Collier speaks about her surreal ordeal, wherein she refused to sign a permission slip and accept a police escort to leave the Austin statehouse and had to sleep there for two nights.

‘I will not let them defeat me.’

The author’s new book explores how the Dobbs decision “created new avenues through which the state and abusive figures can collaboratively punish and control their victims.”

Alex Han of In These Times and Tarso Luís Ramos speak about the vital role of worker organizing in an age of growing authoritarianism.

A conversation with the medical sociologist about her new book, Get It Out, and the perils of considering abortion, hysterectomy, and gender-affirming care as separate issues.

A conversation with the German theorist about the history of Western philosophy and more.

From Kirsten Gillibrand (“she should resign”) to Eric Adams (“a power-hungry, egotistical man”) to the Democratic establishment, NYC’s Gen Z political star doesn’t hold back.

The Hollow Half is not simply a memoir of personal recovery or an account of Palestinian political history. It’s an exploration of fragmentation.

A conversation with the German sociologist about the challenges that face Europe and his polarizing views on how to roll back the excesses of globalization.

The mayor of Newark, who was recently arrested by ICE agents at a detention facility, discusses his race to become the governor of New Jersey.

Targeted by billionaires and right-wing PACs, the first Muslim woman on the New York City Council is defending gig workers, tenants, and the Gaza solidarity movement.

Shortly before his death, The Nation spoke with the Kenyan writer about his most recent essay collection Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas.

The head of the left-wing France Insoumise wants to break his country out of a binary contest between the neoliberal center and a rising far right.

A conversation with the anonymous creator of the popular account about their new collection of poems.

A conversation with Olúfémi Táíwò about the struggle for racial and climate justice in the face of catastrophe.

A conversation with legal historian Mary Ziegler on her new book about the anti-abortion movement’s fight to establish constitutional rights for embryos and fetuses.

A conversation with Greg Grandin about his groundbreaking new book America, América: A New History of the New World.

We spoke with the scholar about Black in Blues, a poetic exploration of the relationship between the color blue and Black people.

Kei Pritsker, a codirector of “The Encampments,” a documentary film that follows the pro-Palestine movement at Columbia, says the student protesters will be remembered as heroes.

A conversation with Brian Goldstone about There Is No Place for Us, a damning account of a city's failure to address homelessness and how it is a microcosm of the rest of the US.

The former leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus discusses her recently launched “Resistance Lab,” where Democratic leadership is failing, and what must be done.

An interview with the best-selling author about her latest project, The Portable Feminist Reader.

The Nation spoke with the author No Fault, a genre-bending examination of marriage and divorce that is one-part cultural history and one-part memoir.

A conversation with Eve L. Ewing about the schoolhouse’s role in enforcing racial hierarchy and her book Original Sins.

The Silicon Valley progressive talks about the short-term and long-term strategies for defeating Trump and Trumpism.

The Nation spoke with the journalist about one of the the biggest problems in contemporary life—attention and its commodification—and his new book The Siren's Call.

The former national legal director of the ACLU analyzes recent efforts to block the president’s executive orders.

The New York State Assembly member explains how free buses, free childcare, a rent freeze, and city-run grocery stores would make life easier for working-class New Yorkers.

Jamie Raskin lays out the legal strategy to oppose Trump but says, “We’re not going to sue our way out of a political crisis”—Democrats need a political organizing strategy.

The activist lawyer speaks to Laura Flanders about his radical self-help book, “Love in a F*cked Up World.”

In this interview, the MSNBC host discusses Trump’s mastery of our age of attention, and his new book, The Sirens’ Call.

A conversation with Peter Gordon about the enduring influence of the Frankfurt School's leader, the future of critical theory, and his recent book, A Precarious Happiness.

Patrick Cockburn discusses his new biography about his father, Claud, with his niece, Laura Flanders.

Last time, the courts were an essential checking force on the Trump administration. This time around, they may again provide a check—if we push.

The California Democrat explains why, during her 25 years in Congress, it was important for her “to disrupt and dismantle and build something that’s equitable and just and right.”

A talk with Dionne Brand about her recent book, Salvage, which looks at how the classic texts of Anglo-American fiction helped abet the crimes of capitalism, colonialism, and more.

The senator says in this exclusive interview that challengers to status quo politics can run in Democratic primaries or as independents.

The climate activist Lidy Nacpil says the climate bill owed to developing nations is in the “trillions, not billions.”

Maya Schenwar and Kim Wilson discuss their new anthology, We Grow the World Together, about how caregiving and the organizing work of abolitionists can go hand in hand.

An interview with Tom Athanasiou on where climate geopolitics goes from here, and why unlocking trillions in climate finance is an “existential necessity.”

The two writers discuss the challenges of writing about sex, loneliness, and the new ways novels can tackle BDSM.

The labor organizer Bill Fletcher says that, to protect our constitutional democracy, “the union movement needs to become an anti-fascist movement.”

A conversation with the art historian Claire Bishop about technology's influence on museums and galleries, and her recent book Disordered Attention.

Everyone’s favorite wonk Josh Cohen tells us what he’ll be watching for when the polls close tonight.

A conversation with the first woman speaker of the House about battling Republican extremists and making it possible for Democratic presidents to achieve epic victories.

Tony Kushner and Rachel Maddow discuss the threats to US democracy and how art can help people see dangers on the horizon.

A conversation with Richard Beck about his new book, Homeland, and the profound consequences of America’s wars abroad on our polarized politics and our fractured way of life.

Talking with Tim Shenk about party realignment, the legacy of 1990s political consultants, the 2024 election, and his new book, Left Adrift: What Happened to Liberal Politics.

James Goodwin, the policy director at the Center for Progressive Reform, explains what the “bleak” world of labor under Project 2025 would look like.

In interviews with The Nation over the years, the former president outlined an approach to foreign policy that respects Palestinian rights and charts a course toward peace.