—Sad! But progressives need to be more than just anti-Trump. John Nichols
In 2017, It’s Still a Crime to Be Poor But across the country, a new movement is pushing back against the criminalization of poverty. Peter Edelman
Trump Is Creating a Grifter Economy The White House’s economic plans help the scheming and powerful swindle ordinary Americans. Mike Konczal
Women in the Service Sector Are at the Forefront of Resisting Sexual Harassment Strength in numbers is more powerful than naming and shaming. Kai Wright
Are Sexual Predators in the Workplace Finally Facing Justice? It’s hard to believe that a country that elected Donald Trump will take a no-tolerance attitude with the mini-Trumps all around us. Katha Pollitt
Letters From the November 20-27, 2017, Issue The farm bill of the future…Toxic present, toxic past…Nuclear insanity…Backyard sustainability… Our Readers
America’s Dental Gap Has Left People Relying on Pliers, Chisels, and Whiskey A free clinic fights decay in Tennessee. Zoë Carpenter
The US Constitution Is Over 2 Centuries Old and Showing Its Age To fix our broken system, we need a new constitutional convention. Richard Kreitner
What Killed the Democratic Party? A new report offers a bracing autopsy of the 2016 election—and lays out a plan for revitalization. William Greider
The Miseducation of Eva Moskowitz What does it mean for parents and their children to be “consumers” of education? Megan Erickson
Documentaries, Satires, and Epics: The New York Film Festival What makes a film festival count for more than a tally of masterpieces? Stuart Klawans