The World Has Never Cared About Gaza’s Suffering The World Has Never Cared About Gaza’s Suffering
Gaza is being obliterated, and no global power is doing anything to stop it.
Biden’s Primary Challenges Are Much More Serious Than DC Insiders Think Biden’s Primary Challenges Are Much More Serious Than DC Insiders Think
There’s an ongoing debate about when Biden backers should panic. But with new opponents and new issues, it’s time to start paying attention to the nomination contest.
All We Want in Gaza Is to Live All We Want in Gaza Is to Live
We don’t want condolences or speeches. We want to be treated like human beings, and we want less trauma in our lives.
Jonathan Lethem Returns to the Scene of the Crime Jonathan Lethem Returns to the Scene of the Crime
In his new novel, the bard of Boerum Hill interrogates the brutal truths of gentrification.
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The GOP Is Not a Political Party—It’s a Cult The GOP Is Not a Political Party—It’s a Cult
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Hebrew Nationalist Hot Dogs Hebrew Nationalist Hot Dogs
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Tom Steyer Is Prepared to Take On the AI Billionaires Tom Steyer Is Prepared to Take On the AI Billionaires
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America’s Authoritarian Remodel Is Well Underway America’s Authoritarian Remodel Is Well Underway
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How America’s Courts Fell for a Con Man How America’s Courts Fell for a Con Man
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AI Is Incapable of Poetry
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Jim Crow Just Suffered a Temporary Setback—in Alabama
The American Revolution Was a Mistake
Israel-Gaza War
Western Journalists Have Palestinian Blood on Their Hands Western Journalists Have Palestinian Blood on Their Hands
The mainstream media’s relentless dehumanization of Palestinians is enabling Israeli war crimes.
“We Are the Voices of Gazan Citizens Right Now” “We Are the Voices of Gazan Citizens Right Now”
Hundreds of Palestinian Americans and supporters from Cincinnati, Ohio, gathered in Ziegler Park. “My city no longer exists. My village is no longer there.”
The Jewish Justice Movement Is Being Reborn The Jewish Justice Movement Is Being Reborn
At the Jewish Voice for Peace rally, thousands of protesters made clear that they will no longer allow the suffering of the Jewish people to be weaponized against others.
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Why the Brooklyn Courtroom Birth Was the Last Straw for Public Defenders Why the Brooklyn Courtroom Birth Was the Last Straw for Public Defenders
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May 1st, 2014: This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s What John Steinbeck Would Have Thought of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s What John Steinbeck Would Have Thought of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
For seventy-five years, industry has tried to paint organized workers as “red agitators.”
Politics
Biden’s Israel-Palestine Policy Could Cost Him the Election Biden’s Israel-Palestine Policy Could Cost Him the Election
The president’s blank-check support of Israel’s war on Gaza is alienating many of the Black and brown voters he needs to win reelection.
Why I Just Quit DSA Why I Just Quit DSA
After over four decades as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, one of the group’s founding members is leaving in sorrow and anger.
Trump’s Pick for Speaker Is a Nightmare Waiting to Happen Trump’s Pick for Speaker Is a Nightmare Waiting to Happen
Trump wants his close political ally Ohio Republican Jim Jordan to become second in the line of presidential succession. Brace yourselves.
Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along
As global instability spreads, the president remains committed to failed strategies.
Books & the Arts
The Rise of the Sensitivity Reader The Rise of the Sensitivity Reader
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Pierre Guyotat’s Moral Order Pierre Guyotat’s Moral Order
The French writer’s fiction engages in a radical egalitarian project aimed at negating the right’s nihilism.
Searching for Solidarity at the Train Station Searching for Solidarity at the Train Station
Mattia Filice’s Driver, a poetic novel about train conductors in France, offers an empathetic vision of working for the public.
Features
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After Oil After Oil
Chevron’s refinery in Richmond, Calif., is a major polluter. Can the activists trying to shut it down convince its 3,000 workers they’re on the same side?
They Were Supposed to Be Free. Why Are They Locked Up? They Were Supposed to Be Free. Why Are They Locked Up?
No one wants a person convicted of a sex offense in their neighborhood. So New York keeps them in prison long past their release dates.
Senator Menendez Is Just the Latest Sucker to Fall for Fool’s Gold Senator Menendez Is Just the Latest Sucker to Fall for Fool’s Gold
While most celebrity goldbugs are on the far right—Steve Bannon, Glenn Beck, Candace Owens, Ron Paul…—Democrats are not immune from the strange charms of this economic delusion.
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