These Dis-United States These Dis-United States
The country and the nation: Fifty writers and artists report on the states of our dis-union.
Jun 10, 2025 / Feature / Various Contributors
If Trump Could Make John Wayne the Head of Homeland Security, He Would If Trump Could Make John Wayne the Head of Homeland Security, He Would
Trump’s appeal stems from the way he combines restoration and revolution. His reactionary modernism may have beguiled Silicon Valley, but the rest of us should expect repression.
Happy 160th Anniversary to “The Nation”! Happy 160th Anniversary to “The Nation”!
Since 1865, we’ve held fast in our belief in the liberating power of simply telling people the truth.
Jun 10, 2025 / D.D. Guttenplan
MAGA’s Bogus Civilization Myth MAGA’s Bogus Civilization Myth
The Trump administration’s rhetoric echoes the same old fantasy of racial purity that animated the 20th-century right.
Jun 9, 2025 / Column / Chris Lehmann
Quentin Skinner and the Contested History of Freedom Quentin Skinner and the Contested History of Freedom
Over a long career, Skinner has sought to reclaim the idea of republican liberty for the modern age. But his work also raises the question: free for what?
Jun 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
When the Red Scare Came for Jessica Mitford When the Red Scare Came for Jessica Mitford
A graphic episode from Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me.
Michael Ledeen Was the Forrest Gump of American Fascism Michael Ledeen Was the Forrest Gump of American Fascism
From Iran-contra to Iraq war WMD lies to Trumpism, this right-wing pundit kept subverting democracy.
May 30, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Ugly History of the Law Used to Target Mahmoud Khalil The Ugly History of the Law Used to Target Mahmoud Khalil
From the moment the McCarran-Walter Act was passed in 1952, The Nation has sounded the alarm about the danger it posed to politically active immigrants.
May 21, 2025 / Richard Kreitner
What Was the Polis? What Was the Polis?
For the Greeks, the idea was a fluid one—a literal place and a civic ideal that allowed for democracy to flourish.
May 21, 2025 / Books & the Arts / FT
The Return of the Nuclear Threat The Return of the Nuclear Threat
While most of the world looked away, a new nuclear arms race has broken out between the US, Russia, and China, raising the risk of nuclear confrontation to the highest in decades....
May 19, 2025 / Feature / Jimmy Tobias