The Nation recently welcomed three new columnists to our masthead: Spencer Ackerman (“Forever Wars”), Adolph Reed Jr. (“Class Notes”), and strikes correspondent Jane McAlevey (“Framing the Choice”), who will swap her correspondent’s hat for a columnist’s perch. From the forever wars to the culture wars to the battle for economic justice, they join an award-winning roster of trenchant and vital Nation voices—Elie Mystal, Katha Pollitt, Jeet Heer, Kali Holloway, Chris Lehmann, and Alexis Grenell—at a pivotal moment in our country’s history.

Reed’s first column, “Race and Class: The Beginnings of an Argument,” is out now; McAlevey’s first column, “Getting to Contract: Negotiating and Winning Against the Odds,” appears in this print edition; and Ackerman’s will be out at the end of the month. Read more about our new columnists here. ⁣