Echo: From the Mountains Echo: From the Mountains
Unicorns brought the news of human reason to the border So we gassed them. It was unlike the echo of guitars in a stone Cathedral or midnight’s crow landing snow in a field of whea…
Apr 7, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Roger Reeves
Three Cheers Three Cheers
We give three cheers to Dr. Fauci. Quite old but hardly on the couch, he Confirmed that Fauci’s still no slouch. He Just gave the facts. That made Trump grouchy. So three cheers mo…
Apr 7, 2020 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Silicon Valley’s Workplace Problem Silicon Valley’s Workplace Problem
Tech start ups have long thrived on an exceptional view of themselves. But far from being the exception, their companies tend to embody much of what is wrong with our economy. ...
Apr 7, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Clio Chang
Trump’s Crisis Mismanagement Trump’s Crisis Mismanagement
He's denying and blaming, lying and backtracking, and declaring victory as thousands are dying. Is that the American Way?
Apr 7, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
Confronting the Pandemic in a Time of Revolt: Voices From Chile Confronting the Pandemic in a Time of Revolt: Voices From Chile
Surviving the coronavirus will be meaningless if Chileans do not simultaneously address the underlying causes of injustice and inequality.
Apr 6, 2020 / no-paywall / Ariel Dorfman
How Obama-Era Economics Sold Us Short How Obama-Era Economics Sold Us Short
Faced with the shattering 2008 crisis, Obama and his key advisers largely sought to restore the wobbly pre-crisis status quo.
Apr 6, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Ryan Cooper
The Coronavirus Reveals That the Stars Are Not Like Us The Coronavirus Reveals That the Stars Are Not Like Us
If there was ever a fourth wall dividing celebrities and the rest of us on social media, the quarantine has broken it.
Apr 3, 2020 / Column / Kali Holloway
In Memoriam: Michael Sorkin, 1948–2020 In Memoriam: Michael Sorkin, 1948–2020
Michael Sorkin was The Nation’s architecture critic from 2013 to 2020.
Apr 2, 2020 / Editorial / Mike Davis
On the Ground and in the Airwaves On the Ground and in the Airwaves
A recent exhibition of art made during the Gulf War tells two stories: one about the Western media and another about those who witnessed the war firsthand.
Apr 2, 2020 / Barry Schwabsky
Reinventing the Sound of Protest Reinventing the Sound of Protest
Jazz quintet Irreversible Entanglements’ fearless music takes to task the police, American politics, capitalism, and racism.
Apr 1, 2020 / Marcus J. Moore