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COINTELPRO Is Back

COINTELPRO Is Back COINTELPRO Is Back

How Homeland Security has adopted the COINTELPRO playbook.

Sep 8, 2026 / Betty Medsger

Former President Donald Trump speaks with Corey Lewandowski at a campaign rally on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, in Derry, NH.

In Trump’s Mafia, Even Goons Can Do Billion-Dollar Shakedowns In Trump’s Mafia, Even Goons Can Do Billion-Dollar Shakedowns

Corey Lewandowski is a disposable underling, but he’s protected enough to scorn the law.

Sep 8, 2026 / Jeet Heer

A parade of Jewish Bundists on May Day.

The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism The Bund and the Radical History of Jewish Anti-Zionism

Molly Crabapple’s Here Where We Live Is Our Country revisits the past of the Jewish Labor Bund and considers what it might mean for our future.

Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Robbins

Hiëronymus Bosch, detail from “The Temptation of St. Anthony,” c. 1501

Can We Save Democracy? Can We Save Democracy?

Hélène Landemore’s case for an alternative system of popular government.

Sep 8, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Osita Nwanevu

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Letters From the October 2026 Issue Letters From the October 2026 Issue

The long shadow of AIPAC… The AI revolution will not be televised… Speaking of taxes… Reporting on abortion… (online only)

Sep 8, 2026 / Our Readers

Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read

Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read Angie Nixon Is Fighting for the Right to Read

The Florida Senate candidate responded to Republican book-banning schemes by opening a bookstore.

Sep 8, 2026 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation

Gunboat Diplomacy

Gunboat Diplomacy Gunboat Diplomacy

Endless lies about Trump’s endless war.

Sep 7, 2026 / OppArt / Eric Drooker

There’s Nothing Traditional About Tradwives

There’s Nothing Traditional About Tradwives There’s Nothing Traditional About Tradwives

Propagandists for stay-at-home domesticity are monetizing a fantasy—and they’re not really staying at home.

Sep 7, 2026 / Column / Katha Pollitt

A New Theory of John Roberts’s Jurisprudence

A New Theory of John Roberts’s Jurisprudence A New Theory of John Roberts’s Jurisprudence

In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent explains why he thinks Roberts rules the way he does. Plus: Elie mourns the end of summer—and the world.

Sep 4, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Who's a Good Nazi?

Who's a Good Nazi? Who's a Good Nazi?

Two Liams.

Sep 4, 2026 / Steve Brodner

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