Fox News Should Pay for the Lies and Slander It Helped Promote Fox News Should Pay for the Lies and Slander It Helped Promote
The media giant is facing a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit from voting machine maker Smartmatic—and it’s prepared to play ruthless legal hardball to win.
Feb 11, 2021 / Elie Mystal
The Socialist Glossy That Wants You to Have It All The Socialist Glossy That Wants You to Have It All
The founders of Lux magazine say there’s something radical in the strategic pursuit of pleasure.
Feb 10, 2021 / Q&A / Emily Douglas
‘The Nation’ Announces New Columnists David Bromwich, Alexis Grenell, and Jeet Heer ‘The Nation’ Announces New Columnists David Bromwich, Alexis Grenell, and Jeet Heer
Incisive writers and thinkers join Katha Pollitt, Elie Mystal, and Kali Holloway in award-winning line-up of leading voices on the left.
Feb 5, 2021 / Press Room
Does Christopher Hitchens Need an Authorized Biography? Does Christopher Hitchens Need an Authorized Biography?
Attempts by the former Nation columnist’s widow and literary agent to police a biography are both futile and short-sighted.
Jan 29, 2021 / Feature / David Nasaw
The High Cost of Quieting Down Trump The High Cost of Quieting Down Trump
In a misguided effort to create the illusion of balance, centrist institutions are silencing voices that make conservatives mad.
Jan 25, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Goodbye, Trump! Parting Is Such Sweet Joy Goodbye, Trump! Parting Is Such Sweet Joy
For four years, those of us who care about justice have fought from a defensive crouch. Now, with Biden, we can at least fight standing up, pushing for actual progress.
Jan 20, 2021 / Elie Mystal
What’s Happening to ‘The Chicago Reporter’? What’s Happening to ‘The Chicago Reporter’?
After nearly half a century of speaking truth to power, the “conscience of the city” is fighting for survival.
Jan 15, 2021 / Laura S. Washington
Ruling Assange Can’t Be Extradited Is an Indictment of US Prisons Ruling Assange Can’t Be Extradited Is an Indictment of US Prisons
But the British court judgment, which is likely to be appealed, also delivers a body blow to freedom of speech.
Jan 5, 2021 / Charles Glass
Look Beyond the Media Frenzy and Focus on the Fundamentals Look Beyond the Media Frenzy and Focus on the Fundamentals
In my last column, I’d like to leave you with what I’ve learned covering the media for more nearly 25 years.
Dec 30, 2020 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Groundbreaking Honesty of Joe Sacco’s Comics Journalism The Groundbreaking Honesty of Joe Sacco’s Comics Journalism
His decades-long project of reportage in graphic form works like oral history—bearing witness to the historical traumas of his subjects.
Dec 28, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jillian Steinhauer