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Doug Rebout’s soybean farm in Janesville, Wisconsin.

How Trump’s Tariffs Shocked Wisconsin Farmers How Trump’s Tariffs Shocked Wisconsin Farmers

The administration’s tariff policies have thrust soybean farmers into economic chaos as they navigate higher input costs and shifts in global trade.

Aug 12, 2025 / StudentNation / Ava Menkes

“The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani

“The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani “The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani

New York's Democratic mayoral nominee shares his views on the city's affordability crisis, the new media landscape—and how Democrats need to stand up for what they believe.

Aug 12, 2025 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols

Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn at a HUAC hearing.

Red Scares, Past and Present Red Scares, Past and Present

What are the parallels between the rise of McCarthyism in the 1950s and today? 

Aug 12, 2025 / Books & the Arts / David Cole

What History Tells Us About the Rise of Fiorello La Guardia

What History Tells Us About the Rise of Fiorello La Guardia What History Tells Us About the Rise of Fiorello La Guardia

Zohran Mamdani’s favorite mayor was nobody's idea of a shoo-in—until he became inevitable.

Aug 12, 2025 / Richard Kreitner

People participate in a rally against the Trump administration’s federal takeover of the District of Columbia on August 11, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Washington, DC, Is Under a State of Siege Washington, DC, Is Under a State of Siege

Trump has put the nation’s capital under federal occupation.

Aug 11, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Attendees during an election night event with Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, not pictured, in New York City on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. More than 930,000 New Yorkers cast their ballots in the city's Democratic primary, with more than half withstanding record temperatures to vote at polling stations on Tuesday.

Is This the Decade of the Youth Vote? Is This the Decade of the Youth Vote?

Young voters showed up for Zohran Mamdani. They could reshape American politics elsewhere, too.

Aug 11, 2025 / Tisya Mavuram

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference in New Delhi on February 25, 2020.

Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker

The Indian prime minister discovers that the world’s biggest bully sees fawning as weakness.

Aug 11, 2025 / Jeet Heer

People gather in front of the European Union (EU) Council building to stage a demonstration demanding the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement and an urgent halt to all arms supplies, in Brussels, Belgium on July 15, 2025.

The European Union Is Complicit in Genocide The European Union Is Complicit in Genocide

The EU presents itself as a global champion of moral and legal leadership. Its refusal to hold Israel accountable or protect Palestinian lives tells a far different story.

Aug 11, 2025 / Linah Alsaafin

Working in the New Scam Economy

Working in the New Scam Economy Working in the New Scam Economy

On The Time of Monsters: Alexander Sammon on toiling in the grift machine.

Aug 11, 2025 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Gaza

Gaza Gaza

“Never Again.”

Aug 11, 2025 / OppArt / Burton Silverman©

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