The Latest Centrist Memo to Democrats Is Bad News for the Party and the Planet The Latest Centrist Memo to Democrats Is Bad News for the Party and the Planet

To win back power, Democrats must organize themselves against oligarchy—and that means rejecting the latest shoddy centrist recommendations.

Aaron Regunberg

The Uncertain History of the Bronx Fires The Uncertain History of the Bronx Fires

In Born in Flames, Bench Ansfield asks, who, or what, is responsible for the arson epidemic that afflicted the borough in the 1970s and ’80s?

Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp

Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here

A faked viral video of a white CEO shoplifting is one thing. What happens when an AI-generated video incriminates a Black suspect? That’s coming, and we’re completely unprepared.

Kali Holloway

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The Pending Disaster of a Skydance-Warners Merger The Pending Disaster of a Skydance-Warners Merger

Nov 3, 2025 / Ben Schwartz

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Chinatown

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Cruelest choices.

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No Kings Sketches

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Arc de Trump.

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The gaslight zone.

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Politics

Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson sit down for a friendly chat.

Nick Fuentes Is the GOP’s Latest Frankenstein Monster Nick Fuentes Is the GOP’s Latest Frankenstein Monster

The extremist podcaster’s rise and rise is a sign that racists and antisemites are tired of being the junior partners in the Republican coalition.

Jeet Heer

Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, speaks during a news conference on education in August 2022.

Texas’s “Parental Rights” Amendment Will Cement Republicans’ Anti-Educator Agenda Texas’s “Parental Rights” Amendment Will Cement Republicans’ Anti-Educator Agenda

The ballot proposal is the right’s latest move in the culture war on teachers and public schools, embedding parental primacy in the state constitution.

StudentNation / Arman Amin

Director Woody Allen leaves Manhattan surrogate court in a car, New York, June 10, 1993, following a second day of hearings on efforts by ex-lover Mia Farrow to undo his adoption of children.

Woody Allen’s New York—and Mine Woody Allen’s New York—and Mine

The director’s vision of New York City once seemed aspirational, but his endorsement of Andrew Cuomo suggests he may not understand the city beyond its fiction.

Stephanie Wambugu

Books & the Arts

Nighttime view of people in a vacant lot as they watch a fire burning on the top floors of an apartment building in the Bronx, New York, 1983.

The Uncertain History of the Bronx Fires The Uncertain History of the Bronx Fires

In Born in Flames, Bench Ansfield asks, who, or what, is responsible for the arson epidemic that afflicted the borough in the 1970s and ’80s?

Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp

United States Capitol, Washington DC, late 19th century. Albumen print, stereocard.

Is It Too Late to Remake American Democracy? Is It Too Late to Remake American Democracy?

A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a more egalitarian political economy, and his new book The Right of the People.

Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Jeremy Allen White in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.”

Who’s the Boss? Who’s the Boss?

A bowdlerized biopic of Bruce Springsteen, starring Jeremy Allen White, flattens a musician whose politics and identity are much more complicated.

Books & the Arts / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

World

Climate Disasters Are Traumatizing Brazil’s Children

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The generation coming into the world now is expected will face unprecedented extreme weather events throughout their lives.

Giovana Girardi

Trump and team sat across from Zelensky

Europe Is at Donald Trump’s Mercy. It Has Itself to Blame. Europe Is at Donald Trump’s Mercy. It Has Itself to Blame.

The European Union has failed to mount an alternative to Donald Trump. On defense, geopolitical alignment, and trade policy, it is ever more subservient to the United States.

Harrison Stetler

A firefighter stands near burning market after Russian drone attack on October 22, 2025, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine

The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows


Verdun in the Donbas.

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People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

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Democratic Party leadership is way out of touch with where the American people are, and it’s almost frightening to see the kind of anger and contempt that people feel toward it.

Feature / John Nichols

What Was the Cybertruck?

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Elon Musk’s car from space offered a vision for a sustainable and autonomous future. All along, it was as awkward, easily bruised, and volatile as the entrepreneur himself.

Feature / Maya Vinokour

Justices of the US Supreme Court pose for their official photo, 2022.

The Supreme Court v. Democracy The Supreme Court v. Democracy

The Nation’s justice correspondent previews the court’s coming term—and explains why it will never stand up to Trump.

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