The immigration officer held out his hand for my passport. He was large and red-faced, with graying hair and not much neck. Behind him lay a crumpled Dunkin’ Donuts bag. He emitted a suburban sort of provincialism, and yet he sat magisterially in his high chair, wielding his stamp like a scepter. At that moment, […]
Politics / November 21, 2025 Trump’s defeat over the Epstein files was a rare instance of Congress defying his authoritarianism. But the resistance is still feeble. Ad Policy President Donald Trump speaks during an official dinner with Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman in the East Room […]
Environment / November 20, 2025 A fact all but ignored at COP30. Ad Policy A nun poses for a picture with a banner of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Para State, Brazil, on November 19, 2025. (Pablo Porciuncula / Getty Images) The COP30 summit continues on, shy one president. World leaders and […]
Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener. Later in the show: The Americans who fought in World War II have been called “the greatest generation,” but historian David Nasaw argues that it’s more appropriate to regard them as “the wounded generation.” He’ll explain, later in the show. But […]
Politics / November 18, 2025 The release of Jeffrey Epstein’s documents is likely to implicate a whole network of members of the American ruling class. Ad Policy A projection onto a building near the White House demands Donald Trump release the Epstein files in July 2025. (Allison Bailey / NurPhoto via AP) Over the weekend, […]
Since late January, leaders at liberal foundations and donor networks have been preparing for a legal assault by federal agencies. That moment finally arrived in September, when, in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed federal prosecutors to investigate the Open Society Foundations on a range of possible criminal charges, […]
Ad Policy A bronze-painted statue titled “Best Friends Forever”, depicting Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands on October 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) The scandal around Jeffrey Epstein, who trafficked and abused children and died in a prison cell in 2019, has never gone away. It continues to explode […]
November 15, 2025 Take it from me: A crossword clue can be debated with the kind of fervor normally reserved for corporatist propaganda and outright racism. Ad Policy Hello girls at the New Yorker Hotel work on Daily News Crossword Puzzle Contest. (Larry Froeber / NY Daily News Archive / Getty Images) This essay is […]
Politics / November 14, 2025 In this week’s Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s justice correspondent explains why justice would be better served if Kardashian just hired a criminal defense squad. Also: why the SNAP fight is far from over and the Dems are cowards. Ad Policy Kim Kardashian attends a discussion on criminal justice reform hosted […]
Cultural Contradictions / November 13, 2025 After fumbling the cause of DC statehood, Democrats now appear helpless as Trump sends troops into the city. Ad Policy Thousands of demonstrators march during the “We Are All DC” March in September 2025 in Washington, DC.(Mehmet Eser /Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) This article appears in the […]
