Culture

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How to Brazenly, Publicly, Out-in-the-Openly Steal an Election How to Brazenly, Publicly, Out-in-the-Openly Steal an Election

Trump smash democratic norms!

Sep 29, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Pier Paolo Pasolini in front of a biblical scene during the filming of La Ricotta, 1962.

Behind the Myth of Pier Paolo Pasolini Behind the Myth of Pier Paolo Pasolini

On the artistic afterlife of the Italian filmmaker, poet, novelist, and polemicist.

Sep 28, 2020 / Barry Schwabsky

Hiroshima

How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War

In 1946, a New Yorker report following six survivors of the Hiroshima atomic blast forced an entire country to look in the mirror.

Sep 28, 2020 / Nick Turse

He Taught Gorbachev

He Taught Gorbachev He Taught Gorbachev

Stephen Cohen was an active participant in the democratic changes in Russia, and he will always be remembered as such.

Sep 25, 2020 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Face Off

Face Off Face Off

The culture war between science and denial.

Sep 24, 2020 / OppArt / Kim DeMarco

Claudia Rankine Wants Us to Talk

Claudia Rankine Wants Us to Talk Claudia Rankine Wants Us to Talk

A conversation with the writer about her new book, Just Us, which is a close reading of the language and affects that go into our understanding of race.

Sep 24, 2020 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini

The Perils of Creativity and Capitalism in ‘Tesla’

The Perils of Creativity and Capitalism in ‘Tesla’ The Perils of Creativity and Capitalism in ‘Tesla’

Michael Almereyda’s biopic of the eccentric inventor is a portrait of the tensions that arise when art and commerce intersect.

Sep 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump Is Feeding the Monster Trump Is Feeding the Monster

Beware the thing that ate America’s brain!

Sep 22, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

‘The Nation’ Unveils New Look, New Logo With Inaugural Redesigned Issue, ‘The Drowned and the Saved’

‘The Nation’ Unveils New Look, New Logo With Inaugural Redesigned Issue, ‘The Drowned and the Saved’ ‘The Nation’ Unveils New Look, New Logo With Inaugural Redesigned Issue, ‘The Drowned and the Saved’

With 20 percent more pages in each issue, and four special double issues per year, the new Nation offers even more room for vivid reporting, rigorous debate, long-form analysis, an...

Sep 22, 2020 / Press Room

Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College?

Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College? Will We Ever Get Rid of the Electoral College?

The system that is nobody’s first choice.

Sep 22, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

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