From Tom Paine in 1776 to Main Street in 2025: No Kings! From Tom Paine in 1776 to Main Street in 2025: No Kings!

Americans have a right to assemble and petition for the redress of grievances, and they will use them this weekend to resist Trumpism.

John Nichols

NIH Staff Have Broken Their Silence NIH Staff Have Broken Their Silence

Civil servants usually keep a low profile. These NIH employees are putting themselves at risk by calling out the Trump administration.

Gregg Gonsalves

We Have a Lot to Learn From the Fight for Trans Rights We Have a Lot to Learn From the Fight for Trans Rights

It’s long past time we foregrounded trans people in the fight for dignity and democracy.

Aaron Scott, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, and Moses Hernandez McGavin

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How Jeffrey Goldberg and “The Atlantic” Blew “the Biggest Story of the Year” How Jeffrey Goldberg and “The Atlantic” Blew “the Biggest Story of the Year”

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If an Authoritarian Trump Seizes More Power, Should Blue States Secede? If an Authoritarian Trump Seizes More Power, Should Blue States Secede?

Jun 13, 2025 / Column / Sanford Levinson and Tarence Ray

You Can’t Understand Black Music Without Sly Stone You Can’t Understand Black Music Without Sly Stone

Jun 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore

Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice System in Plain Sight Trump Is Weaponizing the Justice System in Plain Sight

Jun 13, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky

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Politics

Former Vice President Kamala Harris.

What Analyses of the 2024 Election Are Getting Wrong What Analyses of the 2024 Election Are Getting Wrong

Postelection autopsies are missing the forest for the trees.

Steve Phillips

California National Guard members during a demonstration following federal immigration raids in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025.

What the Hell Is Posse Comitatus Anyway? What the Hell Is Posse Comitatus Anyway?

Everything you wanted to know about the law that’s supposed to prevent presidents, like Trump, from deploying the military against civilians in places like LA.

Elie Mystal

Joseph Nye, the father of the concepts of soft power, smart power, and hard power, speaks by videoconference at the Paris Defence and Strategy Forum on March 12, 2025.

Trump Is Blowing Up Soft Power Trump Is Blowing Up Soft Power

And he’s shooting America’s diplomats in the foot.

Adam Weinstein

Books & the Arts

Sly Stone, 1969.

You Can’t Understand Black Music Without Sly Stone You Can’t Understand Black Music Without Sly Stone

His songs, for generations of listeners, provided community, solace, and a sense of understanding. 

Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore

“This Week” with Steve Brodner

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Peter Kuper’s Graphic Novel, Where the Insects Draw Us

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Insectopolis explores the often-unseen—and rapidly disappearing—world we share.

Steve Brodner

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World

Relatives and loved ones of Palestinians, who lost their lives in Israeli attacks while they were in the Netzarim area, where US humanitarian aid points were located, mourn as they attend their funeral ceremony at Shifa Hospital in Gaza on June 10, 2025.

I Went to a US-Backed “Aid” Site In Gaza. It Was Hell on Earth. I Went to a US-Backed “Aid” Site In Gaza. It Was Hell on Earth.

The scene resembled throwing meat into a cage of starving lions, letting them fight for their own survival.

Hassan Abo Qamar

“Severed”: The Story of a Teen From Gaza

“Severed”: The Story of a Teen From Gaza “Severed”: The Story of a Teen From Gaza

At 18, Mohamad Saleh has survived five wars and lost his home, his family members, his leg. This new film, produced with The Nation, follows him as he tries to piece together his …

Jen Marlowe

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the White House Task Force for the 2026 World Cup on May 6, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump’s World Cup Will Endanger Foreign Guests. Boycott Now! Trump’s World Cup Will Endanger Foreign Guests. Boycott Now!

If you need to see the 2026 World Cup in person, stick to Canada and Mexico. The US isn’t safe for visitors.

Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin

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Greater America Has Been Exporting Disunion for Decades

Greater America Has Been Exporting Disunion for Decades Greater America Has Been Exporting Disunion for Decades

So why are we still surprised when the tide of blood reaches our own shores? Some personal reflections on Marco Rubio and me—and the roots of Trump’s imperial ambitions.

Feature / Viet Thanh Nguyen

These Dis-United States

These Dis-United States These Dis-United States

The country and the nation: Fifty writers and artists report on the states of our dis-union.

Feature / Various Contributors

The Stakes Have Never Been Higher in an Off-Year Election

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Forget the midterms. The fight to bring Trumpism down runs through 2025’s elections.

Feature / John Nichols

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Tensions Rise with Iran, Sudan-Libya Border Clashes, Trump Creating Office of Remigration Tensions Rise with Iran, Sudan-Libya Border Clashes, Trump Creating Office of Remigration

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