The Worlds of Noam Chomsky The Worlds of Noam Chomsky
If ordinary Americans know one critic of the American Empire, it’s almost certainly Chomsky.
Jan 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Bessner
Women Are Leading the Resistance Against Executions in Iran Women Are Leading the Resistance Against Executions in Iran
Their prominence in the ongoing struggle for human rights has been met with fierce crackdowns by the state.
Oct 24, 2024 / Bahar Mirhosseni
The Mass Movement That Never Came The Mass Movement That Never Came
Four years after the “Summer of George Floyd,” the political climate has cooled.
Aug 27, 2024 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.
There Is No Universal Free Speech There Is No Universal Free Speech
PEN America hides behind the false universalism of free speech, but institutions always choose whom to protect.
Jul 5, 2024 / P.E. Moskowitz
Can the “OG Organizer” Keep Biden in the White House? Can the “OG Organizer” Keep Biden in the White House?
A veteran of every major social movement of the past 50 years, Heather Booth is now trying to reelect Joe Biden. She’s in the fight of her life.
Jun 10, 2024 / Feature / Joan Walsh
An Establishment Crack-Up, Aided by Mass Protests, Might Actually End This War An Establishment Crack-Up, Aided by Mass Protests, Might Actually End This War
A strategy of outside pressure and inside dissent offers the best path forward on Israel/Palestine.
Nov 10, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Katrina vanden Heuvel Wins the Marc Raskin Award for Civic and Intellectual Courage Katrina vanden Heuvel Wins the Marc Raskin Award for Civic and Intellectual Courage
In her acceptance speech, The Nation's editorial director and publisher highlighted the fragility of democracy, Russia’s brutal assault on Ukraine, and the inevitability of change....
Jun 16, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Press Room
The FBI Is Back to Its Old Habits: Illegally Spying on Protesters The FBI Is Back to Its Old Habits: Illegally Spying on Protesters
There should be no future for Section 702, an enduring vestige of the post-9/11 security state. To kill it, all Congress has to do is do nothing.
Jun 9, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
The Courts’ Legitimacy Crisis Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize The Courts’ Legitimacy Crisis Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize
Calling out corrupt judges and reactionary courts is good policy—and good politics.
What Are Rules For? What Are Rules For?
A conversation with historian Lorraine Daston about her recent book on the history of rules and how they have structured life across centuries.
May 23, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Ishan Desai-Geller