The Big Picture/ September 24, 2024It seems increasingly likely is that we’re headed for a tight race that, as in 2020, will be decided by voters in a handful of states.Ad PolicyVice President Kamala Harris at a National Association of Black ... More »
We need your support What’s at stake this November is the future of our democracy. Yet Nation readers know the fight for justice, equity, and peace doesn’t stop in November. Change doesn’t happen overnight. We need sustained, fearless journalism to advocate fo... More »
Column/ September 24, 2024Full bellies lead to attentive minds.Ad Policy(Infographic by Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz)This article appears in the October 2024 issue, with the headline “A Free Lunch.”If you’re outside of Minnesota and had heard... More »
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Arvind Narayanan, a computer science professor at Princeton University, is best known for calling out the hype surrounding artificial intelligence in his Substack, AI Snake Oil, written with PhD candidate Sayash Kapoor. The two authors recently released a book... More »
Ellen DeGeneres is out with a new Netflix special, “For Your Approval” — and she says it will be her last.“To answer the questions everyone is asking me — Yes, I’m going to talk about it. Yes this is my last special. Yes, Portia really is that pretty in real l... More »
Donald Trump could have destroyed the Affordable Care Act, but “he chose to build upon [it].”Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on “Meet the Press,” Sept. 15Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) on Sept. 15 told viewers of NBC’s “Meet the Press” that former President Donald Tr... More »
Most of the passengers emerging from the station in Bellvitge, a working-class neighborhood outside Barcelona, have no idea just how innovative the city’s subway system is. Using technology not unlike the regenerative braking found in hybrids and electric vehi... More »
A woman wearing what can only be described as rags struggles to push something large, round, and yellow up a mountain. She lets out a primal scream. A female comedian’s face appears overhead, shimmering through ominous clouds. This is not the cold open for a w... More »
Wole Soyinka became the first Black African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, and is now one of the continent’s most revered authors. But two decades earlier, he was sent to prison without trial for speaking out about the civil war in his native Ni... More »
COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Swedish authorities accused Iran on Tuesday of being behind thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Quran, Islam's holy book in 2023. Officials in Stockholm... More »
A man convicted of ordering his teenage son to murder a rapper and steal his jewellery at a Los Angeles restaurant has been jailed for 31 years to life.Freddie Lee Trone, 42, was convicted last month of one count of murder, two counts of robbery, and one count... More »