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Can Senator Jon Ossoff Hold On to His Seat?

Can Senator Jon Ossoff Hold On to His Seat? Can Senator Jon Ossoff Hold On to His Seat?

He’s the most vulnerable incumbent in the Senate race, and his state is ground zero for the new Jim Crow attacks on voting rights.

Sep 9, 2026 / Feature / Joan Walsh

The Amazing Movement Against Data Centers. Plus, How to Be a Dissident.

The Amazing Movement Against Data Centers. Plus, How to Be a Dissident. The Amazing Movement Against Data Centers. Plus, How to Be a Dissident.

On this episode of Start Making Sense, David Wallace-Wells analyzes the new form of protest in America, and Ami Fields-Meyer explains how dissident leaders and movements arise. Is…

Sep 9, 2026 / Podcast

COINTELPRO Is Back

COINTELPRO Is Back COINTELPRO Is Back

How Homeland Security has adopted the COINTELPRO playbook.

Sep 8, 2026 / Betty Medsger

Flying Kites in Gaza

Flying Kites in Gaza Flying Kites in Gaza

Children continue to die though media attention fades.

Sep 8, 2026 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

A Starbucks strike in New York City, 2025.

The Making of the Millennial Working Class The Making of the Millennial Working Class

A new book follows a rising generation of labor organizers as they attempt to unionize their workplaces.

Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Alex Press

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Letters From the October 2026 Issue Letters From the October 2026 Issue

The long shadow of AIPAC… The AI revolution will not be televised… Speaking of taxes… Reporting on abortion… (online only)

Sep 8, 2026 / Our Readers

A parade of Jewish Bundists on May Day.

The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism

Molly Crabapple’s Here Where We Live Is Our Country revisits the past of the Jewish Labor Bund and considers what it might mean for our future.

Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read

Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read

The Florida Senate candidate responded to Republican book-banning schemes by opening a bookstore.

Sep 8, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation

What’s Behind the Dubai-ification of America’s Yemeni Cafés?

What’s Behind the Dubai-ification of America’s Yemeni Cafés? What’s Behind the Dubai-ification of America’s Yemeni Cafés?

Over the years, Yemeni cafés have become beloved establishments for students and coffee lovers alike. But recently they have undergone a conspicuous aesthetic makeover.

Sep 7, 2026 / StudentNation / Mohamad Rimawi

There’s Nothing Traditional About Tradwives

There’s Nothing Traditional About Tradwives There’s Nothing Traditional About Tradwives

Propagandists for stay-at-home domesticity are monetizing a fantasy—and they’re not really staying at home.

Sep 7, 2026 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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