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US President Donald Trump joins hands with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (left) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (right) at the White House on August 8, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Revolution or No Revolution Revolution or No Revolution

Eight years after Armenia’s “Velvet Revolution,” Nikol Pashinyan’s government has deepened the country’s neoliberal trajectory while reorienting Armenia toward the West.

Oct 2, 2026 / Pietro A. Shakarian

An Iranian flag flutters in front of a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

The GOP Sells the Mirage of a Hormuz Victory The GOP Sells the Mirage of a Hormuz Victory

The American action in the contested strait isn’t sustainable—and won’t alter the economic and political fallout from its closure.

Oct 2, 2026 / David Faris

Hundreds of climate activists take part in a protest in the run up to the German elections in Bonn, Germany, on February 14, 2025.

Germany and California Make Up an Environmental Superpower Germany and California Make Up an Environmental Superpower

The world’s third- and fourth-largest economies have pledged to environmental protections. Will others follow suit?

Oct 1, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

An anti-nuclear rally in Central Park, New York City, in June 1982.

On Being Awarded the Women Waging Peace Award On Being Awarded the Women Waging Peace Award

It has never been more urgent to revive the idea of peace, not as a slogan, but as the only serious, respectable, responsible, reasonable, humane position.

Oct 1, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Freedom Can’t Be Fenced In

Freedom Can’t Be Fenced In Freedom Can’t Be Fenced In

A call for freedom written across a pedestrian overpass, framed by wire.

Sep 30, 2026 / OppArt / Jeanne Flavin

Sohei Kamiya, leader of Japan’s Sanseito party, delivers a speech at a Sanseito street rally in Tokyo.

Japan’s Far Right Is Courting Young Voters Japan’s Far Right Is Courting Young Voters

Sanseitō has attracted young voters through a robust social-media strategy, Charlie Kirk–like public speaking events, and anti-establishment messaging.

Sep 30, 2026 / StudentNation / Sena Chang

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How AI Could Kill Us All How AI Could Kill Us All

Mapping the pathways to human extinction.

Sep 30, 2026 / Michael T. Klare

Journalist Meaghan Beatley on Latin America’s Feminist Resistance

Journalist Meaghan Beatley on Latin America’s Feminist Resistance Journalist Meaghan Beatley on Latin America’s Feminist Resistance

A conversation with the author of Sex and Dissent about what American feminists can learn from the Green Wave movement.

Sep 29, 2026 / Q&A / Nicole Froio

A mushroom cloud in black and white

This AI Panic Is Nothing New This AI Panic Is Nothing New

In the 1940s, The Nation asked questions about the atomic bomb we’re asking of artificial intelligence today.

Sep 29, 2026 / Richard Kreitner

Iranians walk past an anti-Trump billboard along a street in Tehran on September 23, 2026.

The Decades-Old Roots of Trump’s War on Iran The Decades-Old Roots of Trump’s War on Iran

An interview with historian Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi about the generations of US presidents who have tried to destroy the Iranian regime.

Sep 28, 2026 / Q&A / Luca GoldMansour

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