NFL Bosses Are Already Weaponizing Jay-Z NFL Bosses Are Already Weaponizing Jay-Z
A coach’s decision to play Jay-Z to humiliate outspoken wide receiver Kenny Stills speaks volumes about where the NFL is in 2019.
Aug 21, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Clairo’s Bedroom Pop Takes Over the World Clairo’s Bedroom Pop Takes Over the World
Distilling heartbreak into hits, her debut album shows the YouTube sensation is a true star.
Aug 21, 2019 / Ann-Derrick Gaillot
How to Solve a Suicide How to Solve a Suicide
Step one: I certainly didn’t do it.
Aug 20, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
How the US Exported Its Border Around the World How the US Exported Its Border Around the World
Todd Miller’s new book examines the massive industrial complex that sustains and influences the lines that divide the globe.
Aug 20, 2019 / Aaron Bady
Jay-Z Isn’t a Sellout, He’s a Capitalist Jay-Z Isn’t a Sellout, He’s a Capitalist
He’s a billionaire who wants to be an NFL team owner, and erasing Colin Kaepernick is the price of admission.
Aug 19, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Graydon Carter’s E-mail Newsletter for the Rich and Boring Graydon Carter’s E-mail Newsletter for the Rich and Boring
His latest media venture, Air Mail, is an exercise in misplaced nostalgia for the heyday of glossy magazines.
Aug 19, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Chayka
The Truth Behind the Assassination of the South African PM The Truth Behind the Assassination of the South African PM
When my relative stabbed PM Hendrik Verwoerd to death, he was described as a “madman”—but he was really trying to bring down apartheid.
Aug 16, 2019 / Nikos Konstandaras
Alex Katz’s Downtown Dreams Alex Katz’s Downtown Dreams
In a recent show curated by the New York painter and sculptor, as well as a showcase of his new work, his particular artistic psychogeography comes to life.
Aug 16, 2019 / Barry Schwabsky
Media Companies Are (Still) Failing When It Comes to Diversity Media Companies Are (Still) Failing When It Comes to Diversity
We all need to do better—and that includes The Nation.
Aug 15, 2019 / D.D. Guttenplan
Heterosexual and Miserable Heterosexual and Miserable
Lisa Taddeo’s Three Women, a sprawling sexual biography of a trio of women, is the latest flawed attempt to chronicle the country’s changing mores.
Aug 15, 2019 / Marie Solis