How Trump Is Outsourcing His Mass Deportation Agenda How Trump Is Outsourcing His Mass Deportation Agenda
The government is enlisting—or coercing—other countries into joining its efforts to purge immigrants from the United States.
Living and Learning in the Shadow of the Paris Commune Living and Learning in the Shadow of the Paris Commune
Kristin Ross’s The Commune Form traces a political tradition—based on reimagining class relations—that stretches from the 1871 uprising to the modern-day struggles of ZAD.
Texas Student Journalists Are Being Censored, but That Won’t Stop the Presses Texas Student Journalists Are Being Censored, but That Won’t Stop the Presses
On University of Texas campuses, students have found other ways of newsmaking that free their publications from editorial control by their schools and state.
Will You Put Your Body On the Line to Defend and Support Your Neighbors? Will You Put Your Body On the Line to Defend and Support Your Neighbors?
A new Solidarity Pledge organized by civil rights and social justice organizations invites people to stand up for immigrant communities.
Latest
The US Is Now in the Human-Trafficking Business The US Is Now in the Human-Trafficking Business
Apr 1, 2025 / Andrew Kornfeld and Esul Burton
The World’s Richest Man Wants Wisconsin to Give Up on Democracy The World’s Richest Man Wants Wisconsin to Give Up on Democracy
Apr 1, 2025 / John Nichols
Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror
Apr 1, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg
In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War
Apr 1, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
Why Musk and Trump Really Want to Gut the Government Why Musk and Trump Really Want to Gut the Government
Apr 1, 2025 / Kali Holloway
Why Trump’s “Liberation Day” Could Usher in Economic Catastrophe Why Trump’s “Liberation Day” Could Usher in Economic Catastrophe
Apr 1, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
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With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup? With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup?
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Why Musk and Trump Really Want to Gut the Government Why Musk and Trump Really Want to Gut the Government
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From the Archive
May 25, 2013: This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Politicization of the IRS This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Politicization of the IRS
This isn’t the first time the IRS has been accused of tareting political opponents—and it hasn’t always been right-wing groups who have drawn its scrutiny.
Politics
My Weekend of Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk “Defiance” My Weekend of Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk “Defiance”
I went to a #TeslaTakedown in New York and signed on to a Zoom “Resistance Lab” training. Here’s what I saw.
What Will You Do? What Will You Do?
What’s your “I am Spartacus” move to protect the more vulnerable, the targeted, the invisibled, the next-on-the-list?
All Vance Is Saying Is Give Peace a Chance All Vance Is Saying Is Give Peace a Chance
The vice president has doubts about the Yemen war, but will Democrats find the courage to oppose it? The GOP’s fractures offer a chance to push for an anti-interventionist agenda….
Books & the Arts
Living and Learning in the Shadow of the Paris Commune Living and Learning in the Shadow of the Paris Commune
Kristin Ross’s The Commune Form traces a political tradition—based on reimagining class relations—that stretches from the 1871 uprising to the modern-day struggles of ZAD.
Want to Understand America’s Housing Crisis? Look to Atlanta. Want to Understand America’s Housing Crisis? Look to Atlanta.
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 Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema
Why did Hollywood lose interest in making paranoid thrillers like The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor? Was it a change in the culture? Or a change in the marketplace?
World
With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup? With ICE Out of Control, How Can the US Cohost the 2026 World Cup?
The country has proven itself incapable of not abducting and imprisoning people entering it—boycotting US matches avoids putting teams, their families, and fans in danger.
Must a Palestinian Win an Oscar for the World to Care When He’s Attacked? Must a Palestinian Win an Oscar for the World to Care When He’s Attacked?
The assault and arrest of Ballal Hamdan is horrendous, but the framing of the incident reproduces the idea that some lives are more worthy of defense than others.
Bombing Yemen: Signalgate Deserves to Be a Major Scandal Bombing Yemen: Signalgate Deserves to Be a Major Scandal
But the assault on Yemeni civilians the hapless conspirators discussed in their private chat group is an even bigger disgrace—though so far the press haven’t paid much attention.
Features
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Are Men OK? Are Men OK?
According to Richard V. Reeves, American society is failing to address the needs of men and boys. Are his solutions the flip side of feminism—or just another form of backlash?
Life in Cuba Under Sanctions Life in Cuba Under Sanctions
Ordinary Cubans are trapped in a vicious circle of government mismanagement exacerbated by the US embargo.
Who Gave Away the Skies to the Airlines? Who Gave Away the Skies to the Airlines?
In 1978, Jimmy Carter signed the Airline Deregulation Act. It gave rise to some truly miserable air travel—and neoliberalism.
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