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Our December issue—and our third to have @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social grace the cover—is here. This one has @thomasbirm.bsky.social with an investigation into Israel's big real estate mogul, Lovia Gyarkye on Luca Guadagnino’s new campus film, Jonathan Lethem on Franz Kafka and his dog, and much more.
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Our December issue—and our third to have @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social grace the cover—is here. This one has @thomasbirm.bsky.social with an investigation into Israel's big real estate mogul, Lovia Gyarkye on Luca Guadagnino’s new campus film, Jonathan Lethem on Franz Kafka and his dog, and much more.
Next week, @byreginamahone.bsky.social joins The Nation’s 160th anniversary celebration to reflect on reproductive justice and resistance. Oct 30 at St. Ann’s Warehouse: stannswarehouse.org/show/celebra...
October 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Next week, @byreginamahone.bsky.social joins The Nation’s 160th anniversary celebration to reflect on reproductive justice and resistance. Oct 30 at St. Ann’s Warehouse: stannswarehouse.org/show/celebra...
Come out for the launch of THE NINE HAVE SPOKEN, the first book of our publishing project with OR Books, featuring
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October 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Come out for the launch of THE NINE HAVE SPOKEN, the first book of our publishing project with OR Books, featuring
@elienyc.bsky.social and @katrinanation.bsky.social. RSVP required on Eventbrite! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-nine-h...
@elienyc.bsky.social and @katrinanation.bsky.social. RSVP required on Eventbrite! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-nine-h...
Our November issue has arrived, featuring @elienyc.bsky.social with a SCOTUS preview, Maya Vinokour with a retrospective of the Cybertruck, Bijan Stephen on PUP and Rico Nasty, and more.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Our November issue has arrived, featuring @elienyc.bsky.social with a SCOTUS preview, Maya Vinokour with a retrospective of the Cybertruck, Bijan Stephen on PUP and Rico Nasty, and more.
Subscribe to read it all now: subscriptions.thenation.com.
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Dr. Christina Greer joins us to reflect on the truths Black America has always known, 10/30 at St. Ann’s Warehouse. She joins Kaveh Akbar, Judy Collins, Dave Zirin, and more to celebrate 160 years of The Nation. https://stannswarehouse.org/choose-seats/36001/
October 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Dr. Christina Greer joins us to reflect on the truths Black America has always known, 10/30 at St. Ann’s Warehouse. She joins Kaveh Akbar, Judy Collins, Dave Zirin, and more to celebrate 160 years of The Nation. https://stannswarehouse.org/choose-seats/36001/
Judy Collins takes the stage in conversation with @nicholsuprising.bsky.social at The Nation’s 160th anniversary event! Come celebrate with us alongside Kaveh Akbar, Greg Grandin and more, Oct 30 at St. Ann’s Warehouse:
https://stannswarehouse.org/choose-seats/36001/
https://stannswarehouse.org/choose-seats/36001/
September 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Judy Collins takes the stage in conversation with @nicholsuprising.bsky.social at The Nation’s 160th anniversary event! Come celebrate with us alongside Kaveh Akbar, Greg Grandin and more, Oct 30 at St. Ann’s Warehouse:
https://stannswarehouse.org/choose-seats/36001/
https://stannswarehouse.org/choose-seats/36001/
This first book in the Nation/OR Books project argues our Supreme Court is no aberration, but the endpoint of a history of demands for a democratic, accountable judiciary.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This first book in the Nation/OR Books project argues our Supreme Court is no aberration, but the endpoint of a history of demands for a democratic, accountable judiciary.
https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-nine-have-spoken/?utm_source=nationbooks&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-nine-have-spoken
https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-nine-have-spoken/?utm_source=nationbooks&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-nine-have-spoken
Billionaires won't save us from the climate crisis. What will? People power. Introducing A People’s Climate, a new podcast by @counterstream.bsky.social & The Nation, hosted by Shilpi Chhotray. Coming 9/27! https://www.thenation.com/podcast/environment/introducing-a-peoples-climate/
September 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Billionaires won't save us from the climate crisis. What will? People power. Introducing A People’s Climate, a new podcast by @counterstream.bsky.social & The Nation, hosted by Shilpi Chhotray. Coming 9/27! https://www.thenation.com/podcast/environment/introducing-a-peoples-climate/
Billionaires won't save us from the climate crisis. What will? People power. Introducing A People’s Climate, a new podcast by @counterstream.bsky.social & The Nation, hosted by Shilpi Chhotray. Coming 9/27! https://www.thenation.com/podcast/environment/introducing-a-peoples-climate/
September 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Billionaires won't save us from the climate crisis. What will? People power. Introducing A People’s Climate, a new podcast by @counterstream.bsky.social & The Nation, hosted by Shilpi Chhotray. Coming 9/27! https://www.thenation.com/podcast/environment/introducing-a-peoples-climate/
Fall Books features Matt Duss on the crisis of Democratic foreign policy, Becca Rothfeld on Ingeborg Bachmann, Laila Lalami on the Internet's lost souls, Sarah Chihaya on Susan Choi, Elias Rodriques on James Baldwin, and @jeetheer.bsky.social on William Buckley: www.thenation.com/issue/octobe...
September 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Fall Books features Matt Duss on the crisis of Democratic foreign policy, Becca Rothfeld on Ingeborg Bachmann, Laila Lalami on the Internet's lost souls, Sarah Chihaya on Susan Choi, Elias Rodriques on James Baldwin, and @jeetheer.bsky.social on William Buckley: www.thenation.com/issue/octobe...
