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People attend a public memorial service for Renee Good in Powderhorn Park on February 7, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Battle for Minneapolis, and the Fight for Texas The Battle for Minneapolis, and the Fight for Texas

 John Nichols reports on the resistance in Minnesota, and Steve Phillips analyzes Jasmine Crockett’s strategy in the Texas Senate Democratic primary.

Feb 10, 2026 / Podcast

Supporters of abortion rights rallied outside the Supreme Court on April 2, 2025.

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

Nation Poetry

Rome, take your amethyst back Rome, take your amethyst back

Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Maldonado

Nation Poetry

How to Build a Moon Garden When the News Is All Horror How to Build a Moon Garden When the News Is All Horror

Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Mayor Mamdani walks inside Kreyol Flavor with its owner, Cursy Saint Surin, in the neighborhood of East Flatbush, Brooklyn, on October 25, 2025.

Mayor Mamdani Offers a Progressive Vision for Small Businesses Mayor Mamdani Offers a Progressive Vision for Small Businesses

If successful, his policies might offer a new nationwide playbook.

Feb 10, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Colorful Block in 2025.

Gaza Is Still Here Gaza Is Still Here

Despite a “ceasefire,” Israel’s killing has not ended. Neither has the determination of the Palestinian people to survive.

Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Rayan El Amine, Lizzy Ratner, and Jack Mirkinson

Bad Bunny performs during the halftime show for Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium on February 8, 2026.

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 1933 Revisited

Trump’s ICE agents terrorize American citizens unchecked.

Feb 9, 2026 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

“You shouldn’t wait until somebody is on ‘Drag Race’ to show your support,” says Afrosephone. “The one thing that will keep us performing, the one thing that will keep us afloat, is if you show up.”

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

Fiorello La Guardia speaking in 1933 in East Harlem.

Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of Modern New York Fiorello La Guardia and the Making of Modern New York

How the popular mayor and a popular front of radicals and reformers transformed New York City

Feb 9, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

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