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President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on December 2, 2025.

Sleepy Donald Snoozes, America Loses Sleepy Donald Snoozes, America Loses

It’s bedtime for Bozo—and you're paying the price.

Dec 8, 2025 / Jeet Heer

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

All That Glitters Is Not Gold All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Trump’s “Gilded Age” of suffering for we the people.

Dec 8, 2025 / OppArt / Sally Edelstein

A statue of Nathan Hale In front of Connecticut Hall on Yale University campus.

What Do Elite Universities Owe Their Students? What Do Elite Universities Owe Their Students?

As the Ivies push graduates into careers in consulting, finance, and tech, organizers with the Class Action movement are questioning their schools’ corporate partnerships.

Dec 8, 2025 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia

Capitalism’s Toxic Nature

Capitalism’s Toxic Nature Capitalism’s Toxic Nature

A conversation with Alyssa Battistoni about the essential and contradictory nature of capitalism to the environment and her new book Free Gifts: Capitalism and the Politics of Nat...

Dec 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

My Search for Barbie’s Aryan Predecessor

My Search for Barbie’s Aryan Predecessor My Search for Barbie’s Aryan Predecessor

The original doll was not made by Mattel but by a business that perfected its practice making plaster casts of Hitler.

Dec 6, 2025 / Tarpley Hitt

Are Most Americans Even Paying Attention?

Are Most Americans Even Paying Attention? Are Most Americans Even Paying Attention?

In this week’s Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s justice correspondent digs into the latest legal news, Trump news, and Nuzzi news—along with a look at how few people actually ...

Dec 5, 2025 / Elie Mystal

President Donald Trump receives the FIFA Peace Prize from Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Official Draw at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on December 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

FIFA Kisses Up to Trump With a “Peace Prize” FIFA Kisses Up to Trump With a “Peace Prize”

With the world’s soccer fans watching, Gianni Infantino, the great toady to the globe’s oligarchs, handed a made-up award to the increasingly violent US president.

Dec 5, 2025 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

 “I Am a Citizen”

 “I Am a Citizen”  “I Am a Citizen”

We are all Americans.

Dec 5, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Trump surrounded by media in the oval office.

A New Roosevelt Institute Report Confronts the Roots of Our Media Crisis—and Calls for Breaking Up Corporate Media A New Roosevelt Institute Report Confronts the Roots of Our Media Crisis—and Calls for Breaking Up Corporate Media

Today’s journalism crisis wasn’t inevitable, but it’s time to free journalism from the straitjacket of turning a democratic obligation into a profit-maximizing business model.

Dec 5, 2025 / Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard

San Diego Bishop-Designate Michael Pham, center left, and Father Scott Santarosa, center right, stand next to other faith leaders in front of the Edward J. Schwartz federal building on June 20, 2025, in San Diego, California.

San Diego’s Clergy Offer Solace to Immigrants—and a Shield Against ICE San Diego’s Clergy Offer Solace to Immigrants—and a Shield Against ICE

In no other US city has the faith community mobilized at such a large scale to defend immigrants against the federal government.

Dec 5, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

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