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Self-proclaimed pioneer of the Trumpist hip-hop genre MAGA rap US rapper Kurt Jantz, professionally known as Forgiato Blow, attends the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 17, 2024.

17 Rappers Have Supported Trump 17 Rappers Have Supported Trump

Is this the biggest blunder in Black history?

Jun 25, 2026 / Ishmael Reed

Street Art as Solidarity

Street Art as Solidarity Street Art as Solidarity

Barcelona street art in support of Palestine, June 2026.

Jun 24, 2026 / OppArt / Bob Bingenheimer

The boarding schools Native children were sent to, like this one in Ohio, were little more than brutal detainment camps.

250 Years of Genocide, Theft, and Displacement 250 Years of Genocide, Theft, and Displacement

Natives have nothing to celebrate as the United States stages another sick-making festival of self-congratulation.

Jun 24, 2026 / Feature / Simon Moya-Smith

The Declaration’s catalog of grievances against King George III sound like Donald Trump’s to-do list.

The Celebration of the Nation's Birth Is Still a Sham The Celebration of the Nation's Birth Is Still a Sham

If America must observe its 250th anniversary, let it be by taking stock of Reconstruction’s unfinished mission.

Jun 24, 2026 / Feature / Madiba K. Dennie

JD Vance at a 2024 campaign stop in Milwaukee.

JD Vance’s Latest Memoir Preaches to the MAGA Choir JD Vance’s Latest Memoir Preaches to the MAGA Choir

The vice president claims to have reached a new level of spiritual maturity, but the evidence is nowhere in the pages of Communion.

Jun 23, 2026 / Elizabeth Spiers

Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice, is as important in shaping of the Constiution as its framers.

America Is Due a Third Reconstruction America Is Due a Third Reconstruction

The nation can thank the Supreme Court for its periods of turmoil. It’s time for a new jurisprudence.

Jun 23, 2026 / Feature / Michele Goodwin

The signing of the US Constitution in 1787, in a painting by Junius Brutus Stearns.

Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone Else? Will America Ever Give White-Man Rights to Everyone Else?

If we want to make it another 250 years, the Constitution is going to have to do a lot more than protect individual political and civil rights.

Jun 23, 2026 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Rockwell Kent’s View From Greenland

Rockwell Kent’s View From Greenland Rockwell Kent’s View From Greenland

His paintings reveal the value of looking carefully at the territory and the hazards of imperial misrepresentation.

Jun 23, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Holter

Nation Poetry

DEADHEADING DEADHEADING

Jun 23, 2026 / Poems / Jane Wong

Children in El Barrio stand before the Young Lords' 1969 Garbage Offensive.

Mapping the Unsung History of Puerto Rican Resistance Mapping the Unsung History of Puerto Rican Resistance

Hunter College students explore the story of El Barrio using the new app Radical Atmospheres.

Jun 23, 2026 / StudentNation / Ana Agudelo

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