Inequality

Marching in NYC

Marching in NYC Marching in NYC

Protests across the country and around the world.

Oct 1, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

The Widener Library on the Harvard Campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

We’re Thinking About College Rankings All Wrong We’re Thinking About College Rankings All Wrong

The annual list from U.S. News and World Report is helpful for affluent families and those with the resources to compete for a spot at elite universities. What about everyone else...

Sep 30, 2025 / StudentNation / Zoya Alam

Mayor to Mayor: A Conversation Between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani

Mayor to Mayor: A Conversation Between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani Mayor to Mayor: A Conversation Between Bernie Sanders and Zohran Mamdani

When the senator came to New York in early September, he had a few spare minutes to talk municipal politics and governance with one of his biggest fans, Zohran Mamdani.

Sep 17, 2025 / Q&A / Zohran Mamdani and Sen. Bernie Sanders

Elderly woman arrested at protest against the proscription of Palestine Action in the United Kingdom.

Labour Has Only Itself to Blame for the UK’s New Left-Wing Party Labour Has Only Itself to Blame for the UK’s New Left-Wing Party

Starmer’s rightward turn and austerity agenda fracture Labour, as Corbyn and Sultana rally disillusioned voters behind a new left alternative.

Sep 16, 2025 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Debris and storm damage in central Wisconsin, after powerful straight-line winds swept through the area overnight

What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.) What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.)

Trump is repaying rural voters’ loyalty by shafting them.

Sep 9, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job. Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job.

We have an unprecedented chance to elect a mayor who can prioritize the needs of working people.

Sep 9, 2025 / Bill de Blasio

Introducing “Oligarch Watch”

Introducing “Oligarch Watch” Introducing “Oligarch Watch”

A new monthly column from The Nation takes on the plutocrats wielding their wealth and power at the expense of the rest of us.

Sep 4, 2025 / Press Room

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou sits with journalists

The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis

Prime Minister François Bayrou is gambling his political survival on a confidence vote, in a probably doomed attempt to force France’s hung parliament to accept an austerity budge...

Sep 3, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

Trump speaks in the foreground while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent watches behind him.

Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands

Our grandparents would urge us all to defend and strengthen Social Security.

Aug 19, 2025 / June Hopkins, Henry Scott Wallace, and James Roosevelt Jr.

North Valley Hospital in Montana

Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For

Across the country, rural hospitals will close, and the empty towns will mirror the quiet halls where doctors and nurses once rushed to heal.

Aug 19, 2025 / Steve Bullock

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