Environment / March 20, 2026 And other essential news of the week—including new legislation on prediction markets and a threat to the critically endangered Rice’s whale. Ad Policy U.S. President Donald Trump. (Win McNamee / Getty Images) This is a preview of Nation Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal’s new weekly newsletter. Click here to receive this newsletter in […]
Trump’s unhinged war in Iran is but an escalation of our willful misapprehension of the country’s history and makeup. Ad Policy People clear rubble away from a Tehran apartment bombed in the US/Israel war on Iran. (Majid Saeedi / Getty Images) President Donald Trump has plunged the United States, and the global economy, into turmoil […]
Politics / March 18, 2026 Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton was buoyed by millions spent by Governor JB Pritzker, but she won a tough race on her own merit. Ad Policy (Christopher Dilts / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton is poised to become the third Black woman sitting senator next year (and […]
Even before February 28, the reasons for Donald Trump’s imploding approval rating were abundantly clear: untrammeled corruption and personal enrichment to the tune of billions of dollars during an affordability crisis, a foreign policy guided only by his own derelict sense of morality, and the deployment of a murderous campaign of occupation, detention, and deportation […]
Politics / March 16, 2026 In a union of religion, culture, sports, and politics, a rookie for the New York Knicks broke bread with the youngest mayor in the city’s modern history. Ad Policy New York Knicks rookie Mo Diawara and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani share an Iftar dinner at Saint Louis Restuarant […]
Politics / March 13, 2026 In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent hails Raskin’s bold call-out. Plus, a counterintuitive take on the SAVE Act and a controversial video-game lawsuit. Ad Policy This is a preview of Nation Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal’s new weekly newsletter. Click here to receive this newsletter in your inbox each Friday. […]
Outside spending, the widening war in the Middle East, generational politics, and the future of the Democratic Party’s progressive wing have all converged in the race for Illinois’s Ninth Congressional District. The crowded primary to succeed the district’s outgoing representative has drawn national attention in part because of the millions of dollars flowing into the […]
Politics / March 13, 2026 In a new X post building on an earlier Hollywood action-clip montage, the White House tries to render the horrors of war as a Wii game. Ad Policy An Iranian bomb site rendered as a Wii target by the Trump White House. (Image via X.com) Yesterday, the White House dropped […]
Morbid Symptoms / March 12, 2026 The hard-line pro-Israel lobby is facing more opposition than ever before. But fully defanging it won’t be easy. Ad Policy Anti-AIPAC protesters in Farmington Hills, Michigan, on November 10, 2025.(Jim West / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images) This article appears in the April 2026 issue, with […]
Politics / March 11, 2026 But make no mistake: The company is not one of the good guys. Ad Policy Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Chief Product Officer Mike Krieger and Head of Communications Sasha de Marigny give a press conference on May 22, 2025. (Julie Jammot / AFP via Getty Images) Anthropic, makers of the […]
