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Trump Wants to Bring Back the Draft

Trump Wants to Bring Back the Draft Trump Wants to Bring Back the Draft

Another endless war to kill America’s youth.

Aug 19, 2026 / OppArt / Dara Herman Zierlein

Hubert Harrison with Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, William “Big Bill” Haywood, and other leaders of the Paterson Silk Strike. Before it was defeated, Harrison had denounced the Socialist Party’s lackluster response to the strike and the IWW because he felt the silk workers needed all the financial, political, and moral support that they could muster.

Hubert Harrison’s Brand of Black Radicalism Hubert Harrison’s Brand of Black Radicalism

In this interview with Brian Kwoba, “The Nation” talks with the author about his new book on the legacy of a little-known but influential activist.

Aug 19, 2026 / Q&A / Peter Cole

The City Hall clock tower and surrounding buildings in Oswego, New York, part of New York’s 24th Congressional District.

Meet Alissa Ellman, Rust Belt Populist Meet Alissa Ellman, Rust Belt Populist

“You have to talk about these issues like a human being, and not like an MSNBC host on TV.”

Aug 19, 2026 / Jim Shultz

Delaney Hall Detention Facility, Newark, New Jersey

Delaney Hall Detention Facility, Newark, New Jersey Delaney Hall Detention Facility, Newark, New Jersey

A privately operated ICE detention facility where enforcement, profit, and human dignity collide—echoes of concentration camps.

Aug 18, 2026 / OppArt / Karen Guancione

A Palestinian boy displays the bites he has received from vermin, in Khan Yunis, Gaza, Palestine, on March 30, 2026.

The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza

This is what humanitarian collapse looks like: vermin moving freely through garbage, ruined buildings, and tents—and attacking people wherever they go.

Aug 18, 2026 / Huda Skaik

Participants from a coalition of voting rights groups march over the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on May 16, 2026, in a protest following the Supreme Court decision “Louisiana v. Callais.”

Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy

Too often, Democrats reinforce Republicans’ lie that the language of racial justice is the problem—instead of the injustices the language is trying to name.

Aug 18, 2026 / Column / Kali Holloway

How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores

How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores How Protein Ate Our Grocery Stores

Everyone from RFK Jr. to social media influencers are telling us that the nutrient needs to be maximized in our diet as much as possible. But is that actually good for our bodies?...

Aug 18, 2026 / Feature / Maya Vinokour

Teenagers walk by a military recruitment poster in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, in 2024.

Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel Conscription System Millions of Ukrainian Men Are Fleeing a Cruel Conscription System

They are being written out of the narrative.

Aug 18, 2026 / Dan Storyev

“Israel’s Lobby” is a new book by Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick

Is America in the Grip of a Foreign Power? Is America in the Grip of a Foreign Power?

A vital discussion on the state of the Israel lobby.

Aug 17, 2026 / Jeet Heer and Katrina vanden Heuvel

A paper donkey, the animal symbol of the Democratic Party, hangs from the ceiling at the Virginia Victory Coordinated Campaign Field Office on October 8, 2016, in Arlington, Virginia.

Democrats Really, Really, Really Don't Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising Democrats Really, Really, Really Don't Want People Investigating Their Scammy Fundraising

Several of the party’s top committees threatened to raise legal hell over a new study into the way they pry money out of seniors.

Aug 17, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

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