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Sasha AbramskyDonald Trump and JD Vance tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday with the whole world watching. The Most Dis...

Dave ZirinThe “liberal” news network is just the latest mainstream media organization to cower before Trump. MSNBC’s Death Rattle...

Willow SchenwarThe Trump administration is trying to shape public perception on transness by manipulating language and symbols—don’t let...

Stephen CrowleyNot the other way around. No, Donald: The US Owes Ukraine The Nation.

Mark HertsgaardThe public still wants action, but elections in the world’s third-biggest economy may stall progress. Climate Retreat...

Steve PhillipsAn accurate understanding of the geography of our nation shows that our reach and power is more promising than we may feel...

Linda MannheimDuring the Berlinale’s 75th anniversary, it felt like the world was coming apart—but at least we had the “borderless realm...

Chris LehmannUnqualified goons at the top. Conspiracies running wild. A mandate for vengeance. Buckle up. Trump’s FBI Is the Nightma...

Susan Brind MorrowThe reliable knot that pulls together the threads of basic human life in America is beginning to unravel, and there su...

William J. AstoreManifest Destiny gets a reboot under President Donald Trump. Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of Ameri...

Dave ZirinEven in Trump’s cabinet of hucksters, reality-show stars, and drunk white nationalists, Linda McMahon is a bizarre choice for...

Elie MystalBy canceling Joy Reid’s cable news show, MSNBC has not only silenced a brilliant host, it's silenced the next Black voice you...

Carol SchaefferOne lesson from an Alternative für Deutschland rally and this weekend’s election results: The Cold War never ended. T...

Jeet HeerTrump’s most important adviser is promoting racist parties all over the world. Welcome to the New Military-Industrial Compl...

Maya VinokourIt turns out that optimizing yourself like artificial intelligence not only won’t ensure that you live forever. It is also...

Elie MystalA recent order aimed at destroying independent regulatory agencies isn’t just about taking control of the state—it’s a giant...

Rebecca GordonAll if it is meant to disorient and overwhelm us. The question is: How are we to navigate all that excrement? Trump's...

Jack SchneiderMaybe because its support for students is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. And because cutting that funding...

Mark Hertsgaard, Kyle PopeWhat are the climate implications of Donald Trump punishing the Associated Press? The First Amendment vs....

Todd MillerBiden left office as the king of border contracts, creating a massive border-and-deportation arsenal now at Trump's disposal....

Anatol LievenThe challenges ahead. The Trump Administration, the Democrats, and the Ukraine Peace Process The Nation.

Helen BenedictWhile Syrians around the world are celebrating the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, they are still cautious about what co...

Peter KuperThe Republican Party’s fealty to a totalitarian leader. 5 Stages of GOP The Nation.

Ezra Levin, Leah GreenbergBy firing Gwynne Wilcox, Trump is hoping the Supreme Court will overrule 90 years of legal precedent and give...

Dave ZirinFaced with existential threats from the right, the Democratic leadership remains timid; faced with demands for justice from th...