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Jose Ibarra, former director of the Phoenix Scholars program at Long Beach City College, talks to Oscar Jammott, 18, who plans to transfer to an HBCU.

How to Steer People From Gangs to Colleges How to Steer People From Gangs to Colleges

A grant-supported program found success transitioning young people connected to gangs into higher education—until the money stopped coming.

Jun 24, 2025 / Gail Cornwall

Palestine protesters wave flags and carry signs during the Oscars Awards in Hollywood, California, United States on March 10, 2024.

Hollywood's Palestine Blacklist Hollywood's Palestine Blacklist

On this episode of Edge of Sports, actor Sarah Alami joins the show to talk about speaking up for Palestine in Hollywood today.

Jun 23, 2025 / Podcast / Dave Zirin

Zohran Mamdani attends a campaign rally, calling for the full enforcement of the city's Sanctuary City laws, June 21, 2025, in Diversity Square in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of the borough of Queens, New York City.

Zohran Mamdani Just Showed How to Stand Up to Trump Zohran Mamdani Just Showed How to Stand Up to Trump

Mamdani and Brad Lander prove they know how to say “no” to a lawless president and his war—while rival Andrew Cuomo stumbles.

Jun 23, 2025 / John Nichols

US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on April 7, 2025, in Washington, DC.

As Trump and Netanyahu Push for War, Europe Is Once Again Silent As Trump and Netanyahu Push for War, Europe Is Once Again Silent

Ahead of a NATO summit, European capitals are unwilling to strain ties with Washington.

Jun 23, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

A young Iranian girl holds a country flag during a protest to condemn the U.S. attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities in downtown Tehran, Iran, on June 22, 2025

The War the World Has Feared for Decades Is Here The War the World Has Feared for Decades Is Here

The US and Israel have launched a war of aggression against Iran, based on lies. We are all now in deep, uncharted waters.

Jun 23, 2025 / Séamus Malekafzali

Anti-war protesters rally in Los Angeles on June 22 after the Trump administration bombed Iran with the largest B-2 bomber strike in US history.

“No Kings” Has to Become “No More Wars” “No Kings” Has to Become “No More Wars”

Donald Trump killed the anti-war right—but offers a chance to revive the anti-war left.

Jun 23, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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Jun 23, 2025 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Viet Thanh Nguyen at the ACLU SoCal Bill of Rights Dinner at the Beverly Hilton on November 10, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California.

Greater America and Its Victims Greater America and Its Victims

Podcast / The Nation Podcast / Jun 23, 2025 Greater America and Its Victims On this episode of The Nation Podcast, Viet Thanh Nguyen talks about the generational reverberatio…

Jun 23, 2025 / Podcast

Pete Rose holding a baseball mitt in position during a Cincinnati Reds game.

Let’s Not Induct a Sexual Predator Into Baseball’s Hall of Fame Let’s Not Induct a Sexual Predator Into Baseball’s Hall of Fame

Former Cincinnati Reds player and manager Pete Rose represents a poisonous form of masculinity that should be rooted out, not beatified.

Jun 23, 2025 / Robert Lipsyte

Excerpted from the book “Spent,” provided courtesy of Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Copyright © 2025 by Alison Bechdel. Reprinted by permission.

Alison Bechdel’s Next Step Alison Bechdel’s Next Step

In Spent, the graphic novelist confronts aging, politics, sex, and what it means to succeed under capitalism.

Jun 23, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jillian Steinhauer

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