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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. answers a question on the Hantavirus during an event with President Donald Trump on maternal healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House on May 11, 2026.

The Hantavirus Isn’t the Biggest Threat We’re Facing The Hantavirus Isn’t the Biggest Threat We’re Facing

The government’s destruction of our pandemic preparedness is.

May 13, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

An anti–Iraq War demonstration in New York City on February 15, 2003.

To Build the Anti-War Movement of the Future, We Must Learn From the Past To Build the Anti-War Movement of the Future, We Must Learn From the Past

What history can teach us about where the anti-imperialist left should go now.

May 13, 2026 / Van Gosse and Bill Fletcher Jr.

A billboard in Tehran asserts that despite the threats of President Donald Trump, Iran will retain control over the Strait of Hormuz.

This Is Why the Hormuz Crisis Is Different From Other Oil Crises This Is Why the Hormuz Crisis Is Different From Other Oil Crises

Israel and the United States have destabilized the Persian Gulf and global oil and natural gas supplies for the foreseeable future.

May 12, 2026 / Juan Cole

Gutting the Voting Rights Act

Gutting the Voting Rights Act Gutting the Voting Rights Act

SCOTUS’ racist ruling.

May 12, 2026 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

The Radical Genius of Álvaro Enrigue

The Radical Genius of Álvaro Enrigue The Radical Genius of Álvaro Enrigue

His new novel is as much a work of political philosophy as it is one of fiction.

May 12, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Nicolás Medina Mora

Nation Poetry

Koan: What is the true word? Koan: What is the true word?

May 12, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ye Chun

The Rapid-Fire Political Education of Zohran Mamdani

The Rapid-Fire Political Education of Zohran Mamdani The Rapid-Fire Political Education of Zohran Mamdani

Can New York’s mayor govern as a democratic socialist?

May 12, 2026 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan

Flanagan at a vigil for Renée Good in St. Paul on January 9, days after Good was killed by a federal agent.

Peggy Flanagan Is Running for the Senate to “Avenge Minnesota” Peggy Flanagan Is Running for the Senate to “Avenge Minnesota”

The lieutenant governor of the state is ramping up her Democratic Senate primary campaign as her state battles Trump’s brutal assault.

May 12, 2026 / Feature / Joan Walsh

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Letters From the June 2026 Issue Letters From the June 2026 Issue

Midwestern Nice… Today’s “Jewish Question”…

May 12, 2026 / Our Readers

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