Congratulations to Steve Brodner, winner of the 2024 Herb Block Prize for editorial cartooning! A Nation contributor for over 25 years and an editor of our regular OppArt series of artistic dispatches from the front lines of resistance, Brodner’s most recent work at The Nation can be found here and includes last summer’s Kissinger cover story. “Brodner’s work is unflinching, driven by a strong moral compass and imbued with a powerful sense of compassion,” write the judges. “In a time of rising autocratic voices and governments, Steve’s work reminds us of the important role editorial cartooning has in a free press and democracies.” Read a tribute from national-affairs correspondent Jeet Heer.

Finally, welcome to veteran BBC broadcaster Razia Iqbal, who is joining The Nation’s esteemed editorial board—a coalition of leading American and international journalists, academics, and activists charged with implementing the magazine’s 159-year-old mandate to uphold “true democratic principles in society and government.” “Joining the editorial board of The Nation is particularly exciting at this moment in the US and the world,” says Iqbal. “A moment that requires both clarity and commitment, given the challenges to democracy, western hegemony, and conventional structures of power. And also a moment that demands rigorous interrogation of what kind of society and world we want to have a say in shaping.”

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