When My Song “Rich People” Went Viral, It Didn‘t Make Me Rich

If making a fortune is your goal, a career in music will take you a long way—in the wrong direction.

Carsie Blanton

Love in the Time of Chatbots

Will dating as we know it change with the rise of AI? A recent book argues that it already has.

Zachary Fine

Remembering the “Placatory and Principled” Victor Navasky

Colleagues pay tribute to the former editor and publisher of The Nation.

Elizabeth Pochoda, Calvin Trillin and Richard Lingeman

Victor Navasky: A Generous, Mischievous, Endlessly Entertaining Genius

The Nation’s former publisher remembers his former partner and lifelong friend.

Hamilton Fish

Victor Navasky, Who Saved “The Nation,” Tried to Save the World

A brief note on a 40-year apprenticeship.

D.D. Guttenplan

Victor Navasky: An Avatar of the American Left, 1932–2023

Editor of The Nation, 1978–1995; editorial director and publisher, 1995–2005.

Kai Bird

One “Nation” Under Victor

Remembering Victor S. Navasky.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Serge Daney’s Cinema of Life and Death

The French critic and editor helped establish a critical vision of film that was both rigorous and revolutionary.

Max Nelson

Why Americans Binge on Prince Harry vs. the Royals

Calvin Trillin

Letters From the February 6/13, 2023, Issue

The pink tide and democracy… Netizen power… The rules of the game…

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