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A police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning.
May 15, 2025 / Grace Kyungwon Hong, Michael Chwe, Thu-huong Nguyen-vo, and Renee Tajima-Pena
Journalism Schools Are Facing Dual Pressures Under Trump Journalism Schools Are Facing Dual Pressures Under Trump
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May 14, 2025 / StudentNation / Mohamad Rimawi
Jean-Luc Mélenchon Explains How His Party Took Down a Right-Wing Government Jean-Luc Mélenchon Explains How His Party Took Down a Right-Wing Government
The head of the left-wing France Insoumise wants to break his country out of a binary contest between the neoliberal center and a rising far right.
May 14, 2025 / Q&A / David Broder
May Day, Istanbul, Turkey May Day, Istanbul, Turkey
On May 1, 2025, thousands of people demonstrated in Istanbul, and over 400 were arrested by police.
May 13, 2025 / OppArt / Mehmet Altun
Amy Littlefield on Why We Have to Defend All Abortions Amy Littlefield on Why We Have to Defend All Abortions
On this episode of The Nation Podcast: Roe v. Wade may have been overturned, but the conservative effort to destroy any and all abortion access in America rages on.
May 13, 2025 / Podcast / D.D. Guttenplan and Amy Littlefield
40 Years After the MOVE Bombing, the Scars Remain 40 Years After the MOVE Bombing, the Scars Remain
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May 13, 2025 / StudentNation / Hannah Epstein
Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished Why Trump’s Epic Crypto Corruption Will Go Unpunished
The president is a brazen crook, but Democrats are too compromised to challenge him.
May 12, 2025 / Jeet Heer
World Press, Pope Leo, Sweeney Todd World Press, Pope Leo, Sweeney Todd
American pie.
May 10, 2025 / Steve Brodner
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May 9, 2025 / Pablo Castaño Tierno
Federal Workers Rally to Save Their Jobs—and All of Us From Toxic Waste Federal Workers Rally to Save Their Jobs—and All of Us From Toxic Waste
The Federal Unionists Network is the first large-scale network for government workers, and they’re building solidarity across departments and the labor movement.
May 9, 2025 / Elsie Carson-Holt and Phoebe Grandi