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The labor-activist group Union Now was founded with support from Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders.

How to Win the Next 250 Years for the Working Class How to Win the Next 250 Years for the Working Class

It begins with building back a strong union movement
rooted in deep solidarity.

Jun 30, 2026 / Feature / Sara Nelson

Chicago’s Michigan Avenue in the mid-1920s.

What Makes American Architecture American? What Makes American Architecture American?

It’s never been afraid to play fast and loose and big.

Jun 30, 2026 / Feature / Kate Wagner

President Donald J. Trump speaks via video link to a crowd gathered for the annual March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2026.

They’re Coming for Abortion, Only After the Midterms They’re Coming for Abortion, Only After the Midterms

The administration may be reluctant to further undermine abortion rights before November, but the abortion-rights movement must stay vigilant.

Jun 30, 2026 / Julie F. Kay

Congressional candidates Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier raised their hands with Mayor Zohran Mamdani (in the Knicks shirt) during a Get Out the Vote rally at King's Theater on June 18, 2026, in New York City.

What the DSA Influx Means for Albany What the DSA Influx Means for Albany

The DSA bloc in the Assembly can become a significant chunk of the Democratic majority.

Jun 30, 2026 / Ross Barkan

Workers, tenants and neighbors with Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard picket outside of the Brooklyn Navy Yard during its February 11, 2026, board meeting.

Drones Manufactured in Brooklyn Are Being Used to Bomb Gazans Drones Manufactured in Brooklyn Are Being Used to Bomb Gazans

Newly uncovered documents have provided the first definitive proof that Israel’s largest weapons supplier is purchasing drones built in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Jun 30, 2026 / Joseph Mogul

Graduates during the commencement ceremony for UC Irvine's School of Social Sciences at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California, on Friday, June 12, 2026.

We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About College Graduates We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About College Graduates

Workers with college degrees are constantly being pitted against workers without one. But such a zero-sum debate obscures the need to protect everyone in every workplace.

Jun 30, 2026 / Abdullah Shihipar

Associate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito

A Strategic Alito Retirement Would Confirm SCOTUS’s Complete Ideological Capture A Strategic Alito Retirement Would Confirm SCOTUS’s Complete Ideological Capture

Granting the hard-right jurist power over choosing a successor is a democratic disaster—and a far cry from John Roberts’s fanciful claims of nonpartisanship.

Jun 30, 2026 / David Daley

Nation Poetry

Agate Head Agate Head

Patricia Lockwood

Jun 30, 2026 / Poems

US President Donald Trump during a kickoff celebration for the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington.

The Supreme Court Just Gave Trump a Terrifying New Power The Supreme Court Just Gave Trump a Terrifying New Power

In a pair of twin rulings, the court undermined the independence of the key independent agencies—except one.

Jun 29, 2026 / Elie Mystal

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (C) holds hands with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) at the end of a campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City on October 26, 2025.

Why Zohran Mamdani Just Made the Case for an AOC Presidential Run Why Zohran Mamdani Just Made the Case for an AOC Presidential Run

All of the mayor’s endorsed candidates won last week. His ability to reshape New York City’s political landscape shows what happens when a socialist takes executive power.

Jun 29, 2026 / Aaron Regunberg

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