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Elon Musk’s AI Grift

Elon Musk’s AI Grift Elon Musk’s AI Grift

The tech lord’s recent bid to reshuffle the ownership structure of his empire reinforces the clout of the Middle Eastern strongman regimes in its orbit.

Sep 12, 2025 / Feature / Jacob Silverman

Senate minority leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) are on the wrong side of history.

Democrats Have No More Excuses on Gaza Democrats Have No More Excuses on Gaza

The American people want their leaders to stop supporting Netanyahu’s murderous inhumanity.

Sep 11, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation

Threads of Solidarity: Journalists Killed in Gaza

Threads of Solidarity: Journalists Killed in Gaza Threads of Solidarity: Journalists Killed in Gaza

Community embroidery action, with PueblaXPalestina collective, Pyramid Park, Cholula, Mexico, August 2025.

Sep 10, 2025 / OppArt / Rosa Borrás

A man holds a placard that says “Israel Assassin France Complicit,” during the pro-Palestinian demonstration against the pro-Israel gala “Israel Is Forever” in Paris on November 13, 2024.

The Power of France’s Pro-Israel Lobby The Power of France’s Pro-Israel Lobby

Netanyahu says Israel is fighting a “shared war” to defend Western values. In France, as elsewhere, it’s a message that has found powerful advocates—and not just on the right.

Sep 10, 2025 / Serge Halimi and Pierre Rimbert

Displaced Palestinian teacher Dina Ukkashi gives courses in the damaged halls of the Islamic University in Gaza Strip in May 2025.

“We Deserve Life”: Students Speak Out From Gaza “We Deserve Life”: Students Speak Out From Gaza

Hours once used to write essays or prepare for exams are now spent waiting in line for food and water. But many students still cling to their books and laptops.

Sep 9, 2025 / StudentNation / Tareq AlSourani and William Liang

Yolanda Díaz Is the New Face of the Spanish Left

Yolanda Díaz Is the New Face of the Spanish Left Yolanda Díaz Is the New Face of the Spanish Left

The labor minister hopes to keep Spain’s far right at bay, while winning workers more free time. Will she pull it off?

Sep 9, 2025 / Feature / Sarah Jaffe

Joe Biden at a cabinet meeting in 2021.

The Catastrophe of Democratic Foreign Policy The Catastrophe of Democratic Foreign Policy

A new book on the Biden’s wars serves as a stark reminder that the Democrats need to formulate a new foreign policy—as well as reckon with the one they had.

Sep 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Duss

President Donald Trump signs an executive order renaming the Department of Defense as the Department of War as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (C) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine shake hands, in the Oval Office of the White House on September 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Donald Trump Is Bringing the Imperial Wars to the Homefront Donald Trump Is Bringing the Imperial Wars to the Homefront

The ruler of a dying empire inflicts mindless militarism on Venezuela and Chicago.

Sep 8, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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

With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America

The attack on a ship off the Venezuelan coast is the first time the US has carried out a deadly military operation on its own in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.

Sep 8, 2025 / Michael Fox

Demonstrators gather to protest against a travel ban announced by US President Donald Trump.

The “Refugee Pipeline” Has Been Abandoned The “Refugee Pipeline” Has Been Abandoned

Since Trump took office, assistance for refugees has largely been revoked or suspended, with many recent arrivals from Afghanistan unable to bring their families.

Sep 8, 2025 / StudentNation / Ava Menkes

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