Culture

Indigenous Wisdom

Indigenous Wisdom Indigenous Wisdom

Indigenous Peoples around the world are safeguarding the biodiversity that sustains all life on earth.

Dec 12, 2023 / OppArt / Juan Henry Mendez Chavajay

Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead Bayard Rustin Was No Hollywood Figurehead

The new biopic about the socialist organizer stops at the March on Washington. What is it leaving out?

Dec 12, 2023 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.

The Dubious Feminism of the Natural Childbirth Movement

The Dubious Feminism of the Natural Childbirth Movement The Dubious Feminism of the Natural Childbirth Movement

Pregnant women are everywhere, but in a way it’s hard to see them. The pregnant woman’s body is shrouded in a veil of symbolism, made an object of our anxieties and hopes in a way…

Dec 12, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Moira Donegan

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger make a statement in the State Department briefing room after receiving the Nobel Peace prize.

The Death of Henry Kissinger The Death of Henry Kissinger

Dec 12, 2023 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A statue of Walt Disney and Mickey Mouse

Socialism and Disney Are Incompatible Socialism and Disney Are Incompatible

Our species can’t afford another century of the principles fostered by the Disney emporium.

Dec 11, 2023 / Ariel Dorfman

Reimagining “The Nation” in Print

Reimagining “The Nation” in Print Reimagining “The Nation” in Print

Each new monthly issue will be much longer—with more room for hard-hitting investigative pieces and reporting that challenges corporate power and conventional wisdom.

Dec 11, 2023 / D.D. Guttenplan

How Did Marxism Become Marxism?

How Did Marxism Become Marxism? How Did Marxism Become Marxism?

A new book examines a set of thinkers and activists who helped transform a set of radical ideas into a political tradition.

Dec 11, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon

The Work of Black Life: A Conversation With Christina Sharpe

The Work of Black Life: A Conversation With Christina Sharpe The Work of Black Life: A Conversation With Christina Sharpe

In Ordinary Notes, a extraordinary work of memoir, poetry, and criticism, she writes a love letter to Black art.

Dec 8, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Rhoda Feng

Norman Lear speaking on stage, holding a microphone.

My Last Conversation With Norman Lear My Last Conversation With Norman Lear

He invented modern television. And he still found time to nurture his political causes, from People for the American Way to The Nation.

Dec 7, 2023 / Obituary / Joan Walsh

Families walking in a New York park, 1952.

A New York Cult That Promised the End of the Nuclear Family A New York Cult That Promised the End of the Nuclear Family

Alexander Stille’s The Sullivanians documents the sordid history and fascinating intellectual roots of a psychotherapy group that proposed a utopian alternative to conventional fa...

Dec 7, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Callie Hitchcock

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