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A Jewish student wears a kippah given to him by Donald Trump’s campaign during a speech before prominent Jewish donors on September 19, 2024, in Washington, DC.

Trump Says He’s Punishing Harvard for Antisemitism Trump Says He’s Punishing Harvard for Antisemitism

Jun 10, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Our inaugural issue.

Happy 160th Anniversary to “The Nation”! Happy 160th Anniversary to “The Nation”!

Since 1865, we’ve held fast in our belief in the liberating power of simply telling people the truth.

Jun 10, 2025 / D.D. Guttenplan

Pedestrians cross Union Street in the North Beach district in San Francisco.

Will the Creation of a Historic District in San Francisco Hold Back New Housing? Will the Creation of a Historic District in San Francisco Hold Back New Housing?

Activists are butting heads with a local preservation organization over a proposal to turn part of the city’s North Beach neighborhood into a nationally registered historic ...

Jun 10, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin

These Dis-United States

These Dis-United States These Dis-United States

The country and the nation: Fifty writers and artists report on the states of our dis-union.

Jun 10, 2025 / Feature / Various Contributors

A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest Trump’s latest travel ban at Los Angeles International Airport on June 9, 2025.

Don’t Let Trump Desensitize You to the Horrors of His Latest Travel Ban Don’t Let Trump Desensitize You to the Horrors of His Latest Travel Ban

The first time Trump did this, we flocked to the airports in protest. This ban is no less racist—and it may even be more dangerous.

Jun 10, 2025 / Rafia Zakaria

If Trump Could Make John Wayne the Head of Homeland Security, He Would

If Trump Could Make John Wayne the Head of Homeland Security, He Would If Trump Could Make John Wayne the Head of Homeland Security, He Would

Trump’s appeal stems from the way he combines restoration and revolution. His reactionary modernism may have beguiled Silicon Valley, but the rest of us should expect repression.

Jun 10, 2025 / Column / John Ganz

Jerry Springer appears on “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno on February 5, 1999.

How the Low Culture of 1999 Predicted Modern America How the Low Culture of 1999 Predicted Modern America

On this episode of American Prestige, Ross Benes on the year that laid the groundwork for life as we know it.

Jun 10, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner

National Guard soldiers stand in front of a federal building on June 9, 2025, in Los Angeles, California.

Trump Calls Up the Marines. Democracy Is in Danger. Trump Calls Up the Marines. Democracy Is in Danger.

The president is creating fake emergencies and then implementing real military interventions.

Jun 9, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

Afrikaners from South Africa arrived Monday, May 12, 2025, at Dulles International Airport.

MAGA’s Bogus Civilization Myth MAGA’s Bogus Civilization Myth

The Trump administration’s rhetoric echoes the same old fantasy of racial purity that animated the 20th-century right.

Jun 9, 2025 / Column / Chris Lehmann

Former first buddies Elon Musk and Donald Trump.

Will Trump and Musk Bring the Whole MAGA Coalition Down With Them? Will Trump and Musk Bring the Whole MAGA Coalition Down With Them?

The rift between the former first buddies goes well beyond both men, intensifying fractures that have long lurked beneath MAGA’s surface.

Jun 9, 2025 / Laura Jedeed

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