The world cup is not just a sports story. It’s a climate one, too.

The United States’ founding moment from Washington Crossing the Delaware to the paintings of Jacob Lawrence, Kara Walker, and Kent Monkman.

The mainstreaming of brazen sexism in the conservative movement left the attendees at Turning Point’s women’s summit looking for a soft place to land.

He went into the hospital reporting a minor infection. Two weeks later, he was dead.

Yes, it’s a warning about the dangers of AI. But that’s the tip of the iceberg.

The Democrats of Maine answered that question.

Todd Blanche might be the most craven attorney general yet. Thankfully, he’s also incompetent.

The jazz legend fought for nearly 80 years to clear his father of racially motivated charges.

Better to start the history of the United States in 1492 than in 1776.

This country cannot deliver on its promises until we collectively act to to ensure equal protection for all.

From the outset the United States was founded to protect both freedom and slavery.

Reparations and restoration on Tulsa Race Massacre Observance Day.

A new poll revealed that young people are overly confident in their ability to identify AI content.

As federal agents increase the use of force at the facility, demonstrators are adopting new tactics.

Five progressive leaders offer a powerful reminder of the country's unfinished journey.

Our magazine has refused to accept what contributor Gore Vidal once described as the “cozy unremitting war” that puts this country in a state of conflict, year after year.

The effort to transform the United States’ founding document into a vehicle for egalitarian politics.

By failing to absorb the lessons of Iran’s strategic victories, the White House is on course to turn the present stalemate into a disastrous quagmire.

A new documentary issues an urgent warning about our dangerous nuclear delusions.

Don’t let Trump’s blowup on NBC’s Meet the Press distract from what he actually said.

The pamphleteer’s insistence that America live up to its revolutionary vows still rings true 250 years later.

The global politics of 1776.

Voters, not DC insiders, will determine whether the Senate candidate is credible and viable.

New York City hates Trump—but that won’t stop him from attending tonight’s NBA finals game at Madison Square Garden.

Which is worse, her political malevolence or her incompetence?

The radical legacy of the cartoonist and filmmaker who created Persepolis.

Outraged Albanians are targeting the presidential son-in-law for pursuing a $4 billion luxury resort deal in a business climate rife with corruption and environmental neglect.

A President’s Letter.

The problem of simultaneity.

Brown students have formed a neighborhood organizing group that uses courthouse patrols, rapid-response alerts, and mass mobilization to disrupt ICE’s Rhode Island operations.

I’ve always been a little sensitive about films that depict school shootings. But Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama was an outlier.

Platner’s rocket to stardom reflects something ugly that’s developed, not only on the right but the left as well.

By firing veteran correspondent Scott Pelley, the leaders of CBS News have elevated toadying over truth-telling.

Four Mike Wallace Scholarship recipients on the rebellion at CBS News and the future of an American institution.

Burn units.

Congress took an important symbolic step toward reasserting its authority over war powers. But much, much more needs to be done.

After 24 years of incisive reporting and commentary on America's destructive imperial exploits, Tom is passing the torch.

“Our democracy is in deep trouble,” says Nina Schwalbe, “from vaccines to abortion to science, to SNAP, to rule of law.”

Multiple Gaza flotilla activists describe severe violence and psychological torment while in Israeli detention.

It’s an attempt to rile up the MAGA base over reforms to the immigration system 60 years ago.

As political pressure to end the war grows, Americans must not overlook the president’s blatant violations of the rule of law, abroad and at home.

He was a living sign, to paraphrase the champ, that we don’t have to be the way they want us to be—and his example matters more than ever.

My stay drove home one of the biggest problems facing us: a devastating shortage of primary care doctors.

A new book by A.M. Gittlitz tells the story of a beloved baseball team.

The British government’s decision to revoke the leftist streamer’s visa is part of an ongoing, authoritarian crackdown against pro-Palestine speech.

