Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide
Fifty years after the military coup that brought down Salvador Allende and installed the Pinochet dicatorship, there are still top secret documents on the US role that must be dec...
Aug 31, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh
What Are the Book Banners Afraid Of? What Are the Book Banners Afraid Of?
They are afraid of readers—especially young readers—learning the truth about humans, about American history, about, perhaps, their own lives.
May 30, 2023 / Feature / Jane Smiley
How to Fight the Right’s Moral Panic Over Parental Rights How to Fight the Right’s Moral Panic Over Parental Rights
How the right’s school-themed extremism has triggered a nationwide backlash.
May 23, 2023 / Feature / Jennifer C. Berkshire
Hunt Murderers, Not Poets Hunt Murderers, Not Poets
In support of arrested Russian poet Evgenia Berkovich.
May 10, 2023 / The Nation and Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Were the Twitter Files? What Were the Twitter Files?
While it's clear Matt Taibbi made some serious factual errors, criticisms of the disclosures have ignored the role of the FBI and other parts of the national security state.
Apr 26, 2023 / Branko Marcetic
Let Kids Read Roald Dahl’s Books the Way He Wrote Them Let Kids Read Roald Dahl’s Books the Way He Wrote Them
The beloved author’s books are being edited by their publisher to suit contemporary sensibilities. That robs us of the author’s vision—and any sense of history.
Feb 21, 2023 / Katha Pollitt
Access to Journalism Is a Human Right Access to Journalism Is a Human Right
Corporate overlords and repressive governments want to control the Internet. But information belongs to us.
Jan 10, 2023 / Maria Bustillos
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files? Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Twitter Files?
Just because the mainstream media decided to ignore them doesn’t mean the files aren’t newsworthy—or important.
Dec 20, 2022 / Ross Barkan
Meredith Tax, 1942–2022 Meredith Tax, 1942–2022
The tireless organizer, feminist pioneer, and relentless coalition builder never let up.
Oct 31, 2022 / Alix Kates Shulman
Banning Books Is a Threat to Public Education Banning Books Is a Threat to Public Education
To say nothing of the fact that we don’t value reading enough in the first place!
Oct 13, 2022 / Column / Katha Pollitt