Lighthouse Mobile

· 0 checks — Mobile Lighthouse audit -- Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, and SEO category breakdown.

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Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
/thenation-com/prod/history/58dafdfd-93fb-4515-b423-29fa4...	1800.0 s	190.2 KiB
/thenation-com/prod/history/58dafdfd-93fb-4515-b423-29fa4...	1800.0 s	157.7 KiB
html-load.cc/script/d3d3LnRoZW5hdGlvbi5jb20.js	300.0 s	129.7 KiB
maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&ver=6.8	1800.0 s	100.5 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	1200.0 s	96.6 KiB
cdn.privacy-mgmt.com/Notice.8f529.js	3600.0 s	91.2 KiB
cdn.confiant-integrations.net/33CYnLkVKFSMCUwC1MMcR-L4HeU/video/config.js	1100.0 s	53.0 KiB
ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js	600.0 s	48.1 KiB
/js/sharethis.js	600.0 s	46.9 KiB
/signals/config/233793277040432?v=2.9.303&r=stable&domain...	1200.0 s	46.1 KiB
cdn.privacy-mgmt.com/unified/wrapperMessagingWithoutDetection.js	3600.0 s	42.0 KiB
a.pub.network/thenation-com/pubfig.min.js	1800.0 s	26.3 KiB
/thenation-com/prod/history/58dafdfd-93fb-4515-b423-29fa4...	1800.0 s	26.3 KiB
cdn.speedcurve.com/js/lux.js?id=598658429	3600.0 s	11.3 KiB
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js	86400.0 s	15.9 KiB
cdn.privacy-mgmt.com/Notice.30929.css	3600.0 s	6.7 KiB
/beacon.min.js/v8c78df7c7c0f484497ecbca7046644da177152312...	86400.0 s	10.7 KiB
a.pub.network/core/prebid-universal-creative.js	86400.0 s	10.1 KiB
/cdn-cgi/scripts/7d0fa10a/cloudflare-static/rocket-loader...	2869.0 s	4.0 KiB
cdn.privacy-mgmt.com/polyfills.01516.js	3600.0 s	2.3 KiB
buttons-config.sharethis.com/js/6450c80758d32d001add5670.js	60.0 s	1.0 KiB
a.pub.network/thenation-com/cls.css	1800.0 s	1.1 KiB
ad-delivery.net/px.gif?ch=2	86400.0 s	615 B
/lux/?v=4.0402&id=598658429&sid=177680513324048607&uid=17...	0.0 ms	58 B
ad-delivery.net/px.gif?ch=1	86400.0 s	112 B
/tr/?id=233793277040432&ev=PageView&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww....	0.0 ms	16 B

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Est Savings
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/fonts/IvarHeadl...	35 ms
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/fonts/IvarDispl...	35 ms
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/fonts/IvarHeadl...	30 ms
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/fonts/IvarDispl...	30 ms
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/fonts/SuisseInt...	30 ms
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/fonts/IvarText-...	30 ms
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/fonts/IvarText-...	25 ms

A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:54.026 source:map[column:52623 line:317 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.js?ver=4da6ed083c1147a25c46 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:8.683 source:map[column:50006 line:317 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.js?ver=4da6ed083c1147a25c46 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:16.46 source:map[column:23935 line:317 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.js?ver=4da6ed083c1147a25c46 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.565 source:map[column:4237 line:317 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.js?ver=4da6ed083c1147a25c46 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:4.734 source:map[column:234867 line:317 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.js?ver=4da6ed083c1147a25c46 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:4.155 source:map[column:237562 line:317 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.js?ver=4da6ed083c1147a25c46 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:2.23 source:map[column:19739 line:317 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.js?ver=4da6ed083c1147a25c46 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:16.355 source:map[column:57 line:818 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?ver=2.2.39 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:17.823 source:map[column:4805 line:0 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/min/modernizr.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:4.558 source:map[column:5335 line:0 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/min/modernizr.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:1.312 source:map[column:7507 line:0 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/min/modernizr.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.148 source:map[column:7532 line:0 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/min/modernizr.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:13.902 source:map[column:41052 line:317 type:source-location url:https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.js?ver=4da6ed083c1147a25c46 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.053 source:map[column:21621 line:0 type:source-location url:https://cdn.speedcurve.com/js/lux.js?id=598658429 urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.057 source:map[column:30753 line:0 type:source-location url:https://cdn.privacy-mgmt.com/unified/wrapperMessagingWithoutDetection.js urlProvider:network]]]

