Moral Monday, image by David Biesack. Most days, in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Bible Belt, the old sanctuary at Christ Lutheran Church sits empty. Decades ago, it was home to a congregation of 3,000 people. By the late 1990s, that number had dwindled to seven. At the...
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Notes From a March
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair And we will all be called as witnesses, each and every one, to stand before the eyes of God, and speak what was done. – Jerusalem, Paul Simon “Now you see what we’re up against!” said my mother when hearing that Robert F. Kennedy’s...
Bulgaria Joins the Eurozone
On 8 July, the European Parliament approved Bulgaria’s entry into the eurozone by a large majority. Through this vote, Bulgaria – a country of six and a half million inhabitants in Eastern Europe – will begin to use the euro as its currency from 1 January 2026. What...
The Real Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
Image by Alec Favale. Between Elon Musk’s brief, disastrous tenure with the misnamed “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) and the Republicans’ mad rush to gut health care and food assistance for millions of lower-income Americans, you’d think they’d just...
Martin Luther King Files: Justice (and Transparency) Though the Heavens (and Reputations) Fall
Photograph Source: Hans Bosshard – CC BY-SA 3.0 CH On July 21, the US National Archives made more than 250,000 pages of documents relating to the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. publicly available. The records don’t include wiretap recordings, etc....
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The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat
Jeet Heer The Democratic National Committee’s forthcoming “autopsy” is a cover-up to protect the failed leaders who twice lost to Trump. The post The Democratic Party Remains Committed to Learning Nothing From Its 2024 Defeat appeared first on The Nation.
The Enduring Lessons of Wages for Housework
Maia Silber Emily Callaci’s history of the international feminist movement examines the influence of their intellectual and political victories. The post The Enduring Lessons of Wages for Housework appeared first on The Nation.
How Zohran Mamdani Should Govern
Waleed Shahid Running New York City is brutal. But if he wins in November, there are key lessons from past mayors that Mamdani should learn from. The post How Zohran Mamdani Should Govern appeared first on The Nation.
The Enduring Lessons of Wages for Housework
Maia Silber Emily Callaci’s history of the international feminist movement examines the influence of their intellectual and political victories. The post The Enduring Lessons of Wages for Housework appeared first on The Nation.
How CBS Decided It Couldn’t Afford to Let Stephen Colbert Speak His Mind
Ben Schwartz The network claims it’s canceling The Late Show for financial reasons, but the real bottom line here is Trump appeasement. The post How CBS Decided It Couldn’t Afford to Let Stephen Colbert Speak His Mind appeared first on The Nation.
Moving Beyond Protest
Image by Duncan Shaffer. Protests over the last 6 years The sheer number of protests in the first six months of 2025 resulting from unpopular actions taken by the federal government (and state and local governments) is getting difficult to track: Legislation to cancel...