Rome, take your amethyst back Rome, take your amethyst back
Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Maldonado
Somali Americans Aren’t Going Anywhere Somali Americans Aren’t Going Anywhere
Trump keeps targeting Minnesota’s Somali community. But as one organizer says, “What we’ve built here, we’re not going to let it be easy for people to take that away from us.”
Feb 10, 2026 / Iliana Hagenah
What the Pro-Choice Movement Can Learn From Those Who Overturned “Roe” What the Pro-Choice Movement Can Learn From Those Who Overturned “Roe”
The anti-abortion movement was methodical and radical at the same time. The abortion-rights movement must be too.
Feb 10, 2026 / Amy Littlefield
The Riotous Worlds of Thomas Pynchon The Riotous Worlds of Thomas Pynchon
From “The Crying Lot of 49” to his latest noirs, the American novelist has always proceeded along a track strangely parallel to our own.
Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel
To Build Bridges, We Must Block the Bombs To Build Bridges, We Must Block the Bombs
Brad Lander in The Nation: “When I am elected to Congress, I will support the Block the Bombs Act to protect more Palestinians from being killed by Israel.”
Feb 10, 2026 / Brad Lander
“Shut Up and Serve”: The Professional Tennis Players Fighting a Rigged System “Shut Up and Serve”: The Professional Tennis Players Fighting a Rigged System
An antitrust lawsuit calls the professional tennis governing bodies “cartels” that exploit players and create an intentional lack of competitive alternatives. Can players hit back...
Feb 10, 2026 / StudentNation / Takashi Williams
Bad Bunny’s Technicolor Halftime Stole the Super Bowl Bad Bunny’s Technicolor Halftime Stole the Super Bowl
The Puerto Rican artist’s performance was a gleeful rebuke of Trump’s death cult and a celebration of life.
Feb 9, 2026 / Dave Zirin
1933 Revisited 1933 Revisited
Trump’s ICE agents terrorize American citizens unchecked.
Feb 9, 2026 / OppArt / Gary Taxali
Drag Can Save a Life in New York City—if People Show Up Drag Can Save a Life in New York City—if People Show Up
Black and trans drag performers are crowdfunding to survive in one of the most expensive cities in the world.
Feb 9, 2026 / Ava Pauline Emilione
Kristi Noem Must Be Impeached Kristi Noem Must Be Impeached
Members of Congress have a constitutional duty to remove this gangster from office.
Feb 9, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation