September 11, 2023

From the Archive / Farewell to Allende From the September 24, 1973 issue of The Nation. The Nation Ad Policy Salvador Allende posing for a portrait on June 10, 1971 in Santiago, Chile. (Santi Visalli / Getty) Salvador Allende, the Marxist doctor, who squeaked into the presidency of Chile in 1970 by a narrow margin,…

Activism OppArt Today 8:30 am September 11, 22nd Anniversary September 11, 22nd Anniversary Militants associated with al-Qaeda carried out the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history, resulting in almost 3,000 people killed in New York, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania. Andrea Arroyo September 11, 2023 (Andrea Arroyo) Check out all installments in the OppArt…

Activism / September 11, 2023 Biden Complacency Is Just As Bad as Biden Panic Don’t wet your bed. Organize! Jeet Heer Ad Policy US President Joe Biden. (Win McNamee / Getty Images) Political parties, strange to say, attract distinct personalities. Broadly speaking, Democrats tend to be compulsive worrywarts, while Republican ranks are rich in cocksure…

World / September 11, 2023 September 11, 1973, Was a Warning: Democracy Can Die in a Day Fifty years ago, the US exported a cult of revanchist violence to Chile. Now it has made its return. Dave Zirin Ad Policy Soldiers outside a government building in Santiago, Chile, on September 12, 1973, a day after…

Politics / September 11, 2023 Democrats Need to Grow a Spine and Actually Fight for the Courts The GOP is trying to impeach judges over nothing, but Dems won’t even go after Clarence Thomas for his very real mega-corruption. Come on! Elie Mystal Ad Policy During an April 19, 2023, news conference outside the US…

Activism / StudentNation / September 11, 2023 Young People in Peru Are Protesting to Protect Democracy Indigenous community members, farmworker coalitions, and students have taken to the streets. “Right now, we are calling for Dina Boluarte to leave power, and for new congressional elections.” Walter Thomas-Patterson Ad Policy People protest against interim President Boluarte on…

Feature / September 11, 2023 Can You Keep Breastfeeding When You Work 30,000 Feet in the Air? Flight attendants desperately need legal protection to ensure their right to pump on the job—but airline industry lobbying cut them out of a law that will provide just that for millions of workers. Bryce Covert Illustration by Hanna…

World / September 11, 2023 Exclusive: With My Father, Salvador Allende, in His Final Hours An excerpt from 11 de Septiembre: Esa semana (11th of September: That Week) Isabel Allende Bussi Ad Policy Two Senators: Isabel Allende (left) with US Senator Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during her visit to Chile last month. (courtesy of Penguin Random House…

September 11, 2023 50 Years After “the Other 9/11”: Remembering the Chilean Coup Some personal reflections on history, memory, and the survival of democracies. Ariel Dorfman Ad Policy Smoke pours from La Moneda, the Chilean presidential palace, during the military coup that overthrew President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973. (Alberto Bravo / AP) At…