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The Paris Olympics Are Kicking Off With Protests The Paris Olympics Are Kicking Off With Protests
“The Olympic Games are profoundly disrupting the lives of French people,” the protesters wrote in a joint statement.“The question then arises: Who benefits from the Games?”
Working Families Party Nominates Kamala Harris Ahead of the DNC Working Families Party Nominates Kamala Harris Ahead of the DNC
The nomination gives the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a second ballot line in New York and a big organizational boost from WFP and its allies.
J.D. Vance’s Hatred of Cat Ladies Is Weirder and More Dangerous Than You Think J.D. Vance’s Hatred of Cat Ladies Is Weirder and More Dangerous Than You Think
Patriarchy, plutocracy, and ethnonationalism fuel the vice-presidential candidate’s bizarre slur.
Every University in Gaza Has Been Destroyed. So Have These Students’ Dreams. Every University in Gaza Has Been Destroyed. So Have These Students’ Dreams.
The class of 2024 was supposed to graduate this year. Instead, they are trapped in the hell of Gaza, and their futures are unknown.
Lewis Lapham Salvaged From History What Was Useful, Beautiful, and True Lewis Lapham Salvaged From History What Was Useful, Beautiful, and True
Writer Lewis H. Lapham, longtime editor of Harper’s Magazine and the founder of Lapham’s Quarterly, died in Rome. He was 89.
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Kamala Harris Will Shift on Gaza Only if We Make Her Kamala Harris Will Shift on Gaza Only if We Make Her
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Netanyahu in DC, Protests in Bangladesh, and the Hottest Days Ever Recorded Netanyahu in DC, Protests in Bangladesh, and the Hottest Days Ever Recorded
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Kamala Harris Is Ready for This Fight Kamala Harris Is Ready for This Fight
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What I Learned Covering Attorney General Kamala Harris What I Learned Covering Attorney General Kamala Harris
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The Rolling Stones Haven’t Missed a Beat The Rolling Stones Haven’t Missed a Beat
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Biden Said Rent Cap. Here’s What Tenant Organizers Say Must Happen Next. Biden Said Rent Cap. Here’s What Tenant Organizers Say Must Happen Next.
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Why There Are No Trans Women Competing at the Paris Games Why There Are No Trans Women Competing at the Paris Games
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December 31, 2019: This Was the Decade of Feminist Uprisings in Latin America This Was the Decade of Feminist Uprisings in Latin America
The “green wave” emerged in response to staggering rates of femicide, and then began mounting challenges to the highly restrictive abortion laws in the region.
2024 Election
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Kamala Harris Steps Up Kamala Harris Steps Up
The future of American democracy now rests on the vice president’s shoulders. That’s why it’s more important than ever to understand who she is.
![President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders during a 2020 presidential primary debate.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Biden_and_Bernie.jpg)
The Illusion of Party Unity in the Democratic Party The Illusion of Party Unity in the Democratic Party
Deference to the leadership of the Democratic Party has come at much too high a price.
![Vice President Kamala Harris stands in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 20, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2153889286.jpg)
Beware the People Who Claim “America Isn’t Ready for a Black Woman President” Beware the People Who Claim “America Isn’t Ready for a Black Woman President”
Even as Kamala Harris consolidates the entire Democratic Party behind her campaign, there will be people telling her she can’t win because she’s a woman of color.
World
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The Appalling Social Cleansing of Olympic Paris The Appalling Social Cleansing of Olympic Paris
In the last year, an estimated 12,500 vulnerable Paris residents were forced from their homes.
![Palestinian children watch as an Israeli bulldozer works in the West Bank hamlet of Khan al-Ahmar, Thursday, July 5, 2018.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/west-bank-settlements-ap-img.jpg)
The Horror in Israel and Palestine Began Half a Century Ago The Horror in Israel and Palestine Began Half a Century Ago
From the very start, Jewish violence has accompanied the proliferation of settlements.
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A Close-Up View of the UK Election Gave Rise to an Unfamiliar Emotion: Envy A Close-Up View of the UK Election Gave Rise to an Unfamiliar Emotion: Envy
The US left can only dream of Democrats’ having five years ahead of interrupted power—and control of Congress—with the GOP, like the Tories, driven far to the margins for a d…
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Venita Blackburn’s Stages of Grief Venita Blackburn’s Stages of Grief
In Dead in Long Beach, California, the novelist looks at how integral lying is to any story we tell about death.
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Clarice Lispector’s Cosmology Clarice Lispector’s Cosmology
To understand the philosophical dimensions of her fiction you must read her 1961 novel The Apple in the Dark.
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The Cruel Genius of Robert Plunket’s Gay Satires The Cruel Genius of Robert Plunket’s Gay Satires
His 1992 novel Love Junkie might be one of the tragicomic classics of the AIDS era.
Politics
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Bernie Sanders’s 60-Year Fight Bernie Sanders’s 60-Year Fight
The independent senator from Vermont spoke to The Nation’s president about why he still believes political revolution can change the United States for the better.
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The He-Man, Woman-Hater’s GOP Presidential Ticket The He-Man, Woman-Hater’s GOP Presidential Ticket
By picking the banal natalist Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate, Donald Trump seems to be aiming for an even smaller share of the women’s vote than he earns on his own.
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Donald Trump Is Not a Friend to American Workers Donald Trump Is Not a Friend to American Workers
Despite Sean O’Brien’s support for Trump at the RNC, let’s be clear: A second Trump term would not be a win for the labor movement.
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