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Alternative Media, Trump 2.0, and the Moment in Politics

Alternative Media, Trump 2.0, and the Moment in Politics Alternative Media, Trump 2.0, and the Moment in Politics

On this episode of American Prestige, Katrina vanden Heuvel on the current state of politics, left journalism, Ukraine, and more.

Apr 8, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

A film still of Mahmoud Khalil from the documentary “The Encampments,” directed by Michael T. Workman and Key Pritsker.

Palestine Reveals the Empty Promises of US Democracy Palestine Reveals the Empty Promises of US Democracy

Kei Pritsker, a codirector of “The Encampments,” a documentary film that follows the pro-Palestine movement at Columbia, says the student protesters will be remembered as heroes.

Apr 8, 2025 / Q&A / Alyssa Oursler

Tesla Takedown Day

Tesla Takedown Day Tesla Takedown Day

Signs and scenes from the Tesla Showroom, NYC, 2/29/25.

Apr 8, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Vincent Bevins on Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement

Vincent Bevins on Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement Vincent Bevins on Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement

On this episode of The Nation Podcast, Vincent Bevins joins D.D. Guttenplan to talk about the Marxist organization that emerged from the Bolsonaro regime stronger than ever.

Apr 8, 2025 / Podcast / D.D. Guttenplan and Vincent Bevins

The Rebellions of Murray Kempton

The Rebellions of Murray Kempton The Rebellions of Murray Kempton

One of his generation’s most prolific journalists, Kempton never turned a blind eye to the inequalities all around him.

Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

Agnes Callard and the Examined Life

Agnes Callard and the Examined Life Agnes Callard and the Examined Life

In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in?

Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Olúfémi O. Táíwò

Nation Poetry

Make It New Make It New

Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Emily Skaja

Old Chapel Lane, Skibbereen, County Cork in 1846.

What Caused the Irish Famine? What Caused the Irish Famine?

A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern era.

Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / John Banville

The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement

The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement

After mobilizing to defend democracy and meet people’s immediate needs, the radical Marxist organization emerged from the Bolsonaro regime stronger than ever.

Apr 8, 2025 / Feature / Vincent Bevins

A man holding up a US flag and a sign that reads,

The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within

What old-school civics taught us about checks and balances isn’t working. The absence of a will to fight, to defend the institutions of liberal democracy, is breathtaking.

Apr 8, 2025 / Jodi Dean for The Nation

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