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
Cover of May 2026 Issue `div.container > div.cta__container > a.cta__mag-cover > img`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cover2605.jpg	334.5 KiB	300.1 KiB
Elie Mystal `div.container > div.nation-voices__authors > div.nation-voices__author > img.nation-voices__author-headshot`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Mystal_red_illus.png	230.7 KiB	224.8 KiB
Katha Pollitt `div.container > div.nation-voices__authors > div.nation-voices__author > img.nation-voices__author-headshot`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Katha_red_illus.png	182.4 KiB	175.6 KiB
Jeet Heer `div.container > div.nation-voices__authors > div.nation-voices__author > img.nation-voices__author-headshot`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Heer_red_illus.png	146.0 KiB	140.0 KiB
Dave Zirin `div.container > div.nation-voices__authors > div.nation-voices__author > img.nation-voices__author-headshot`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Zirin_red_illus.png	140.1 KiB	134.2 KiB
A group of pastors praying over 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump at… `div.collection__row > div.collections__card > a.collections__card-image-link > img.collections__card-image`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TrumpPrayedOver-768x484.jpg	54.6 KiB	13.7 KiB

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-5-IMG

nodeLabel: A group of pastors praying over 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump at…

path: 4,HTML,2,BODY,9,SECTION,0,DIV,1,DIV,0,ARTICLE,0,DIV,0,SECTION,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,A,0,IMG

selector: div.collection__row > div.collections__card > a.collections__card-image-link > img.collections__card-image

snippet: <img decoding="async" class="collections__card-image" srcset="https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TrumpPrayedOver.jpg 1…" src="https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TrumpPrayedOver-768x4…" alt="A group of pastors praying over 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Tru…">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

More than 4 preconnect connections were found. These should be used sparingly and only to the most important origins.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.

title: Preconnected origins

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size	Duration
a.pub.network/thenation-com/cls.css	1.1 KiB	821 ms
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.css?ver=1...	67.6 KiB	333 ms
/wp-content/plugins/form-maker/css/style_submissions.css?...	1.1 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-content/plugins/form-maker/css/calendar-jos.css?ver=6.8	1.0 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/form-maker/css/form_maker_frontend.cs...	477 B
/wp-content/plugins/form-maker/css/jquery-ui-spinner.css?...	6.7 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/form-maker/css/jquery-ui-1.10.3.custo...	6.5 KiB	166 ms
/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/stylesheets/jquery.bxsl...	1.6 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=6.8	19.4 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-includes/css/dashicons.min.css?ver=6.8	36.1 KiB	499 ms
www.thenation.com/wp-includes/js/thickbox/thickbox.css?ver=6.8	1.2 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/style.css	30.0 KiB	499 ms

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 868 ms

URL	Time Spent
thenation.com/	868 ms
www.thenation.com/	0.0 ms

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Diagnostics

Minifying JavaScript files can reduce payload sizes and script parse time. Learn how to minify JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 620 ms 76.6 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?v...	158.4 KiB	60.6 KiB
platform-api.sharethis.com/js/sharethis.js	46.4 KiB	13.9 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/form-maker/js/calendar/calendar_funct...	5.4 KiB	2.2 KiB

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 820 ms 141.8 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.css?ver=1...	67.3 KiB	58.3 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-includes/css/dashicons.min.css?ver=6.8	35.9 KiB	35.9 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/style.css	29.8 KiB	28.5 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=6.8	19.2 KiB	19.1 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 7.9 s 1.7 MiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	361.8 KiB	156.1 KiB
/thenation-com/prod/history/58dafdfd-93fb-4515-b423-29fa4...	189.7 KiB	156.0 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB	144.5 KiB
/thenation-com/prod/history/58dafdfd-93fb-4515-b423-29fa4...	157.2 KiB	125.7 KiB
/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?v...	158.1 KiB	115.7 KiB
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.js?ver=4d...	142.9 KiB	101.5 KiB
cds.connatix.com/p/320936758/player.ads.js	95.2 KiB	87.3 KiB
html-load.cc/script/d3d3LnRoZW5hdGlvbi5jb20.js	129.0 KiB	83.1 KiB
/p/320936758/connatix.player.js?cid=e32e0f82-bdfa-4b85-b4...	138.6 KiB	72.3 KiB
cdn.confiant-integrations.net/video/202603241056/wrap.js	125.1 KiB	70.9 KiB
cds.connatix.com/p/320936758/player.hls.js	74.8 KiB	67.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-M47P17Y4QM&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	173.0 KiB	63.3 KiB
maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&ver=6.8	100.1 KiB	63.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-54LKCF3	162.6 KiB	55.7 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/prebid4.5.0.js	59.7 KiB	44.1 KiB
cds.connatix.com/p/320936758/player.renderer.js	44.1 KiB	40.4 KiB
maps.google.com/maps-api-v3/api/js/64/9c/util.js	100.1 KiB	37.8 KiB
ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js	47.7 KiB	37.7 KiB
pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js	54.5 KiB	34.8 KiB
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	96.5 KiB	30.9 KiB
maps.google.com/maps-api-v3/api/js/64/9c/common.js	41.0 KiB	30.1 KiB
platform-api.sharethis.com/js/sharethis.js	46.3 KiB	26.9 KiB
www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js	33.9 KiB	24.1 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.min.js?ver=3.7.1	34.7 KiB	22.1 KiB
cdn.privacy-mgmt.com/unified/4.40.1/usnat.f12613136193900e32e2.bundle.js	41.6 KiB	21.3 KiB

