Books & the Arts / December 17, 2025 How can unions adapt to a new landscape of work? Ad Policy Seattle, Washington, 2022.(Jason Redmond / Getty) This article appears in the January 2026 issue. If you’re looking for a bright spot in today’s political and social gloom, the union idea...
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Feature / December 17, 2025 Twenty years after Katrina, the cultural workers who kept New Orleans alive are demanding not to be pushed aside. Illustration by Victor Juhasz. This article appears in the January 2026 issue, with the headline “The Remembering Song.” Some people celebrated renewal. Some mourned loss. Still...
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Feature / December 17, 2025 Trump has made Los Angeles a testing ground for military intervention on our streets. Mayor Karen Bass says her city has become an example for how to fight back. Illustration by Lily Qian. This article is part of a special Nation package devoted to LA’s bold stand against...
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Comment / December 17, 2025 The passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act is a big step—but its champions are keeping the pressure on. Ad Policy (Matt McClain / The Washington Post via Getty Images) This article appears in the January 2026 issue, with the headline “Accountability Now.” “The survivors...
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Politics / December 17, 2025 Trump’s crude disdain for the slain filmmaker was undoubtedly rooted in the fact that Reiner so ably used his talents to help dethrone him in 2020. Ad Policy Rob Reiner attends the Human Rights Campaign’s 2025 LA Dinner at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los...
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Over the past year you’ve read Nation writers like Elie Mystal, Kaveh Akbar, John Nichols, Joan Walsh, Bryce Covert, Dave Zirin, Jeet Heer, Michael T. Klare, Katha Pollitt, Amy Littlefield, Gregg Gonsalves, and Sasha Abramsky take on the Trump family’s corruption, set the record straight about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s...
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Economy / December 17, 2025 The president’s usual tricks are no match for a weakening jobs market and persistent inflation. Ad Policy Donald Trump in the Oval Office on December 15, 2025.(Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) In a sane political universe, we’d have cause to hope that Donald Trump would...
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Politics / December 16, 2025 Every day, Trump is saying and doing things that would get most elementary school children suspended. Edit Ad Policy (ABC News) First off, let me say that today, I mourn. I mourn for the death of Rob and Michele Reiner, for the unfathomable tragedy of...
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Activism / December 16, 2025 Communities are increasingly resisting extractive corporate power that inflicts real harm on resources. Ad Policy The COL4 AI-ready data center, located on a seven-acre campus in Columbus, Ohio on July 24, 2025. (Eli Hiller / Getty Images) It was a warm, late summer night, September...
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Activism / December 16, 2025 The late actor and director leaves behind a roster of classic films—and a much safer and juster California. Ad Policy Rob Reiner backstage at the Late Night With Seth Meyers show this September.(Lloyd Bishop / NBC via Getty Images) The horrific news from Los Angeles...
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Editorial / December 16, 2025 This year, progressive young Democrats sketched a path to meaningful wins in 2026. Is the party paying attention? Ad Policy This article appears in the January 2026 issue, with the headline “Victory From Defeat.” Volunteers mount a campaign poster for Aftyn Behn on December 2,...
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Objection! / December 16, 2025 In making frequent, ill use of the “shadow docket,” the high court is not just handing Trump policy victories. It’s upending the rule of law. Edit Ad Policy (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images/Bloomberg via Getty Images) This article appears in the January 2026 issue, with...
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