![Benjamin Netanyahu and Kamala Harris shake hands during a meeting in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office in Washington, DC, on Thursday, July 25, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2162827156.jpg)
Kamala Harris Will Shift on Gaza Only if We Make Her Kamala Harris Will Shift on Gaza Only if We Make Her
The vice president’s ascension provides an opening for a new approach to the horror in Palestine. But it won’t happen without sustained political pressure.
Jul 26, 2024 / Y.L. Al-Sheikh and Nickan Fayyazi
![A protester at the Counter-Opening of the Olympics event in Paris on July 25, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/paris-olympics-protests.jpg)
The Paris Olympics Are Kicking Off With Protests The Paris Olympics Are Kicking Off With Protests
“The Olympic Games are profoundly disrupting the lives of French people,” the protesters wrote in a joint statement.“The question then arises: Who benefits from the Games?”
Jul 26, 2024 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
![Who let the cats out? Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/vance2.jpg)
J.D. Vance’s Hatred of Cat Ladies Is Weirder and More Dangerous Than You Think J.D. Vance’s Hatred of Cat Ladies Is Weirder and More Dangerous Than You Think
Patriarchy, plutocracy, and ethnonationalism fuel the vice-presidential candidate’s bizarre slur.
Jul 26, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Endangered Birds](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1440_FEAT-17.jpg)
Endangered Birds Endangered Birds
Fifteen local birds threatened by climate change, street mural, Bronx, NY.
Jul 26, 2024 / OppArt / Nicky Enright
![Scott Schuyler, Upper Skagit Tribe Policy Representative for Natural and Cultural Resources at sacred ancestral fishing ground.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/1_DSC_6236-1.jpg)
A River of Deception A River of Deception
Newly discovered documents reveal how Seattle's City government knowingly impacted an Indigenous Tribe's treaty rights for over a century.
Jul 25, 2024 / Interactive / Rico Moore
![Nikki Hiltz celebrates crossing the finish line to win the women's 1500 meter final at the 2024 US Olympic Team Track & Field Trials at Hayward Field on June 30, 2024 in Eugene, Oregon.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/hiltz-getty.jpg)
Why There Are No Trans Women Competing at the Paris Games Why There Are No Trans Women Competing at the Paris Games
There are at least two trans nonbinary athletes—Quinn and Nikki Hiltz—and they’re impossible not to cheer for.
Jul 25, 2024 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
![Netanyahu Congress Speech Protests](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Netanyahu-Congress-Speech-Protests.jpg)
“They Will Not Erase Us”: The Scene on Capitol Hill During Netanyahu’s Address “They Will Not Erase Us”: The Scene on Capitol Hill During Netanyahu’s Address
The Israeli prime minister rebuked criticism during his speech to Congress, but not without protests from lawmakers, staff, congressional interns, and thousands of others.
Jul 25, 2024 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp
![A pro-Palestinian protester in New York on June 13. 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2156813493.jpg)
Everything You’ve Heard About the Keffiyeh Is Wrong Everything You’ve Heard About the Keffiyeh Is Wrong
The iconic Palestinian scarf has been demonized as a symbol of Nazi-like hatred. This bigoted nonsense couldn’t be further from the truth.
Jul 24, 2024 / Samaa Khullar
![Journalist Hamza al-Dahdouh, Killed in Gaza](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/1440_FEAT-14.jpg)
Journalist Hamza al-Dahdouh, Killed in Gaza Journalist Hamza al-Dahdouh, Killed in Gaza
At least 158 media workers have been killed since October 7 in Gaza.
Jul 23, 2024 / OppArt / Rosa Borrás
![Workers digging a hole to install a cable](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Handup-not-handown-AP.jpg)
Working-Class Americans Prefer a “Hand Up” to a “Handout” Working-Class Americans Prefer a “Hand Up” to a “Handout”
Working- and middle-class Americans take pride in their work. If Democrats want to win their votes, they need to acknowledge and appeal to that pride, not dismiss or patronize it....
Jul 23, 2024 / Column / Erica Etelson