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A screen displays financial news on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, April 3, 2025.

Bond Vigilantes Are Now the Unchallenged Kings Thanks to a Feckless Congress and Reckless Trump Bond Vigilantes Are Now the Unchallenged Kings Thanks to a Feckless Congress and Reckless Trump

A president who bullies Congress kowtows to the bond market.

Apr 11, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Ukraine’s Dangerous Illusion of New Nuclear Energy 

Ukraine’s Dangerous Illusion of New Nuclear Energy  Ukraine’s Dangerous Illusion of New Nuclear Energy 

Nuclear plants are prime targets in wartime Ukraine. Renewables are safer, cheaper—and already on the rise.

Apr 10, 2025 / Paul Hockenos

This aerial picture shows white-clad forensic experts from the Mexican Attorney General’s Office walking inside the alleged organized crime “extermination camp” in the municipality of Tehuchitlan, Jalisco, Mexico, on March 28, 2025.

Families Try to Find Answers at a Cartel “Extermination Camp” in Mexico Families Try to Find Answers at a Cartel “Extermination Camp” in Mexico

At a Jalisco ranch, investigators found bone fragments and three suspected crematoria. Families toured the camp, hoping to find clues about their missing family members.

Apr 10, 2025 / Ivonne Ortiz

Chancellor designate and leader of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Friedrich Merz casts his ballot on changes to Germany's Basic Law, loosening federal debt and defense spending limits, on March 18, 2025, in Berlin, Germany.

The Labyrinth of European Rearmament The Labyrinth of European Rearmament

The European Union’s rush to increase military spending is as much about appeasing Washington as achieving actual “strategic autonomy.”

Apr 9, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

A man holding up a US flag and a sign that reads,

The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within

What old-school civics taught us about checks and balances isn’t working. The absence of a will to fight, to defend the institutions of liberal democracy, is breathtaking.

Apr 8, 2025 / Jodi Dean for The Nation

The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement

The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement The Power and Symbolism of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement

After mobilizing to defend democracy and meet people’s immediate needs, the radical Marxist organization emerged from the Bolsonaro regime stronger than ever.

Apr 8, 2025 / Feature / Vincent Bevins

Old Chapel Lane, Skibbereen, County Cork in 1846.

What Caused the Irish Famine? What Caused the Irish Famine?

A new book offers a comprehensive and heartbreaking account of the most terrible catastrophe to befall Ireland in the modern era.

Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / John Banville

Facing the 2025 Project

Facing the 2025 Project Facing the 2025 Project

Musk, Trump, and Vance lead a fascist takeover of the US.

Apr 7, 2025 / OppArt / Grow Up Art

Laura Loomer, a right-wing pundit and supporter of former president Donald Trump, outside the United States Federal Courthouse where Trump is scheduled to be arraigned later in the day on June 13, 2023, in Miami, Florida.

Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration  Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration 

The ongoing internal witch hunt led by the far-right provocateur is a sign of a GOP crack-up.

Apr 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer

The leader of the new Syrian administration, Ahmed al-Shara, waits to greet a Ukrainian delegation ahead of a meeting to help strengthen ties between the two countries in December 2024 in Damascus, Syria.

Syria’s New Rulers Get a Makeover Syria’s New Rulers Get a Makeover

The country’s new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, has donned a suit, trimmed his beard, and dropped his nom de guerre. But Syrians are still afraid.

Apr 7, 2025 / Charles Glass

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