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An ICE agent sprays chemical irritants at protesters and media over the Memorial Day weekend.

Inside the Anti-ICE Protests at Delaney Hall Inside the Anti-ICE Protests at Delaney Hall

As federal agents increase the use of force at the facility, demonstrators are adopting new tactics.

Jun 9, 2026 / Amanda Moore

“Til Death Do You Part”

“Til Death Do You Part” “Til Death Do You Part”

Trump wants another divorce.

Jun 9, 2026 / OppArt / Sue Coe

Nation Poetry

The Flame of a Silent Fort The Flame of a Silent Fort

Jun 9, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ahmad Shamlou

Théodore Gudin, “Naval Battle Off the Chesapeake,” September 3, 1781.

The Revolution Heard Around the World The Revolution Heard Around the World

The global politics of 1776.

Jun 9, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld

Commemorative print celebrating the passage of the 15th Amendment.

The Centuries-Long Struggle to Make the Constitution Equal for All The Centuries-Long Struggle to Make the Constitution Equal for All

The effort to transform the United States’ founding document into a vehicle for egalitarian politics.

Jun 9, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Steven Hahn

Special Issue: America at 250

Special Issue: America at 250 Special Issue: America at 250

The debate over our national experiment is as old as the country, and as new as this issue of The Nation.

Jun 9, 2026 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols

Paper money issued by the Bank of North America, circa 1862.

Trump $250 Bill Trump $250 Bill

Jun 9, 2026 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Can America Experience a New Birth of Freedom?

Can America Experience a New Birth of Freedom? Can America Experience a New Birth of Freedom?

Five progressive leaders offer a powerful reminder of the country's unfinished journey.

Jun 9, 2026 / The Nation

Bust of Thomas Paine atop his monument at New Rochelle, New York.

Tom Paine’s Fight Tom Paine’s Fight

The pamphleteer’s insistence that America live up to its revolutionary vows still rings true 250 years later.

Jun 9, 2026 / John Nichols

A map showing the US empire in 1898

On “The Nation” and Empire On “The Nation” and Empire

Our magazine has refused to accept what contributor Gore Vidal once described as the “cozy unremitting war” that puts this country in a state of conflict, year after year.

Jun 9, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel for The Nation

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