Activism / September 12, 2023 How Georgia Indicted a Movement The state’s prosecution of Stop Cop City protesters is astonishingly honest in its ambitions to crush Georgia’s left. Ad Policy Protesters gather outside Atlanta City Hall ahead of a council vote over whether to approve public funding for the construction of a proposed police and…
Activism / September 12, 2023 The “Parental Rights” Fanatics Have Descended on LA I’m a public school parent. I shouldn’t have to spend my time fighting these violent, bigoted extremists. Daisy Gardner Ad Policy People protesting a planned Pride month assembly argue with counterprotesters outside Saticoy Elementary School in Los Angeles, Friday, June 2, 2023….
Politics / September 12, 2023 This Advocate for Abortion Rights Is Running for Mississippi Attorney General Challenging the Republican who took the Dobbs case to the Supreme Court, Greta Kemp Martin champions civil rights, worker rights, and reproductive rights. John Nichols Ad Policy Greta Kemp Martin, the Democratic nominee for Mississippi attorney general, discusses her…
Politics / September 12, 2023 “Stats Bros” Are Sucking the Life Out of Politics In their attempt to serve as objective purveyors of fact and reason, Steve Kornacki, Nate Silver, and other data nerds are misleading the left-liberal electorate. Leif Weatherby Ad Policy Steve Kornacki. (Nathan Congleton / Getty Images) As we stare down another…
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September 12, 2023 As Long as We Use Drones, Celebrating “American Values” Is a Farce After decades of asymmetrical warfare, Americans have lost touch with the humanity of civilians forced to endure the extreme violence of our “mistakes.” Maha Hilal Ad Policy A soldier prepares to launch a drone in Afghanistan. (Lucas Jackson / Reuters)…
Activism / Feature / September 12, 2023 Look Up! Roe Is the Floor, Not the Ceiling The Abortion Rights Movement’s Unresolved Question Ballot measures represent the greatest hope for restoring abortion access in many red states. Should they replicate Roe v. Wade, or aim for something better? Amy Littlefield This article appears in the October…
Books & the Arts / September 12, 2023 Kate Zambreno’s Lessons in Looking A conversation about how the pandemic changed our relationship to the natural world, distrusting beauty, the challenges of writing about climate change, and her new book, The Light Room. Larissa Pham Ad Policy (Photo by Heather Sten) Kate Zambreno’s The Light Room…
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…