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Chester Himes’s Harlem Noirs

Chester Himes’s Harlem Noirs Chester Himes’s Harlem Noirs

Himes helped reinvent the idea of the detective novel. He also transformed it into a powerful vehicle for social criticism.

Oct 20, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour

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AI Will Never Be Your Friend AI Will Never Be Your Friend

The Friend necklace promises constant companionship and understanding. But this isn’t friendship—it’s a soulless, cynical way to prey on our loneliness and fear.

Oct 20, 2025 / Zito Madu

Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment

Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment Trump’s AI Deregulation Is His Oppenheimer Moment

He has chosen to unleash a powerful and potentially cataclysmic new technology on the world with no regard for consequences.

Oct 20, 2025 / Feature / Michael T. Klare

Donald Trump smiles during an announcement in the Oval Office on October 16, 2025.

Another Banner Week for White Supremacists Another Banner Week for White Supremacists

In this week's Elie v. U.S., The Nation's justice correspondent connects the dots between the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Case and Trump’s whites-only refugee policy.

Oct 17, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Jeopardy

Jeopardy Jeopardy

The gaslight zone.

Oct 17, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Donald Trump speaks with US Vice President JD Vance (L) during a meeting with President of Argentina Javier Milei in the Cabinet Room at the White House on October 14, 2025

JD Vance Thinks That Tomorrow Belongs to Hitler-Loving Young Republicans JD Vance Thinks That Tomorrow Belongs to Hitler-Loving Young Republicans

In a post-shame era, racist slurs and Nazism can be shrugged off.

Oct 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Voting-rights protesters outside the US Supreme Court as the justices heard the reargument of Louisiana v. Callais, which is poised to undo Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Welcome to the Age of the Robertsmander Welcome to the Age of the Robertsmander

The chief justice has let partisan gerrymanders flourish, and created the conditions for near-permanent minority rule.

Oct 17, 2025 / David Daley

Protesters from No Kings! Day march in Vermont

No Violence at No Kings Day No Violence at No Kings Day

More millions will show up for this and future demonstrations if collective joy, humor, satire, and nonviolent action prevail.

Oct 17, 2025 / Deirdre English

Federal agents clash with anti-ICE protesters at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on October 12, 2025, in Portland, Oregon.

Portland’s Theater-of-the-Absurd Protests Reflect the Ridiculousness of Trump’s Lies Portland’s Theater-of-the-Absurd Protests Reflect the Ridiculousness of Trump’s Lies

If you can’t beat a federal administration at its own violent game, you can at least make it look foolish.

Oct 17, 2025 / Column / Sasha Abramsky

The Stargate AI data center under construction in Abilene, Texas, on September 23, 2025.

AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How. AI Is Going to Kill Everyone You Love. The Surprise Is How.

It’s not hostile super robots you should worry about—it’s the heat they’ll generate.

Oct 17, 2025 / Delaney Nolan

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