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President Donald Trump displays the Gaza agreement endorsed by regional leaders at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza

Palestinans are expected to accept the same deal that led to October 7: permanent subjugation under the guise of “prosperity.”

Oct 15, 2025 / Spencer Ackerman

Michelle Lujan Grisham speaks onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative 2025

New Mexico Is Providing Free Childcare for All. It’s Time for Others to Do the Same New Mexico Is Providing Free Childcare for All. It’s Time for Others to Do the Same

The state is setting a powerful example with its first-in-the-nation plan. But the policy has support across the US.

Oct 14, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks during a Patriots for Europe “Make Europe Great Again” rally on February 8, 2025, in Madrid, Spain. The rally in Madrid is a tribute to Donald Trump’s campaign and rhetoric, which the Patriots party is now emulating across Europe.

How María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize Could Lead to War How María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize Could Lead to War

Machado’s record makes a mockery of the idea she is a committed champion of peace, promoter of democracy, or unifying figure.

Oct 14, 2025 / Gabriel Hetland

Federal agents clash with anti-ICE protesters at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on October 12, 2025, in Portland, Oregon.

American Sociocide, With Charles Derber American Sociocide, With Charles Derber

On American Prestige: the sociologist on how American society is tearing itself apart.

Oct 14, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

Unbalanced SCOTUS

Unbalanced SCOTUS Unbalanced SCOTUS

The Supreme Court rescues Trump while impacting millions.

Oct 14, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Linda McMahon, US education secretary, during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2025. The US Department of Education is pushing to strip workplace protections for pregnant or LGBTQ staff, telling its employee union the policies must be changed to conform to President Donald Trump's executive order on “defending women from gender ideology extremism.”

Join a Loyalty Club for Higher Education—While You Still Can! Join a Loyalty Club for Higher Education—While You Still Can!

Another way to show devotion to the nation and to truth.

Oct 14, 2025 / Michael Roth

Nation Poetry

What We Talk About When We Talk About Cancer What We Talk About When We Talk About Cancer

Oct 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Jane Zwart

People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why. People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

Democratic Party leadership is way out of touch with where the American people are, and it’s almost frightening to see the kind of anger and contempt that people feel toward it.

Oct 14, 2025 / Feature / John Nichols

Donald Trump with construction workers at the Trump Palace.

How the Capitalism of the 1980s Created Donald Trump’s Theory of the State How the Capitalism of the 1980s Created Donald Trump’s Theory of the State

The proliferation of privately held companies during the Reagan years laid the foundations for Trump’s approach to government.

Oct 14, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

Secretary of defense nominee Pete Hegseth at a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on January 14.

Pete Hegseth’s Call to Arms Pete Hegseth’s Call to Arms

Oct 14, 2025 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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