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A black-and-white photo with a mushroom-shaped explosion.

We’re Still Living With the Decisions Made During the Trinity Tests We’re Still Living With the Decisions Made During the Trinity Tests

Eighty years after the first atomic weapons tests at Los Alamos, humanity has yet to fully reckon with the power of mass annihilation.

Jul 23, 2025 / Eric Ross

Niloofar Apartment in Tehran by Alidoost and Partners.

Iranian Brickwork Shows Us Better Architecture Is Possible Iranian Brickwork Shows Us Better Architecture Is Possible

Why the beauty and inventiveness of contemporary masonry in Iran has captured Western audiences.

Jul 23, 2025 / Kate Wagner

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Maga broadens their horizons.

Jul 23, 2025 / OppArt / Adam Zyglis

CIA chief Allen Dulles in 1958.

The CIA’s Imperial History, Part 2 The CIA’s Imperial History, Part 2

On this episode of American Prestige, the final part of our conversation with Hugh Wilford.

Jul 22, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Bloody Line in the Sand

Bloody Line in the Sand Bloody Line in the Sand

Netanyahu’s Gaza horror show marches on.

Jul 22, 2025 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Yasemin Acar, who was aboard the vessel Madleen when it was intercepted by Israeli forces, arrives in Berlin on June 12, 2025.

“They Wanted to Humiliate Us”: Israel’s Abuse of Freedom Flotilla Activists “They Wanted to Humiliate Us”: Israel’s Abuse of Freedom Flotilla Activists

One of the organizers tells The Nation about the sleep deprivation, psychological torment, and dehumanization she suffered at Israel’s hands.

Jul 22, 2025 / Saliha Bayrak

A view of damage at the Syrian General Staff headquarters and nearby buildings following Israeli airstrikes targeting the capital Damascus, Syria on July 17, 2025.

Israel Bombs Damascus, Militant Violence Erupts in Haiti, France Withdraws Troops From Senegal Israel Bombs Damascus, Militant Violence Erupts in Haiti, France Withdraws Troops From Senegal

On this episode of American Prestige, all the news that’s fit to hear.

Jul 18, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner

A member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus holds a picture of Kilmar Abrego Garcia during a news conference to discuss Abrego Garcia's arrest and deportation d at Cannon House Office Building on April 9, 2025,

The Trump Administration Is Reviving Institutionalized Torture The Trump Administration Is Reviving Institutionalized Torture

The ambient threat of torture is a form of social control, encouraging everyone else to comply with and bow down before the regime.

Jul 17, 2025 / Rebecca Gordon

Community and immigrant rights organizations rally in Oakland’s Latino Fruitvale district protesting immigration raids. One sign says “For my father, who was deported. Watch me from Heaven, Papa. This is Our War!”

Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid? Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid?

With Trump and Stephen Miller cheering on ICE’s terror tactics, Jaime Alanis Garcia’s fatal fall in the raid on Glass House Farms was the most recent example of a death foretold.

Jul 17, 2025 / David Bacon

Cuban military personnel carry caricatures of Donald Trump

What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests

The danger of “maximum pressure” vs. the promise of “pragmatic engagement.”

Jul 16, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh

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