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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on ABC's “This Week,” on August 9, 2026.

No, Woke 1 Was Not Crazy No, Woke 1 Was Not Crazy

AOC and others are laughing off 2020 as a wild, isolated moment. None of that is true.

Aug 20, 2026 / Zito Madu

A patient rests in a corridor waiting for a room at Providence Cedars–Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in California on January 3, 2021.

Have We Forgotten Covid’s Lessons? Have We Forgotten Covid’s Lessons?

This summer’s deadly heat calls for news coverage based on science, not ideology.

Aug 20, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

A photo of late Cambridge professor Jason Arday is pictured along with floral tributes that are attached to the fencing around the Senate House at the University of Cambridge on August 18, following his death at age 41 on August 14.

The Machine That Came for Jason Arday The Machine That Came for Jason Arday

It wasn't a scandal but a machine—funded, transatlantic, and still running.

Aug 20, 2026 / Jafari Sinclaire Allen

The Trump Plan to Cook the Census Books

The Trump Plan to Cook the Census Books The Trump Plan to Cook the Census Books

From adding a citizenship question to not tracking race and ethnicity, the administration wants to minimize Black and brown political power.

Aug 19, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Trump Wants to Bring Back the Draft

Trump Wants to Bring Back the Draft Trump Wants to Bring Back the Draft

Another endless war to kill America’s youth.

Aug 19, 2026 / OppArt / Dara Herman Zierlein

Hubert Harrison’s Brand of Black Radicalism

Hubert Harrison’s Brand of Black Radicalism Hubert Harrison’s Brand of Black Radicalism

In this interview with Brian Kwoba, “The Nation” talks with the author about his new book on the legacy of a little-known but influential activist.

Aug 19, 2026 / Q&A / Peter Cole

The City Hall clock tower and surrounding buildings in Oswego, New York, part of New York’s 24th Congressional District.

Meet Alissa Ellman, Rust Belt Populist Meet Alissa Ellman, Rust Belt Populist

“You have to talk about these issues like a human being, and not like an MSNBC host on TV.”

Aug 19, 2026 / Jim Shultz

Delaney Hall Detention Facility, Newark, New Jersey

Delaney Hall Detention Facility, Newark, New Jersey Delaney Hall Detention Facility, Newark, New Jersey

A privately operated ICE detention facility where enforcement, profit, and human dignity collide—echoes of concentration camps.

Aug 18, 2026 / OppArt / Karen Guancione

A Palestinian boy displays the bites he has received from vermin, in Khan Yunis, Gaza, Palestine, on March 30, 2026.

The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza The Rats Terrorizing Everyone in Gaza

This is what humanitarian collapse looks like: vermin moving freely through garbage, ruined buildings, and tents—and attacking people wherever they go.

Aug 18, 2026 / Huda Skaik

Participants from a coalition of voting rights groups march over the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on May 16, 2026, in a protest following the Supreme Court decision “Louisiana v. Callais.”

Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy Attacks on Black Citizenship Are Attacks on Democracy

Too often, Democrats reinforce Republicans’ lie that the language of racial justice is the problem—instead of the injustices the language is trying to name.

Aug 18, 2026 / Column / Kali Holloway

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