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A protester holds up a sign with the words “We won't be erased” as activists, politicians, and others gather for a rally outside of the Stonewall Inn after the National Park Service eliminated references to transgender people from its Stonewall National Monument website on February 14, 2025, in New York City.

Reject the Linguistic Coup: Speak Up for Trans People Reject the Linguistic Coup: Speak Up for Trans People

The Trump administration is trying to shape public perception on transness by manipulating language and symbols—don’t let it.

Feb 28, 2025 / Willow Schenwar

Depraved Tyrant

Depraved Tyrant Depraved Tyrant

Your money and your life.

Feb 28, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Tent housing at Guantánamo Bay

Hiding Detained Immigrants From Public View Can Only End in Horror Hiding Detained Immigrants From Public View Can Only End in Horror

Guantánamo is now a recyclable holder for whoever is the enemy of the day.

Feb 28, 2025 / Andrea Mazzarino

Elon Musk holds a chain saw during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on February 20, 2025. The chain saw was a present to Elon Musk from Argentine President Javier Milei.

DOGE Takes a Chain Saw to Federally Funded Scientific Research DOGE Takes a Chain Saw to Federally Funded Scientific Research

The Trump administration’s efforts to reorient the country away from cutting-edge research will be felt by nearly every area of science.

Feb 28, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Chris Hayes Wants Your Attention

Chris Hayes Wants Your Attention Chris Hayes Wants Your Attention

The Nation spoke with the journalist about one of the the biggest problems in contemporary life—attention and its commodification—and his new book The Siren's Call.

Feb 27, 2025 / Books & the Arts / David Klion

Demonstrators gather for a protest against Elon Musk and Tesla on February 22, 2025 in Seattle, Washington.

Protesting Tesla Can Hurt Elon Musk Protesting Tesla Can Hurt Elon Musk

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Ed Niedermeyer on Tesla's business model and how it affects Elon Musk.

Feb 27, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx

Jeremy Ben-Ami, president of J Street, speaking at the 2022 J Street National Conference held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC.

Has J Street Gone Along With Genocide? Has J Street Gone Along With Genocide?

The “pro-Israel, pro-peace” advocacy group has seen its credibility shredded over its floundering response to the war on Gaza.

Feb 27, 2025 / Norman Solomon

Jeff Bezos at the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2025.

Democracy Dies at “The Washington Post” Democracy Dies at “The Washington Post”

…and oligarchy lives.

Feb 27, 2025 / John Nichols

New Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel after he was sworn in during a ceremony in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on February 21, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s FBI Is the Nightmare We All Feared Trump’s FBI Is the Nightmare We All Feared

Unqualified goons at the top. Conspiracies running wild. A mandate for vengeance. Buckle up.

Feb 26, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

A backcountry road is covered in recent snow, February 2, 2024, in the Catskills Mountain region of New York.

February Storms in a Country That Still Works—for Now February Storms in a Country That Still Works—for Now

The reliable knot that pulls together the threads of basic human life in America is beginning to unravel, and there suddenly arises the possibility that the center will not hold.

Feb 26, 2025 / Susan Brind Morrow

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