How Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Democratic Socialism How Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Democratic Socialism

Instead of looking to Europe, Sanders could evoke the rich heritage of American radicalism.

Oct 21, 2015 / Eric Foner

October 18, 1851: Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ Is Published October 18, 1851: Herman Melville’s ‘Moby-Dick’ Is Published

“Born in hell-fire, and baptized in an unspeakable name, ‘Moby-Dick’ reads like a great opium dream.”

Oct 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Oct 15, 2015 / Matt Bors

Rot as Rapture, Filth as Rebellion Rot as Rapture, Filth as Rebellion

In Ottessa Moshfegh’s first full-length novel, the allure of dissolution is that it demands nothing.

Oct 15, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Katie Ryder

Black Deaths Matter Black Deaths Matter

Historic black cemeteries have devolved into trash dumps and overgrown forests, while tidy Confederate memorials still draw public funding.

Oct 15, 2015 / Feature / Seth Freed Wessler

Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time Reclaiming Black History, One Grave at a Time

Photojournalist Brian Palmer documents the effort to restore a Virginia cemetery overtaken by trash and brush during years of official neglect.

Oct 15, 2015 / Photo Essay / Brian Palmer and Erin Hollaway Palmer

Vagrancy in the Park Vagrancy in the Park

The essence of Wallace Stevens: Roses, roses. Fable and dream. The pilgrim sun.

Oct 15, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Susan Howe

Nobel Prize Laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s Oral Histories Are Chronicles of the Future Nobel Prize Laureate Svetlana Alexievich’s Oral Histories Are Chronicles of the Future

In her cantos of loss readers feel a sense of communion, of a shared humanity in the face of horror.

Oct 9, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Meier

Trevor Noah Says He’s Not a Political Progressive. He’d Be Funnier If He Were. Trevor Noah Says He’s Not a Political Progressive. He’d Be Funnier If He Were.

The new Daily Show host doesn’t have much to say, which leaves him making jokes about tramp stamps and body weight.

Oct 9, 2015 / Katie Halper

‘The Nation’ LIVE! in Seattle on October 15 ‘The Nation’ LIVE! in Seattle on October 15

Naomi Klein reads Wendell Berry, Dave Zirin reads Muhammad Ali, Richard Kim reads Tony Kushner, and much, much more.

Oct 8, 2015 / The Nation