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…
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…