The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Has Become All About Elon Musk The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race Has Become All About Elon Musk

The richest man in the world is the biggest spender on behalf of a right-wing effort to take control of a state Supreme Court.

John Nichols

Our Trans Protections Aren’t Strong Enough for the Trump Era Our Trans Protections Aren’t Strong Enough for the Trump Era

Many states have passed so-called “shield laws” to protect trans people. But they weren’t designed for a presidency like Donald Trump’s.

Emmet Fraizer

How White-Collar Criminals Plundered a Brooklyn Neighborhood How White-Collar Criminals Plundered a Brooklyn Neighborhood

Stacy Horn’s Killing Fields documents how East New York was ransacked by the real estate industry and abandoned by the city in the process.

Books & the Arts / Kristen Martin

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Demonstrators from the human rights organization Jewish Voice for Peace are detained by NYPD officers as they hold a civil disobedience action inside Trump Tower in New York on March 13, 2025.

Trump’s Mob-Boss Offer to Us Jews: Accept “Protection”—or Else Trump’s Mob-Boss Offer to Us Jews: Accept “Protection”—or Else

Under the guise of “fighting antisemitism,” Trump is shredding our rights and telling us we are safe.

Dave Zirin

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Democrats May Denounce Trump, but Their Militarism Paved His Way Democrats May Denounce Trump, but Their Militarism Paved His Way

Democrats in Congress have long denounced Trump as an enemy of democracy, but they haven’t put any sort of brake on American militarism.

Norman Solomon

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander protests the Trump administration's decision to freeze of public funding for science research on February 19, 2025.

NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Lays Out His Plan to Uplift the City’s Workers NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Lays Out His Plan to Uplift the City’s Workers

The New York City comptroller is releasing a workers’ rights platform, which he shared exclusively with “The Nation.”

Bryce Covert

Books & the Arts

A young boy peers out from a hole in a fence as his friends play basketball in a court where police officers are gathering for a patrol in East New York, 1966.

How White-Collar Criminals Plundered a Brooklyn Neighborhood How White-Collar Criminals Plundered a Brooklyn Neighborhood

Stacy Horn’s Killing Fields documents how East New York was ransacked by the real estate industry and abandoned by the city in the process.

Books & the Arts / Kristen Martin

A scene from “Severance.”

The Workplace Nightmares of “Severance” The Workplace Nightmares of “Severance”

The appeal of the Apple TV+ series is how it dramatizes our alienation from labor.

Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte

A restaurant on Atlanta’s BeltLine trail.

How Atlanta Became a Walkable City How Atlanta Became a Walkable City

The Beltline and Georgia’s experiment in pedestrian spaces.

Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs

World

Palestinian children and journalists disperse as Israeli tanks enter the Jenin camp for Palestinian refugees in the occupied West Bank, on February 23, 2025.

Why Palestinians Can’t Sleep Why Palestinians Can’t Sleep

Sleep deprivation is a form of torture. For Palestinians, it’s a regular way of life.

Zehra Imam

Protesters carrying a placard showing former president Rodrigo Duterte are blocked by anti-riot policemen near Malacanang palace in Manila, 2025.

Rodrigo Duterte Is at The Hague. What’s Next for the Philippines? Rodrigo Duterte Is at The Hague. What’s Next for the Philippines?

His arrest by the ICC was a monumental step in prosecuting his bloody drug war. But it’s also the latest episode in a battle between the Philippines’ two political dynasties.

Walden Bello

South African farmer Tewie Wessels addresses a group of white South Africans supporting US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk during a demonstration in Pretoria, on February 15, 2025.

Why Trump Is Threatened by South Africa Why Trump Is Threatened by South Africa

The country’s Constitution gives its citizens more than a right to the pursuit of happiness. But attempts to redeem that commitment to justice have enraged American reactionaries….

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Are Men OK?

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According to Richard V. Reeves, American society is failing to address the needs of men and boys. Are his solutions the flip side of feminism—or just another form of backlash?

Feature / Eamon Whalen

Going for Green: Uruguay’s Renewable Energy Revolution

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With no fossil fuel reserves to rely on and domestic demand rising, the country had to get creative—or go broke just trying to keep the lights on. Here’s how they did it.

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People gather against a backdrop of unlit buildings in Havana, as Cuba’s national power grid has effectively collapsed.

Life in Cuba Under Sanctions Life in Cuba Under Sanctions

Ordinary Cubans are trapped in a vicious circle of government mismanagement exacerbated by the US embargo.

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