The film reveals what’s possible when families can access supportive policies. Olympic champion Allyson Felix understands this issue intimately.

Some tech observers think that the Palantir overlord sees the end times coming, but his real motivation is likely much more mundane and self-interested.

Trump’s ad hoc coalition is weaker than we think.

Andy Merrifield’s Roses for Gramsci, a highly personal history of the Italian thinker and his work, examines his influence across generations.

The state assemblyman wants to go to Congress to take on MAGA, but says that Democrats need to show Americans that they are “gonna make their lives better. Quickly.”

With the war in Ukraine grinding into stalemate, the danger is no longer breakthrough but escalation beyond anyone’s control.

A controversial bill is proposing that NYPD create a plan for instituting anti-protest buffer zones around many NYC schools.

Her opponent, Representative Angie Craig, campaigned for the DFL nod for months, but declared she would no longer seek its endorsement two days before the party convention.

His just-finished tour was a cleansing, healing experience—and a morale-boosting call to arms for everyone fighting for our democracy.

The vast majority of life on earth exists outside of sex and gender binaries—despite what the right likes to claim.

Deborah Baker’s Charlottesville: An American Story is history of the city and how its checkered past ultimately led to the Unite the Right rally.

If AI devours entire industries, who believes that the precariat’s newest members will receive more support than autoworkers and textile makers before them?

A conversation with the labor organizer about his new book, When The Revolution Comes: A Fight for the Future of the Working Class.

America’s 250th anniversary celebrations are falling apart because of the president’s tawdry display of narcissism.

The administration is targeting travelers who criticize US policy.

A conversation with the historian Anton Jäger about political polarization, the stagnation of the West, and the collapse of mass politics in the 20th century.

He is now a rudderless potentate.

Israel is engineering the collapse of the West Bank’s governing body—a key step on the way to full annexation.

I followed agents from Illinois to North Carolina to Minnesota. To my surprise, they loved my coverage.

In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent marvels at Trump’s enduring hold over the GOP mind. Plus: the dumbest CEO in the gaming industry.

Flotilla the Hun.

Under Trump, the United States is looking for weaker and weaker victims in order to mask its own fragility.

The California gubernatorial candidate understands exactly what’s at stake, as he explains in an exclusive interview.

There’s an ick factor to Trumpism that is getting worse by the day.

In her new book, Catch the Devil, reporter Pamela Colloff traces the life and crimes of a mendacious jailhouse informant and exposes the systems that allowed him to walk free.

“What occurred in that courtroom was not simply a failure of protocol or preparedness. It was....a devastating reflection of the cruelty embedded in our carceral system.”

A look back through The Nation’s coverage of Frank’s long and storied political career suggests the late congressman was always a man containing multitudes.

A neocon in the land of Nairi.

While MAGA candidate Ken Paxton’s win isn’t an assured victory for Democrats, he’ll at least embroil the GOP in a nightmare of its own making.

We can’t defend democracy while upholding elite impunity

A recent hospital stay reminded me of the incredible work that nurses do. So why are we making it harder for them to do their jobs?

The administration has repeatedly failed to disburse funds for services for domestic violence survivors and blocked the enforcement of their rights.

America has been burdened with the unresolved issues of a man driven by his poorly disguised sense of embarrassment and emasculation by the utter failures of the wars he fought in.

A federal district court struck down the state’s new congressional map as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

French car company Renault seeks a foothold in rearmament.

Adam Szetela’s That Book Is Dangerous! examines the emergence of a new job in publishing—secondary readers who comb through books for possible offenses.

The 83-year-old sociologist and activist reflects on what is missing in the current effort to organize athletes politically.

Any expansion of the alleged peace agreement would lock the Middle East into endless apartheid, despotism, and militarism.

Hawkish rhetoric from the national security establishment isn’t grappling with the complex challenges posed by China’s rise.

The French writer’s fiction engages in a radical egalitarian project aimed at negating the right’s nihilism.