Society

Want to Support the Fight Against Fascism? Boycott Trump’s World Cup.

Want to Support the Fight Against Fascism? Boycott Trump’s World Cup. Want to Support the Fight Against Fascism? Boycott Trump’s World Cup.

In this week’s Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s Justice correspondent urges soccer lovers to stay away, takes on the attacks on Alex Pretti, and warns of a dangerous anti-voting bill.

Jan 30, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Aliya Rahman being dragged out of her car by ICE agents on January 13, 2026.

ICE Brutally Dragged This Disabled Woman Out of Her Car. What Happened Next Was Just As Chilling. ICE Brutally Dragged This Disabled Woman Out of Her Car. What Happened Next Was Just As Chilling.

“They laughed at me and told me this wouldn’t have happened if I was a ‘normal’ human being,” Aliya Rahman tells The Nation.

Jan 30, 2026 / Fatima Khan

Pretti Legacy

Pretti Legacy Pretti Legacy

Black carpet.

Jan 30, 2026 / Steve Brodner

The Deepening Abyss of Racism

The Deepening Abyss of Racism The Deepening Abyss of Racism

Racism perpetuates and entraps societies in persistent cycles of fear, hatred, and inequality.

Jan 30, 2026 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

The scene outside a 2017 subway derailment in New York.

Manhattan Republicans Get a Lesson in Mamdani-Era Self-Defense Manhattan Republicans Get a Lesson in Mamdani-Era Self-Defense

A New York Republican club hosted a seminar dwelling on vigilante fantasies in one of the nation’s safest cities.

Jan 30, 2026 / Jacob Silverman

David Brooks

The Smug and Vacuous David Brooks Is Perfect for “The Atlantic” The Smug and Vacuous David Brooks Is Perfect for “The Atlantic”

The former New York Times columnist is a one-man cottage industry of lazy cultural stereotyping.

Jan 30, 2026 / Chris Lehmann

NYC Stands With Minnesota

NYC Stands With Minnesota NYC Stands With Minnesota

Street demonstration, New York City, January 23, 2026.

Jan 29, 2026 / OppArt / Gwendolen Cates

Protesters at a memorial to Alex Pretti on January 27, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Healthcare Workers Must Continue Alex Pretti’s Fight Healthcare Workers Must Continue Alex Pretti’s Fight

Pretti was one of us. We have to carry on his struggle.

Jan 29, 2026 / Gregg Gonsalves

The Cartoonist, the Director, and the Sex Workers

The Cartoonist, the Director, and the Sex Workers The Cartoonist, the Director, and the Sex Workers

Sook-Yin Lee’s new romantic comedy, Paying for It, explores Platonic love and prostitution.

Jan 29, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Minnesotans film a federal law enforcement agent during a patrol in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 11, 2026.

Citizen Journalists Are Minneapolis’s Unsung Heroes Citizen Journalists Are Minneapolis’s Unsung Heroes

Without their videos of ICE shootings, we wouldn’t know what is really happening.

Jan 29, 2026 / Mark Hertsgaard

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