The Nation

The Nation is a monthly magazine that offers a progressive take on American political and cultural news, along with opinions and analysis. It was established on July 6, 1865, as a follow-up to The Liberator, an abolitionist publication created by William Lloyd Garrison, which ceased publication in the same year after the Thirteenth Amendment was ratified. Following this, the magazine expanded its focus and became known as The Nation.

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These Trump Supporters Hope Bombing Iran Will Trigger the Apocalypse

3 days ago | thenation.com | Chris Lehmann

These Trump Supporters Hope Bombing Iran Will Trigger the ApocalypseFor many ardent evangelicals and Christian nationalists, a military confrontation with Iran is the fulfillment of a biblical prophecy.
J. Hoberman’s Lost New York

3 days ago | thenation.com | Andrew Marzoni

Books & the Arts / June 24, 2025 J. Hoberman’s Lost New YorkIn Everything Is Now, the veteran film critic looks back at the downtown art scene of the 1960s. Ad Policy Exterior of The Bitter End coffee house, a venue specializing in live acoustic folk music, Greenwich Village, New York City, 1960s. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)At age 16, J.
Tracking the Murky World of Think Tanks

3 days ago | thenation.com | Daniel Bessner |Derek Davison

Be part of 160 years of confronting power Every day, The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build alternatives to the world we live in now. We have just the right people to confront this moment.
“No Kings” Has to Become “No More Wars”

4 days ago | thenation.com | Jeet Heer

Activism / June 23, 2025 “No Kings” Has to Become “No More Wars”Donald Trump killed the anti-war right—but offers a chance to revive the anti-war left. Edit Ad Policy Anti-war protesters rally in Los Angeles on June 22 after the Trump administration bombed Iran with the largest B-2 bomber strike in US history.(David McNew / Getty Images) On Friday night, Senator Bernie Sanders took his populist message of fighting oligarchy to Tulsa, Oklahoma, drawing a crowd of nearly 6,000.
Here in Los Angeles, Immigrants Are Leading the Fight

4 days ago | thenation.com | Victor Leung

June 23, 2025 Here in Los Angeles, Immigrants Are Leading the FightIn the streets, in our legislatures, and in the courts, political leaders are calling for law and order, ignoring the fact that it is their officers wreaking havoc. Ad Policy A protester on an electric unicycle waves a flag outside City Hall in protest against a series of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, in Los Angeles on June 15, 2025.
Democrats Need to Reclaim Anti-War Politics

5 days ago | thenation.com | Jeet Heer

Be part of 160 years of confronting power Every day, The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build alternatives to the world we live in now. We have just the right people to confront this moment.
Wrecking Crew

1 week ago | thenation.com | Steve Brodner

Be part of 160 years of confronting power Every day, The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build alternatives to the world we live in now. We have just the right people to confront this moment.
Why Bernie Sanders Says It’s Critical to Elect Mamdani and Reject Cuomo

1 week ago | thenation.com | John Nichols

Politics / June 20, 2025 Why Bernie Sanders Says It’s Critical to Elect Mamdani and Reject Cuomo Speaking to The Nation, the senator hails the “grassroots movement supporting Zohran” as a vital alternative to “the billionaire establishment supporting Cuomo.” Ad Policy (Chet Strange / Getty Images; Adam Gray / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Senator Bernie Sanders has a vision for a new American politics—one that meets the needs of working families instead of the billionaire class that uses its...
The Time to Stop Donald Trump’s Iran War Is Now!

1 week ago | thenation.com | Jeet Heer

Activism / June 20, 2025 The Time to Stop Donald Trump’s Iran War Is Now!America’s TACO president needs to fear popular backlash as much as he does hawks.
Those Sometimes-Trump Neocons Are Returning to the Fold Over Iran

1 week ago | thenation.com | David Klion

Politics / June 20, 2025 Those Sometimes-Trump Neocons Are Returning to the Fold Over IranAs the president backs Israel’s long-awaited war with Iran, his neoconservative critics find themselves in an awkward position. Edit Ad Policy One time never-Trumper Bill Kristol—pictured here at a panel on “The Future of American Conservatism” in September—just can’t resist cheering for a bad war.