Jean-Luc Mélenchon Explains How His Party Took Down a Right-Wing Government Jean-Luc Mélenchon Explains How His Party Took Down a Right-Wing Government
The head of the left-wing France Insoumise wants to break his country out of a binary contest between the neoliberal center and a rising far right.
May 14, 2025 / Q&A / David Broder
The Careerism That Enabled Biden’s Reelection Run Still Poisons the Democratic Party The Careerism That Enabled Biden’s Reelection Run Still Poisons the Democratic Party
Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s new book Original Sin reveals top White House aides lying to journalists and trying to gaslight the public about Biden’s decline.
May 13, 2025 / Norman Solomon
Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation” Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation”
On his arrest, the private prison company GEO, and why he believes we’re heading into authoritarianism—but democracy will prevail.
May 13, 2025 / Anthony Conwright
May Day, Istanbul, Turkey May Day, Istanbul, Turkey
On May 1, 2025, thousands of people demonstrated in Istanbul, and over 400 were arrested by police.
May 13, 2025 / OppArt / Mehmet Altun
Nostalgia for the American Logger? Nostalgia for the American Logger?
Reflections on Gentlemen of the Woods: Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack.
May 13, 2025 / Erik Loomis
Why Only Republicans Have Free Speech Why Only Republicans Have Free Speech
The Supreme Court protects the rights of the rich and conservative—to heck with almost everyone else.
May 13, 2025 / Leah Litman
Letters From the June 2025 Issue Letters From the June 2025 Issue
Boys don’t cry… A call to action… The war party… Traveling to Cuba… Bill vs. Hill… Burning questions… The best medicine… Correction…
May 13, 2025 / Our Readers
Will the Creative Class Go MAGA? Will the Creative Class Go MAGA?
It may be hard to resist the lure of power and patronage.
May 13, 2025 / D.D. Guttenplan
The Sky-High Corruption of Donald Trump The Sky-High Corruption of Donald Trump
The Democrats missed their first chance to spotlight Trump’s repeated violations of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. They shouldn’t miss their second.
May 12, 2025 / Chris Lehmann