Come hear Kaveh Akbar, award-winning poet and NYT bestselling author, read from his work at our 160th anniversary celebration! With Judy Collins, Greg Grandin and more, Oct 30 at St. Ann’s Warehouse. https://stannswarehouse.org/show/celebrating-the-nation-at-160/
September 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Come hear Kaveh Akbar, award-winning poet and NYT bestselling author, read from his work at our 160th anniversary celebration! With Judy Collins, Greg Grandin and more, Oct 30 at St. Ann’s Warehouse. https://stannswarehouse.org/show/celebrating-the-nation-at-160/
Our September issue has arrived, with a bright-faced @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on the cover and an interview within. We also have Julian Epp on Amtrak, @mohamhawish.bsky.social on leaving Gaza, @apockros.bsky.social on Catherine Lacey, and more.
www.thenation.com/issue/septem...
www.thenation.com/issue/septem...
August 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our September issue has arrived, with a bright-faced @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social on the cover and an interview within. We also have Julian Epp on Amtrak, @mohamhawish.bsky.social on leaving Gaza, @apockros.bsky.social on Catherine Lacey, and more.
www.thenation.com/issue/septem...
www.thenation.com/issue/septem...
On this day in 1962, Marilyn Monroe died. At the time, we published an appreciation by a co-founder of the NYC ballet, who wrote this on the "delight" she gave the world: www.thenation.com/article/arch...
August 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
On this day in 1962, Marilyn Monroe died. At the time, we published an appreciation by a co-founder of the NYC ballet, who wrote this on the "delight" she gave the world: www.thenation.com/article/arch...
On this day in 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin "incident" helped the US escalate its war in Vietnam. The US Navy reported—erroneously—that its ships had been attacked unprovoked. At the time, John Gange warned of the US sinking deeper into the mire with "no end in sight." www.thenation.com/article/arch...
August 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
On this day in 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin "incident" helped the US escalate its war in Vietnam. The US Navy reported—erroneously—that its ships had been attacked unprovoked. At the time, John Gange warned of the US sinking deeper into the mire with "no end in sight." www.thenation.com/article/arch...
Happy Canada Day! On this day in 1867, Canada officially came into being. At the time, our reaction was to wonder whether or not the confederation of Canada would hasten or delay its inevitable integration into the US. www.thenation.com/article/arch...
July 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Happy Canada Day! On this day in 1867, Canada officially came into being. At the time, our reaction was to wonder whether or not the confederation of Canada would hasten or delay its inevitable integration into the US. www.thenation.com/article/arch...
And @gusbova.bsky.social writes about Texas—either the US is about to be turned into it or, perhaps, "Texas is America writ small"—a "big Southwestern specimen of American capitalism." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
June 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And @gusbova.bsky.social writes about Texas—either the US is about to be turned into it or, perhaps, "Texas is America writ small"—a "big Southwestern specimen of American capitalism." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
For Oregon, Shay Mirk pledges allegiance not to the United States of America but to her friends, her neighbors, and the giant sword fern. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
June 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
For Oregon, Shay Mirk pledges allegiance not to the United States of America but to her friends, her neighbors, and the giant sword fern. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Our editor D.D. Guttenplan takes on New York, which he calls "an abomination and an imposition." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
June 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our editor D.D. Guttenplan takes on New York, which he calls "an abomination and an imposition." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Missouri's @sarahkendzior.bsky.social writes about the American Dream—and how the state killed it. "In Missouri, you see America dying from the inside." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
June 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Missouri's @sarahkendzior.bsky.social writes about the American Dream—and how the state killed it. "In Missouri, you see America dying from the inside." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
David Treuer has a short piece on Minnesota and the Ojibwe and other Native civilizations that were on the land long before the United States and its "Great White Father." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
June 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
David Treuer has a short piece on Minnesota and the Ojibwe and other Native civilizations that were on the land long before the United States and its "Great White Father." www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Our poetry editor Kaveh Akbar writes about Iowa, recovery, and the "thousands of answers" to our political crises. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
June 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our poetry editor Kaveh Akbar writes about Iowa, recovery, and the "thousands of answers" to our political crises. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Nation turns 160! To celebrate, we asked 50 writers from 50 states about the country’s dis-union! In our intro, we reflected on the magazine's mission: to call this nation into being and make an old country anew. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
June 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Nation turns 160! To celebrate, we asked 50 writers from 50 states about the country’s dis-union! In our intro, we reflected on the magazine's mission: to call this nation into being and make an old country anew. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Nation turns 160! To celebrate, we have a special, double issue with a package of 50 dispatches from 50 states, with entries from the likes of Michael Clune, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Lauren Groff, Judy Chicago, and more.
www.thenation.com/issue/july-a...
www.thenation.com/issue/july-a...
June 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Nation turns 160! To celebrate, we have a special, double issue with a package of 50 dispatches from 50 states, with entries from the likes of Michael Clune, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Lauren Groff, Judy Chicago, and more.
www.thenation.com/issue/july-a...
www.thenation.com/issue/july-a...
This Modern American Girl Doll loved our April cover story. Maybe you will, too? thenation.com/article/soci...
May 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This Modern American Girl Doll loved our April cover story. Maybe you will, too? thenation.com/article/soci...
Our June issue is here! Featuring @amylittlefield.bsky.social on what it would mean to defend all abortions, @johnsemley3000.bsky.social on what happened when sports betting went legal, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social on the cult of close reading, and so much more.
May 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Our June issue is here! Featuring @amylittlefield.bsky.social on what it would mean to defend all abortions, @johnsemley3000.bsky.social on what happened when sports betting went legal, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social on the cult of close reading, and so much more.