Republicans Would Rather Shut Down Congress Than Discuss the Epstein Files Republicans Would Rather Shut Down Congress Than Discuss the Epstein Files

The lesson for Democrats is that they should force confrontations, especially when they drive a wedge into the GOP base.

Chris Lehmann

Amid Epstein Chaos, Trump Turns to Football to Distract and Dehumanize Amid Epstein Chaos, Trump Turns to Football to Distract and Dehumanize

Trump is calling for the Washington Commanders to change their name back to a racial slur.

Dave Zirin

Working-Class Voters Are Not Centrists Working-Class Voters Are Not Centrists

A new report shows there is absolutely a winning constituency for economic and social progress. But Democrats aren’t pursuing it.

Isaac Rabbani

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The Washington Commanders logo displayed on a phone screen next to a photo of Donald Trump

Amid Epstein Chaos, Trump Turns to Football to Distract and Dehumanize Amid Epstein Chaos, Trump Turns to Football to Distract and Dehumanize

Trump is calling for the Washington Commanders to change their name back to a racial slur.

Dave Zirin

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to a full auditorium as part of the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour on April 14, 2025, in Nampa, Idaho. According to event organizers, 12,500 people attended the rally.

Working-Class Voters Are Not Centrists Working-Class Voters Are Not Centrists

A new report shows there is absolutely a winning constituency for economic and social progress. But Democrats aren’t pursuing it.

Isaac Rabbani

A group of pro-Palestinians holds a press conference and rally in front of the City University of New York.

CUNY’s Repression of Pro-Palestine Students Continues in Front of Congress CUNY’s Repression of Pro-Palestine Students Continues in Front of Congress

By placating House Republicans during a hearing on antisemitism, CUNY’s Chancellor left students and faculty to fend for themselves.

StudentNation / Luca GoldMansour

Books & the Arts

Illustration by Eric Drooker DROOKER

The Enduring Lessons of Wages for Housework The Enduring Lessons of Wages for Housework

Emily Callaci’s history of the international feminist movement examines the influence of their intellectual and political victories.

Books & the Arts / Maia Silber

The comedian Marty Feldman as Pan in “Every Home Should Have One,” 1969.

The Impish Modernism of Michael Clune The Impish Modernism of Michael Clune

In Pan, his debut novel, he makes the unruly mind of a teenager the stuff of high art.

Books & the Arts / Adam Wilson

The Life and Times of Talking Heads

The Life and Times of Talking Heads The Life and Times of Talking Heads

How influential was the New Wave band?

Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

World

Yasemin Acar, who was aboard the vessel Madleen when it was intercepted by Israeli forces, arrives in Berlin on June 12, 2025.

“They Wanted to Humiliate Us”: Israel’s Abuse of Freedom Flotilla Activists “They Wanted to Humiliate Us”: Israel’s Abuse of Freedom Flotilla Activists

One of the organizers tells The Nation about the sleep deprivation, psychological torment, and dehumanization she suffered at Israel’s hands.

Saliha Bayrak

Cuban military personnel carry caricatures of Donald Trump

What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests What Trump’s Cuba Policy Should Be to Advance US Interests

The danger of “maximum pressure” vs. the promise of “pragmatic engagement.”

Peter Kornbluh

A missile is fired during a US and South Korea joint training exercise on May 25, 2022, in East Coast, South Korea, just days after North Korea fired three ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday, including an apparent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

80 Years After Trinity, the Dangers of Nuclear War Have Never Been Higher 80 Years After Trinity, the Dangers of Nuclear War Have Never Been Higher

Yet mainstream US media outlets and partisan politics are routinely oblivious to threat of oblivion.

Norman Solomon

“This Week” with Steve Brodner

What Was the Joke?

What Was the Joke? What Was the Joke?

Unitaryman.

Steve Brodner

Lost in Texas

Lost in Texas Lost in Texas

Say their names.

Steve Brodner

Say Their Names

Say Their Names Say Their Names

Not Giving Away Our Shot.

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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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