The Bitter Pill for Emmanuel Macron’s Survival The Bitter Pill for Emmanuel Macron’s Survival

Amid a spiraling political crisis, France’s president is being forced to retreat on his signature reform.

Harrison Stetler

Trump Has Just Condemned More Americans to Hunger Trump Has Just Condemned More Americans to Hunger

The administration’s decision to fast-track a bunch of changes to food stamps—including new work requirements—is as stupid as it is cruel.

Elie Mystal

The Man Behind the Radical Walking Tours of New York City The Man Behind the Radical Walking Tours of New York City

Asad Dandia sued the NYPD after it spied on his family and community. Now he uses people’s history to reclaim the streets from the systems that surveilled him.

Lara-Nour Walton

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The Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPAC The Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPAC

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Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities? Why Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities?

Oct 15, 2025 / Column / Kate Wagner

Walter Lippmann’s Phantom Publics Walter Lippmann’s Phantom Publics

Oct 15, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Gerald Howard

Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza

Oct 15, 2025 / Spencer Ackerman

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U.S. federal agents working for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detain immigrants and asylum seekers reporting for immigration court proceedings at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building's U.S. Immigration Court in New York, New York, Thursday, July 24, 2025.

“We Have a Common Enemy—And It’s Not Your Immigrant Neighbor” “We Have a Common Enemy—And It’s Not Your Immigrant Neighbor”

The SEIU’s Dave Foley and Dr. A. Naomi Paik on how worker solidarity can overcome Trump’s war on immigrants.

Henry Hicks IV

Crowds gather at Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, Illinois, on October 8, 2025, for an emergency rally, waving flags and holding signs to oppose ICE and National Guard presence in Chicago.

The Resistance to Trump’s Military Occupations Just Keeps Growing The Resistance to Trump’s Military Occupations Just Keeps Growing

In Illinois, California, and Oregon, residents and attorneys general are pushing back against the deployment of federal troops in their cities. So far, it’s working.

Column / Sasha Abramsky

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks to senior military members on September 30, 2025, in Quantico, Virginia.

The Dark Satire of Pete Hegseth’s Quantico Speech The Dark Satire of Pete Hegseth’s Quantico Speech

The secretary of war’s plea for discipline collapses into its opposite—a demand for wanton violence and mayhem 

Lyle Jeremy Rubin

Books & the Arts

Walter Lippmann on the ocean liner Conte di Savoia.

Walter Lippmann’s Phantom Publics Walter Lippmann’s Phantom Publics

Arguably no American journalist wielded as much influence as Walter Lippmann did in the 20th century. But what did he do with that power?

Books & the Arts / Gerald Howard

Donald Trump with construction workers at the Trump Palace.

How the Capitalism of the 1980s Created Donald Trump’s Theory of the State How the Capitalism of the 1980s Created Donald Trump’s Theory of the State

The proliferation of privately held companies during the Reagan years laid the foundations for Trump’s approach to government.

Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

World

Mustafa Tafesh and the Palestine National Baseball team.

“The Occupation Kills Everything, Including Athletes” “The Occupation Kills Everything, Including Athletes”

Mustafa Tafesh and Ashraf Murad, members of the Palestine National Baseball Team, are just two of 800 athletes who have been killed during Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

StudentNation / Khadeejah Khan

One of the boats from the civilian Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla Coalition and Thousand Madleens to Gaza, enters Ashdod Port in southern Israel, after being seized by Israeli Navy forces, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025.

Israel Just Attacked Another Flotilla. But the Movement Will Never Stop. Israel Just Attacked Another Flotilla. But the Movement Will Never Stop.

“We haven’t before, and we won’t let Israel’s violence and brutality deter us,” one participant told The Nation.

Saliha Bayrak

Palestinians make their way along Al-Rashid road toward Gaza City from Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on October 10, 2025.

We Are Genocide Survivors. But Our War Is Far From Over. We Are Genocide Survivors. But Our War Is Far From Over.

We in Gaza will remember the martyrs—those who died teaching, reporting, healing, mothering, surviving. We will carry their memory like fire in our hearts. And we will begin again…

Ali Skaik

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People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why. People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

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

How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine

How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine

The unsung hero of Mamdani’s campaign is its field operation. It may make him mayor of New York City.

Feature / Hadas Thier

Elon Musk’s AI Grift

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The tech lord’s recent bid to reshuffle the ownership structure of his empire reinforces the clout of the Middle Eastern strongman regimes in its orbit.

Feature / Jacob Silverman

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