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People walk by the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow plunges 700 points in response to the US-Israel war against Iran, on March 5, 2026.

How Trump’s Economy Is Crushing Everyday Americans  How Trump’s Economy Is Crushing Everyday Americans 

As costs surge and safety nets shrink, millions of Americans are struggling to afford the basics.

Mar 24, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Socialist Party Paris mayoral candidate Emmanuel Gregoire rides a Velib’ public bike-sharing bicycle to Paris town hall after his victory in France's 2026 municipal elections, on March 22, 2026.

Paris, a Capital in “Resistance”? Paris, a Capital in “Resistance”?

Barring a few big-ticket victories in this month’s local elections, the French left is more divided than ever—one year from a pivotal fight for the presidency

Mar 24, 2026 / Harrison Stetler

A screenshot from an AI-funded ad in support of North Carolina congressional candidate Valerie Foushee.

AI Is the New AIPAC AI Is the New AIPAC

Companies like Anthropic are powering a new election spending boom that’s just as deceptive and destructive as anything the pro-Israel lobby has done.

Mar 24, 2026 / Usamah Andrabi

Activists from the Nuestra América Convoy prepare to load boxes of humanitarian aid onto a conveyor belt at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on March 20, 2026. 

Dispatch From Cuba Dispatch From Cuba

The Nuestra América Convoy delivers humanitarian aid as US sanctions deepen a humanitarian crisis.

Mar 23, 2026 / David Montgomery

Officials empty a ballot box while taking part in the counting process during the second round of France's 2026 municipal elections at a polling station in Schiltigheim, eastern France, on March 22, 2026.

It Could’ve Been Worse—but France’s Local Elections Are a Warning to the Left It Could’ve Been Worse—but France’s Local Elections Are a Warning to the Left

The French left managed to hold on to key cities, but the far right and mainstream right also won key victories—and the intra-left bickering shows no signs of subsiding.

Mar 23, 2026 / Cole Stangler

No Safe Ground for Iranian Women

No Safe Ground for Iranian Women No Safe Ground for Iranian Women

Oppression at home, bombs from abroad.

Mar 23, 2026 / OppArt / Adriana Mosquera Soto

Nation Poetry

Cephalophore Cephalophore

Mar 23, 2026 / Poems / Donald Platt

Student “ICE Out” protests at UCLA in January 2026.

How Can Universities Protect Their Immigrant Students? How Can Universities Protect Their Immigrant Students?

With federal cuts and heightened fear on campus, first-generation students at schools like UCLA are asking their institutions to defend and expand their right to education.

Mar 23, 2026 / StudentNation / Lucy Wong Ryniejski

President Donald Trump attends a tour of a Thermo Fisher Scientific facility, to tout his administration's efforts to reduce drug prices in Reading, Ohio, on March 11, 2026.

A Dangerous and Consistent Misreading of Trump’s Appeal A Dangerous and Consistent Misreading of Trump’s Appeal

Trump didn’t win by moderating. He won by attacking a system millions already believed was broken.

Mar 23, 2026 / Corbin Trent

Ruth Asawa, 1973.

Communing With Ruth Asawa Communing With Ruth Asawa

A retrospective of the California artist’s work emphasizes her sense that art should not be frozen in time in a gallery but belongs in the world, at home and in public.

Mar 23, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Quinn Moreland

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