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Children eating Thanksgiving dinner in Harlem.

Make Thanksgiving Radical Again Make Thanksgiving Radical Again

The holiday’s real roots lie in abolition, liberation, and anti-racism. Let’s reconnect to that legacy.

Nov 27, 2025 / Kali Holloway

US Army personnel, IDF personnel, and other international officials monitor screens displaying maps and imagery of the Gaza Strip inside the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat, Israel.

The Security Council’s Resolution on Gaza Makes Trump Its New Overlord The Security Council’s Resolution on Gaza Makes Trump Its New Overlord

The resolution is not only a possible violation of UN rules, it also makes the administration directly responsible for Palestinian oppression.

Nov 26, 2025 / Phyllis Bennis

Democratic congressional candidate State Representative Aftyn Behn, D-Nashville, attends a campaign event during the special election for the seventh district, on Thursday, November 13, 2025.

Can Aftyn Behn Stun the GOP in Tennessee Next Week? Can Aftyn Behn Stun the GOP in Tennessee Next Week?

The Democrat has a real chance to flip a deep-red congressional seat. In an exclusive interview, she explains why her bid is shaking up the politics of 2025 (and maybe 2026).

Nov 26, 2025 / John Nichols

A still from the footage of the Trump administration striking a boat allegedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean.

A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America A Short History of the Long War on Drugs in Latin America

How did we get to a moment when a president could order the serial killing of civilians, publicly share videos of the crimes, and find that the response is little more than a shru...

Nov 26, 2025 / Greg Grandin

A man sleeps on Havana's Malecon waterfront

Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis

For most people on the island, the threat is just one more worry amid a grueling economic crisis.

Nov 26, 2025 / Marc Frank

Karoline Leavitt Cheer(mis)leader

Karoline Leavitt Cheer(mis)leader Karoline Leavitt Cheer(mis)leader

Trump’s press secretary’s flaming lies.

Nov 26, 2025 / OppArt / Jeff Gates

Disability rights activists Judy Heumann (1947–2023) (left) and Alice Wong (1974–2025) (center), along with another person, as they talk together at the opening of the San Francisco Main Library’s “Patient No More” exhibit on June 17, 2017.

A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong

Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.

Nov 26, 2025 / Rebecca Cokley

Nation Poetry

[they’re in their lord of the flies bag] [they’re in their lord of the flies bag]

Nov 26, 2025 / Poems / Fatimah Asghar

The Sydney Swans in action.

The Inexplicable Logic of Contact Sports The Inexplicable Logic of Contact Sports

In The Season, Helen Garner considers the zeal and irrationality of fandom and her country’s favorite pastime, Australian rules football.

Nov 26, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Mikaela Dery

“The First Thanksgiving, 1621,” by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930).

The Pilgrims Were Doomsday Cultists The Pilgrims Were Doomsday Cultists

The settlers who arrived in Plymouth were not escaping religious persecution. They left on the Mayflower to establish a theocracy in the Americas.

Nov 26, 2025 / Jane Borden

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