Politics

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), right, and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), left, brief members of the press during a news conference on the government shutdown at the US Capitol on October 16, 2025, in Washington, DC.

The Latest Centrist Memo to Democrats Is Bad News for the Party and the Planet The Latest Centrist Memo to Democrats Is Bad News for the Party and the Planet

To win back power, Democrats must organize themselves against oligarchy—and that means rejecting the latest shoddy centrist recommendations.

Nov 4, 2025 / Aaron Regunberg

Nighttime view of people in a vacant lot as they watch a fire burning on the top floors of an apartment building in the Bronx, New York, 1983.

The Uncertain History of the Bronx Fires The Uncertain History of the Bronx Fires

In Born in Flames, Bench Ansfield asks, who, or what, is responsible for the arson epidemic that afflicted the borough in the 1970s and ’80s?

Nov 4, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp

An AI-generated video on the platform Sora purports to depict Open AI CEO Sam Altman shoplifting from Target.

Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here Our Racist, Terrifying Deepfake Future Is Here

A faked viral video of a white CEO shoplifting is one thing. What happens when an AI-generated video incriminates a Black suspect? That’s coming, and we’re completely unprepared.

Nov 3, 2025 / Kali Holloway

Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson sit down for a friendly chat.

Nick Fuentes Is the GOP’s Latest Frankenstein Monster Nick Fuentes Is the GOP’s Latest Frankenstein Monster

The extremist podcaster’s rise and rise is a sign that racists and antisemites are tired of being the junior partners in the Republican coalition.

Nov 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A graduate of Los Angeles Valley Colleges wears a design on her graduation cap that writes,

Community Colleges at the Crossroads Community Colleges at the Crossroads

Class and an American reckoning.

Nov 3, 2025 / Keenan Norris

Zohran Mamdani and supporters walk the Brooklyn Bridge on November 3, 2025.

I’m a Jewish Israeli New Yorker—and I’m Voting for Zohran I’m a Jewish Israeli New Yorker—and I’m Voting for Zohran

My message to my fellow Jews in this city is: Don’t believe the lies you're hearing.

Nov 3, 2025 / Roni Zahavi-Brunner

Arc

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De Trump.

Nov 3, 2025 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes

United States Capitol, Washington DC, late 19th century. Albumen print, stereocard.

Is It Too Late to Remake American Democracy? Is It Too Late to Remake American Democracy?

A conversation with Osita Nwanevu about the fatal flaws of our governing system, the need for a more egalitarian political economy, and his new book The Right of the People.

Nov 3, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins

Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, speaks during a news conference on education in August 2022.

Texas’s “Parental Rights” Amendment Will Cement Republicans’ Anti-Educator Agenda Texas’s “Parental Rights” Amendment Will Cement Republicans’ Anti-Educator Agenda

The ballot proposal is the right’s latest move in the culture war on teachers and public schools, embedding parental primacy in the state constitution.

Nov 3, 2025 / StudentNation / Arman Amin

This Halloween, the Ghouls and Zombies Are Real

This Halloween, the Ghouls and Zombies Are Real This Halloween, the Ghouls and Zombies Are Real

In this week’s Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s justice correspondent digs into Team Trump’s numerous Hatch Act violations. Also: why he loathes Halloween.

Oct 31, 2025 / Elie Mystal

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