Bernie Sanders Reflects on the Power of International Solidarity Bernie Sanders Reflects on the Power of International Solidarity
On May Day, the senator talked with The Nation about the ways in which we’ll need each other in order to recover from this pandemic.
May 5, 2020 / John Nichols
The Making of the Radical Republicans The Making of the Radical Republicans
How did the struggle for emancipation become a mass politics?
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
The Inner Life of American Communism The Inner Life of American Communism
Vivian Gornick’s and Jodi Dean’s books mine a lost history of comradeship, determination, and intimacy.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
The Long Shadow of Cultural Anthropology The Long Shadow of Cultural Anthropology
Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, and their circle sought to show the fallacy of biological and physical difference, but they also created new forms of categorization that reinforced thei...
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson
Sarah Broom’s New Orleans Saga Sarah Broom’s New Orleans Saga
In her new memoir, Broom reconstructs not only her family’s history in New Orleans but also the larger arc of black experience in the South.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye
Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness Mary Gaitskill’s Art of Loneliness
Through her portraits of solitude, Gaitskill forces us to recognize those moments of subtle connection.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty
How Should Unions Organize? How Should Unions Organize?
In A Collective Bargain, Jane McAlevey makes the case for strike-ready unions and whole worker organizing. But in an age of globalized economies and climate change, is this enough?
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
The Worlds of Edward Said The Worlds of Edward Said
An exile who made the world his home, Said infused his literary style with a cosmopolitan ease and his political commitments with a cosmopolitan ethics.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Rashid Khalidi
One Damn Thing After Another One Damn Thing After Another
The long roots of liberal democracy’s crisis.
May 5, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jan-Werner Müller
Reopening America Is Only Safe in Trump’s Dreams Reopening America Is Only Safe in Trump’s Dreams
Someone bring Trump into reality.
May 5, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow