Searching for Local Identity in “The Bear” and “Chicago Party Aunt” Searching for Local Identity in “The Bear” and “Chicago Party Aunt”
The FX drama and Netflix animation both attempt to embody the city of Chicago. That’s an increasingly difficult task when the city itself is a jumbled simulacrum of its own past.
Aug 25, 2022 / Ryan Zickgraf
“The Nation” Names Chris Lehmann as D.C. Bureau Chief “The Nation” Names Chris Lehmann as D.C. Bureau Chief
With decades of experience, the former editor of The New Republic and The Baffler joins at a crucial juncture in advance of the midterm elections, in a country facing a crisis of d...
Aug 25, 2022 / Press Room
Transforming the Narrative of the Latinx Community Transforming the Narrative of the Latinx Community
A conversation with organizer Mónica Ramírez, the founder of Justice for Migrant Women, on the goals of the Latinx House’s upcoming Raizado Festival.
Aug 25, 2022 / StudentNation / Mara Marques Cavallaro
Let’s Hear From the Women Lis Smith Smeared Let’s Hear From the Women Lis Smith Smeared
The political operative who covered for Cuomo is on a comeback tour, trying to paper over the damage she caused.
Aug 24, 2022 / Alexis Grenell
Guatemala’s War on Truth Guatemala’s War on Truth
The arrest of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora shines a spotlight on the country’s attacks on journalists. Would US intervention make the situation any better?
Aug 23, 2022 / Feature / María Inés Taracena
What’s Life Like for the Content Moderator? What’s Life Like for the Content Moderator?
Hanna Bervoets’s novella We Had to Remove This Post attempts to get inside the mind of one the Internet’s frontline workers.
Aug 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Joanne McNeil
Letters From the September 5/12, 2022, Issue Letters From the September 5/12, 2022, Issue
Housing follies... A tale of two Nations... Protest in a new era...
Aug 23, 2022 / Our Readers
New York Progressives Team Up to Bash a Rival. The Loser Is “The New York Times.” New York Progressives Team Up to Bash a Rival. The Loser Is “The New York Times.”
The paper’s endorsement of a wealthy white attorney in a newly created congressional district provoked a serious backlash.
Aug 16, 2022 / Joan Walsh
Free Jeef Kazadi! Free Jeef Kazadi!
We call on the Democratic Republic of Congo to immediately release a detained journalist.
Aug 2, 2022 / D.D. Guttenplan for The Nation
Boris Johnson’s (Far From Final) Bill for Damages Boris Johnson’s (Far From Final) Bill for Damages
While the elderly white men who run Britain’s Conservative Party chose between two deeply depressing choices for new leader, let’s take a minute to reckon just how much ruin the di...
Aug 1, 2022 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata