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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

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

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

Now That He’s Turned on Trump, Should Democrats  Align With Elon Musk?

Now That He’s Turned on Trump, Should Democrats Align With Elon Musk? Now That He’s Turned on Trump, Should Democrats Align With Elon Musk?

No! Hell no! Never! The enemy of your enemy is still a corrupt plutocrat who wants to destroy democracy.

Jun 9, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Introducing Nation Books, a New Progressive Publishing Imprint

Introducing Nation Books, a New Progressive Publishing Imprint Introducing Nation Books, a New Progressive Publishing Imprint

The partnership with OR Books brings the magazines indispensable voice and rich roster of talent to a longform format.

Jun 9, 2025 / Press Room

Ras Baraka, the mayor of Newark, speaks to the media and supporters after exiting the courthouse on May 15, 2025, in Newark, New Jersey.

“They Targeted Me”: Mayor Ras Baraka Speaks About His Arrest and Wanting to Lead New Jersey “They Targeted Me”: Mayor Ras Baraka Speaks About His Arrest and Wanting to Lead New Jersey

The mayor of Newark, who was recently arrested by ICE agents at a detention facility, discusses his race to become the governor of New Jersey.

Jun 9, 2025 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

­­The Wild Lives of Cargo Ships

­­The Wild Lives of Cargo Ships ­­The Wild Lives of Cargo Ships

A capacious new history examines the remaking of the the global economy through the story a single barge.

Jun 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

An anti-DOGE protest outside the US Treasury building in February

As a DOGE Bro Sets Up Shop at Treasury, His Wife’s Finances Invite Scrutiny As a DOGE Bro Sets Up Shop at Treasury, His Wife’s Finances Invite Scrutiny

Sam Corcos, the Treasury Department’s new chief information officer, is married to an investor with ties to Russian oligarchs, while funding healthcare ventures that could represe...

Jun 9, 2025 / Jacqueline Sweet

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