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Biography
Biography news and analysis from The Nation
October 7, 2022
The Real Reason Herschel Walker’s Abortion Scandal Hurts the GOP
The issue isn’t his character. It’s Walker’s policy that’s the problem.
Jeet Heer
October 5, 2022
Maggie Haberman’s Trump Biography Buys Into the Myth
The book’s focus on an individualized rise to power lets the American media, political system, and cult of entrepreneurship off the hook.
Chris Lehmann
September 30, 2022
Remembering Frank Watkins, Longtime Lieutenant to Jesse Jackson
Though he preferred to work behind the scenes, Watkins was a crucial force in opening the Democratic Party to Black leadership—and pulling it to the left.
Kevin Alexander Gray
September 21, 2022
Remembering Ying Lee
Looking back at the life of a trailblazing activist and Berkeley’s first Asian American city council member.
David Bacon
September 12, 2022
God Save Us From the King
The British monarchy is nothing if not adaptable—but for how long?
Jeet Heer
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July 26, 2022
Letters From the August 8/15, 2022, Issue
Whole Earth
generation… Maier and McCarthyism…
Our Readers
July 14, 2022
The Literary Games of Fernando Pessoa
Did Pessoa truly control his alter egos? Or did his creations, in many ways, control him?
Ilan Stavans
July 5, 2022
When Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank Came Out
An excerpt from
Smahtguy
, a graphic biography.
Eric Orner
June 13, 2022
Stewart Brand’s Dubious Futurism
What did the creator of the
Whole Earth Catalog
stand for?
Malcolm Harris
June 10, 2022
The Real Problem With Dianne Feinstein Isn’t Her Age
Gerontocracy is a smokescreen for the danger of centrism.
Jeet Heer
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