People of goodwill on either side of the horror find unity in the search for a good read.

Reflecting on his decades-long career, the historian considers what his field of study owes to the public.

These patients needed long-term care. Instead, the hospitals pushed for them to be deported.

Palestinians who escaped the horrors of Gaza face a new trauma: the dislocation of exile from our homeland.

New York's Democratic mayoral nominee shares his views on the city's affordability crisis, the new media landscape—and how Democrats need to stand up for what they believe.

The state’s attorney general, Letitia James, has emerged as a North Star in the chaos of the second Trump administration.

So why are we still surprised when the tide of blood reaches our own shores? Some personal reflections on Marco Rubio and me—and the roots of Trump’s imperial ambitions.

The country and the nation: Fifty writers and artists report on the states of our dis-union.

Forget the midterms. The fight to bring Trumpism down runs through 2025’s elections.

A graphic episode from Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me.

The legalization and rapid spread of sports betting has made problem gambling everyone’s problem.

While most of the world looked away, a new nuclear arms race has broken out between the US, Russia, and China, raising the risk of nuclear confrontation to the highest in decades.

Democrats love to avoid it, and Republicans love to lie about it. But later-abortion care has never been more important.

The promoters of scam currency spent more money than any other group in 2024. They're now realizing a massive return on investment in Donald Trump’s White House.

An investigation by The Nation and Type Investigations raises serious questions about the effectiveness of new global brand standards at stopping harassment at the fast food giant.

The people who really decided the 2024 election are the ones who didn’t vote at all—and they could hold the key to a Democratic comeback.

Internal Family Systems has been wholeheartedly embraced by celebrities and desperate patients alike. But is it a science—or a scam?

After mobilizing to defend democracy and meet people’s immediate needs, the radical Marxist organization emerged from the Bolsonaro regime stronger than ever.

Across the country, abortion storytellers are putting the struggle for reproductive freedom into powerful new words.

Ordinary Cubans are trapped in a vicious circle of government mismanagement exacerbated by the US embargo.

With no fossil fuel reserves to rely on and domestic demand rising, the country had to get creative—or go broke just trying to keep the lights on. Here’s how they did it.

In 1978, Jimmy Carter signed the Airline Deregulation Act. It gave rise to some truly miserable air travel—and neoliberalism.

According to Richard V. Reeves, American society is failing to address the needs of men and boys. Are his solutions the flip side of feminism—or just another form of backlash?

The Pakistani qawwali icon sang words written centuries ago and died decades ago. He’s got a new album out.

Incumbent parties around the world keep losing to upstart challengers. Yet Mexico’s López Obrador defied the trend, handing off his presidency to Sheinbaum. What’s their secret?

More than 20 years after Bill Clinton left office, Democrats remain in the grips of his New Democrat politics. That’s a serious problem.

Since Israel invaded Gaza in 2023, far-right settlers have set their sights on the Strip—and they have no intention of letting a ceasefire stand in their way.

Donald Trump is poised to become the first president since FDR to have appointed the majority of high-court justices. His potential picks are terrifying.

The rich have turned the region into “ultra-exclusive enclaves,” creating hazardous living conditions for everyone else.

In 2020, after losing his bid for reelection to Joe Biden, Donald Trump summoned a mob to the Capitol. Today, as we mark the peaceful transfer of power, we offer this reminder.

Biden's domestic agenda was the most progressive of any president since Lyndon Johnson. But it was entwined with a foreign policy that leaves his legacy drowned in blood.

Once Harris became the nominee, women voters surged behind her.
But on Election Day, she won a smaller share of them than Biden did. This is how it fell apart.

They’re in shambles. They need to change—fast. Here’s what they should do.

A selection of the best recorded examples of the otherwise mostly undocumented music heard in jazz clubs like Slugs’.

In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, jazz legends were playing the best music you’ve never heard.

While the physical scars have mostly healed, the emotional ones remain as fresh as the day Israel brought my home down on me and my family.

After Columbine and Sandy Hook, after the AME Church in Charleston and the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, we stopped saying "It can't happen here." And then it did.

Without a doubt, 2025 is going to be tough—but these visionaries give us hope in this uncertain time.

Cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer is a national treasure. To mark his 95th birthday, we had some questions for the longtime Nation contributor.

Decades after independence, colonial-era laws have created a mass-incarceration crisis in Sierra Leone as poor citizens are thrown into prison for the smallest offenses.

While showboats like Elon Musk and RFK Jr. get all the attention, the real power in a second Trump term is likely to be wielded by quietly effective bureaucrats and policy intellectuals like these men and women.

According to conventional wisdom, the last quarter century of elections has proved that most of the country leans conservative. It all started with a map.

From Kansas to South Carolina, Republican have come up with a terrifying solution to the childcare crisis: remove some of the basic guardrails ensuring safe, quality care for young children.

Amid a national backlash against criminal justice reform, Illinois has achieved something extraordinary. It’s working better than anyone expected.

The city’s metro hosts—and authorities unofficially sanction—a queer institution unlike any other.

In 2024, writers with StudentNation captured the stories of an emerging generation—and revealed where journalism is headed.

In the wake of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, it’s clear we’re defending against the wrong perils.

Despite early containment efforts, chronic wasting disease has been allowed to run rampant in the state. That’s bad news for all of us.

Far from being an immutable fact of Christianity, evangelical antifeminism is recent, virulent, and gaining traction every day.

Before he left his post at The Daily Show, Stewart was America’s voice of reason. Times have changed. Has he?