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Total CPU Time	Script Evaluation	Script Parse
/cdn-cgi/scripts/7d0fa10a/cloudflare-static/rocket-loader...	1.4 s	1.2 s	32 ms
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.js?ver=4d...	1.0 s	231 ms	30 ms
Unattributable	800 ms	132 ms	0.0 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-54LKCF3	541 ms	449 ms	70 ms
www.thenation.com/	471 ms	194 ms	19 ms
cdn.confiant-integrations.net/video/202603241056/wrap.js	411 ms	381 ms	28 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-M47P17Y4QM&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	380 ms	332 ms	45 ms
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	346 ms	191 ms	108 ms
/signals/config/233793277040432?v=2.9.303&r=stable&domain...	338 ms	250 ms	15 ms
cdn.privacy-mgmt.com/unified/wrapperMessagingWithoutDetection.js	276 ms	250 ms	11 ms
html-load.cc/script/d3d3LnRoZW5hdGlvbi5jb20.js	270 ms	223 ms	44 ms
/p/320936758/connatix.player.js?cid=e32e0f82-bdfa-4b85-b4...	244 ms	175 ms	42 ms
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	208 ms	133 ms	52 ms
/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?v...	202 ms	88 ms	69 ms
/thenation-com/prod/history/58dafdfd-93fb-4515-b423-29fa4...	191 ms	150 ms	38 ms
js-agent.newrelic.com/nr-full-1.313.0.min.js	189 ms	166 ms	11 ms
/thenation-com/prod/history/58dafdfd-93fb-4515-b423-29fa4...	179 ms	129 ms	50 ms
static.chartbeat.com/js/chartbeat.js	135 ms	101 ms	2.9 ms
www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/min/modernizr.min.js	128 ms	30 ms	1.5 ms
cdn.privacy-mgmt.com/unified/4.40.1/usnat.f12613136193900e32e2.bundle.js	124 ms	95 ms	29 ms
connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js	114 ms	85 ms	28 ms
cds.connatix.com/p/320936758/player.user.manager.service.js	109 ms	101 ms	4.1 ms
maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&ver=6.8	97 ms	72 ms	24 ms
pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js	95 ms	79 ms	15 ms
cds.connatix.com/p/320936758/player.ads.js	86 ms	53 ms	33 ms
securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js	80 ms	66 ms	8.2 ms
platform-api.sharethis.com/js/sharethis.js	78 ms	51 ms	24 ms
a.pub.network/thenation-com/pubfig.min.js	76 ms	70 ms	5.0 ms
/thenation-com/prod/history/58dafdfd-93fb-4515-b423-29fa4...	69 ms	61 ms	6.8 ms
ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js	59 ms	49 ms	9.1 ms
cdn.privacy-mgmt.com/unified/4.40.1/gdpr-tcf.27718c8cb9d29947d2c1.bundle.js	58 ms	44 ms	13 ms
/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/paywall/main.js?ver=...	55 ms	51 ms	2.7 ms

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Category	Time Spent
Script Evaluation	6.0 s
Style & Layout	1.1 s
Script Parsing & Compilation	1.0 s
Other	973 ms
Garbage Collection	180 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	158 ms
Rendering	50 ms

Many navigations are performed by going back to a previous page, or forwards again. The back/forward cache (bfcache) can speed up these return navigations. Learn more about the bfcache

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failure reason	Failure type
The page has an unload handler in the main frame.	Actionable

Minifying CSS files can reduce network payload sizes. Learn how to minify CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 16.1 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/wp-content/plugins/the-nation-2023/build/index.css?ver=1...	67.6 KiB	10.8 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/style.css	30.0 KiB	5.3 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	362.4 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	361.9 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cover2605.jpg	335.2 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Mystal_red_illus.png	231.4 KiB
/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/splitscreen_cheney_roosevelt_...	199.7 KiB
/thenation-com/prod/history/58dafdfd-93fb-4515-b423-29fa4...	190.2 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB
www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Katha_red_illus.png	182.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-M47P17Y4QM&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	173.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-54LKCF3	162.9 KiB

Set an explicit width and height on image elements to reduce layout shifts and improve CLS. Learn how to set image dimensions

