A Trip Through Hell A Trip Through Hell
In a Washington county jail, solitary confinement is the worst, most degrading, foulest experience you could ever imagine.
Jul 29, 2025 / Christopher Blackwell
What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan
Rather than deporting millions of migrants, this Republican president opted for the opposite strategy—legalizing them.
Jul 28, 2025 / Brad Swanson
Zohran Mamdani Is Keeping Hope Alive Zohran Mamdani Is Keeping Hope Alive
The doom-obsessed Democratic Party remains as unpopular as ever—but there is another path.
Jul 28, 2025 / Jeet Heer
It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American It Has Never Been Easy to Be Both Black and American
The administration knows that subduing history as it is doing works to keep people of color in this country disunited and at odds with each other.
Jul 28, 2025 / Keenan Norris
“We Make All the Work Possible”: Home Care Workers Speak Out About Coming Medicaid Cuts “We Make All the Work Possible”: Home Care Workers Speak Out About Coming Medicaid Cuts
In-home care workers spoke to The Nation about their fears of ICE’s expansion and losing their jobs and healthcare coverage under the GOP’s shameful law.
Jul 25, 2025 / Joan Walsh
The New Deal and the Popular Front Gave Us Superman The New Deal and the Popular Front Gave Us Superman
The real Man of Steel wasn’t woke, but he was radical.
Jul 25, 2025 / Jeet Heer
From KGB Cells to Alligator Alcatraz: How Authoritarians Normalize the Grotesque From KGB Cells to Alligator Alcatraz: How Authoritarians Normalize the Grotesque
During a recent trip to Tallinn, I visited the horrific manifestations of an unredeemable totalitarian regime. A similar system is unfolding in Trump’s America.
Jul 25, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky
Columbia’s Settlement With Trump Is Pure Cowardice Columbia’s Settlement With Trump Is Pure Cowardice
The university agreed to a $221 million payout, tacitly conceding spurious right-wing conspiracy theories about higher education.
Jul 25, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab Hulk Hogan Was a Racist, Liar, and Scab
In the 1980s, the professional wrestler portrayed himself as an all-American hero—but he was really a “jabroni” the entire time.
Jul 25, 2025 / Obituary / Dave Zirin