In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated In Memphis, Lead Poisoning Often Goes Unnoticed and Untreated
As Trump deploys the National Guard to “make Memphis safe and restore public order,” the health risks from the city’s aging infrastructure, plumbing, and paint continue to be igno...
Sep 26, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin
Britain’s Democracy Is in Genuine Peril Britain’s Democracy Is in Genuine Peril
A bitterly divided democratic camp, a constitutional setup with few guardrails and a surging extreme right spell trouble ahead for Britain’s political institutions.
Sep 24, 2025 / Luke Cooper
Trump’s Slumlord Administration Is Gutting the Fair Housing Act Trump’s Slumlord Administration Is Gutting the Fair Housing Act
There can’t be true desegregation without ending discrimination in housing—which is precisely why the administration is rolling back enforcement of the FHA.
Sep 24, 2025 / Elie Mystal
The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch The Alternate-Universe Version of Trump’s Executive Putsch
What would a Democratic presidency armed with Trump’s limitless power look like?
Sep 24, 2025 / David Faris
Threatening Vulnerable People Is No Way to Mourn Someone Who Was Murdered Threatening Vulnerable People Is No Way to Mourn Someone Who Was Murdered
Those who had nothing to do with the violence against Charlie Kirk are being menaced—just like always.
Sep 19, 2025 / Elie Mystal
To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza To Those Who Have Just Awakened to the Horrors in Gaza
Yes, we should welcome the latecomers to the fight against genocide, but there also needs to be accountability.
Sep 16, 2025 / Column / David Klion
Wrecking Freedom of Expression Wrecking Freedom of Expression
The Trump administration has announced plans to audit exhibitions at eight Smithsonian museums. Among the works labeled “objectionable” is an artwork by cartoonist Felipe Galindo F...
Sep 15, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo
How to Canonize a White Supremacist How to Canonize a White Supremacist
On the brutal murder of Charlie Kirk, the certain blowback, and this country’s raging gun problem.
Sep 12, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Democrats Have No More Excuses on Gaza Democrats Have No More Excuses on Gaza
The American people want their leaders to stop supporting Netanyahu’s murderous inhumanity.
Sep 11, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation
James Baldwin’s Radical Politics of Love James Baldwin’s Radical Politics of Love
While Baldwin was persecuted in part because of whom he loved, it was love that impelled him to bring about a more utopian future in which such persecution was not possible.
Sep 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques