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An explosion lights up the sky following US-Israeli strikes near Azadi Tower close to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran on March 7, 2026.

The United States Is Now an Apocalyptic Terror State The United States Is Now an Apocalyptic Terror State

With his genocidal threats against Iran, Trump has shown the world that he is a terrorist—one with a nuclear arsenal.

Apr 10, 2026 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

An unfurnished dorm room at Yale in New Haven.

Yale’s Summer Storage Wars Yale’s Summer Storage Wars

Yale just cut summer storage reimbursements for first-gen and low-income students. The university has a $44 billion endowment. What it chooses to budget for says everything.

Apr 10, 2026 / StudentNation / Zachary Clifton

Signage reading “Defend Historic Princeton” across the street from Albert Einstein’s House in Princeton, New Jersey, on March 9, 2026.

In Princeton, a Housing Plan Sparks a Neighborhood War In Princeton, a Housing Plan Sparks a Neighborhood War

What a battle over a mixed-use development in a historic town reveals about liberal America.

Apr 10, 2026 / Sophie Mann-Shafir

A Bundist march on May Day in Poland, 1930.

The Enduring Lessons of the Jewish Bund The Enduring Lessons of the Jewish Bund

A conversation with Molly Crabapple about “Here Where We Live Is Our Country,” her history of Bundism, and what we can learn from their socialist and anti-Zionist example.

Apr 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ishan Desai-Geller

Roman Catholic priest and broadcaster Charles Coughlin (1891–1979), circa 1935.

The Pastor With a Fascist Agenda The Pastor With a Fascist Agenda

Early on, The Nation evinced a prescient skepticism toward Father Coughlin’s populism. Turns out we were right to do so.

Apr 9, 2026 / Richard Kreitner

President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he walks to board Marine One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on January 11, 2026.

How Trump’s Incompetence and Looming Global Catastrophes May Intersect How Trump’s Incompetence and Looming Global Catastrophes May Intersect

The leadership team from hell on a hell of a planet.

Apr 9, 2026 / Michael T. Klare

Five years after the January 6, 2021, violent insurrection in Washington, DC, seeking to overthrow the election results, members of the activist group Rise and Resist gathered at the steps of the New York Public Library holding signs and banners for a public reading of the new list of impeachable offenses attributed to Donald Trump in his second term and to demand the release of the Epstein files.

We Have 2 Weeks to Stop Trump From Committing New Atrocities We Have 2 Weeks to Stop Trump From Committing New Atrocities

It is up to the American people, and our elected representatives, to use every legal means available—from impeachment to protest.

Apr 9, 2026 / Elie Mystal

HIV educators in South Africa in 2002.

Public Health Needs to Get Off the Laptop and Into the Streets Public Health Needs to Get Off the Laptop and Into the Streets

Too often, we reduce our outreach to distant communication. We have to embed ourselves in communities to make a real difference.

Apr 9, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

The Threads That Bind Us All

The Threads That Bind Us All The Threads That Bind Us All

The artist deconstructs prison outfits.

Apr 9, 2026 / OppArt / Hector Manuel Rodriguez

A march in solidarity with Selma, in Harlem, on March 15, 1965.

Selma Still Matters Selma Still Matters

What was born there was a new definition of who gets to be an American. And that legacy is under threat.

Apr 9, 2026 / Keith Ellison and Yusef D. Jackson

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