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL
Cover of May 2026 Issue `div.container > div.cta__container > a.cta__mag-cover > img`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cover2605.jpg
Katha Pollitt `div.container > div.nation-voices__authors > div.nation-voices__author > img.nation-voices__author-headshot`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Katha_red_illus.png
Elie Mystal `div.container > div.nation-voices__authors > div.nation-voices__author > img.nation-voices__author-headshot`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Mystal_red_illus.png
Dave Zirin `div.container > div.nation-voices__authors > div.nation-voices__author > img.nation-voices__author-headshot`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Zirin_red_illus.png
Jeet Heer `div.container > div.nation-voices__authors > div.nation-voices__author > img.nation-voices__author-headshot`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Heer_red_illus.png
Dick Cheney Goes All Teddy Roosevelt on Obama and Iraq `div.from-archive__row > div.collections__card > a.collections__card-image-link > img.collections__card-image`	/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/splitscreen_cheney_roosevelt_...
A group of pastors praying over 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump at… `div.collection__row > div.collections__card > a.collections__card-image-link > img.collections__card-image`	www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TrumpPrayedOver-768x484.jpg

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Layout shift culprits

●Optimize DOM size

●LCP breakdown

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●User Timing marks and measures 16 user timings

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 20 long tasks found

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 90 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 590 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Initial server response time was short Root document took 50 ms

●Avoid large layout shifts 1 layout shift found

○INP breakdown

○Avoid non-composited animations

100

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Form elements have associated labels

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Background and foreground colors have a sufficient contrast ratio

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●Links have a discernible name

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.

●Heading elements appear in a sequentially-descending order

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Identical links have the same purpose.

●Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

○`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○Input buttons have discernible text.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

Best Practices

General

Deprecated APIs will eventually be removed from the browser. Learn more about deprecated APIs.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Deprecation / Warning	Source
Topics	/thenation-com/prod/history/58dafdfd-93fb-4515-b423-29fa4... line 88, col 1157
Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.	/cdn-cgi/scripts/7d0fa10a/cloudflare-static/rocket-loader...
AttributionReporting	connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js line 279, col 769

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Source	Description
www.thenation.com/ line 1, col 8753	Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: [data-ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"-abide] at i.error (https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?ver=2.2.39:1688:13) at i.tokenize (https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?ver=2.2.39:2030:39) at i.compile (https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?ver=2.2.39:2044:32) at i.select (https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?ver=2.2.39:2203:24) at i (https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?ver=2.2.39:1260:14) at i.matches (https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?ver=2.2.39:1658:14) at Y.filter (https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?ver=2.2.39:2262:18) at n (https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?ver=2.2.39:713:13) at Y.fn.init.is (https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?ver=2.2.39:2294:18) at Object.f [as bindings] (https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?ver=2.2.39:5092:23)
certify-js.alexametrics.com/atrk.js	`Failed to load resource: net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED`
prod-paywall.thenation.com/api/fetch-experience/	`Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 ()`

Source maps translate minified code to the original source code. This helps developers debug in production. In addition, Lighthouse is able to provide further insights. Consider deploying source maps to take advantage of these benefits. Learn more about source maps.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Map URL
/wp-content/themes/thenation-2023/js/javascripts/all.js?v...
html-load.cc/script/d3d3LnRoZW5hdGlvbi5jb20.js	html-load.cc/loader.min.js.map
cdn.speedcurve.com/js/lux.js?id=598658429	cdn.speedcurve.com/js/lux.min.js.map
ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js	ak.sail-horizon.com/spm/spm.v1.min.js.map

●Uses HTTPS

●Avoids third-party cookies

●Allows users to paste into input fields

●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load

●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

●Displays images with correct aspect ratio

●Serves images with appropriate resolution

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Use a strong HSTS policy

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

Crawling and Indexing

Search engines may use `href` attributes on links to crawl websites. Ensure that the `href` attribute of anchor elements links to an appropriate destination, so more pages of the site can be discovered. Learn how to make links crawlable

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Uncrawlable Link
x `body.home > div.tn-show-sfg-subs-popup > div.tn-sfg-subs-popup > a.tn-sfg-subs-close`

If your robots.txt file is malformed, crawlers may not be able to understand how you want your website to be crawled or indexed. Learn more about robots.txt.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Line #	Content	Error
12	`Disallow: https://www.thenation.com/teaching_guide-sitemap1.xml`	`Pattern should either be empty, start with "/" or "*"`
13	`Disallow: https://www.thenation.com/teaching_guide-sitemap2.xml`	`Pattern should either be empty, start with "/" or "*"`
14	`Disallow: https://www.thenation.com/teaching_guide-sitemap3.xml`	`Pattern should either be empty, start with "/" or "*"`
15	`Disallow: https://www.thenation.com/teaching_guide-sitemap4.xml`	`Pattern should either be empty, start with "/" or "*"`

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Document has a meta description

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links have descriptive text

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`