The Unseen Toll: Depression, Anxiety Plague Black Women a Year After Being Fired by DOGE The Unseen Toll: Depression, Anxiety Plague Black Women a Year After Being Fired by DOGE

Trump’s federal workforce cuts dismantled a job pipeline for Washington, DC’s Black community and gutted the well-being of the women who hold up that community.

Lottie Joiner

Red Vienna Is Still Alive Red Vienna Is Still Alive

The Austrian capital chose not to privatize the commons, and it shows.

Kate Wagner

Yale’s Protest Tradition Is Back Yale’s Protest Tradition Is Back

For the first time in more than 50 years, Yale students gathered around an iconic sculpture to protest their university and their government.

StudentNation / Zachary Clifton

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Florida Isn’t Red. Democrats Just Stopped Showing Up. Florida Isn’t Red. Democrats Just Stopped Showing Up.

Oct 7, 2026 / Camille Rivera

Are Europe and Russia Slow-Walking to World War III? Are Europe and Russia Slow-Walking to World War III?

Oct 7, 2026 / Stephen Crowley

AI: What Is to Be Done? Plus Protest Under Assault AI: What Is to Be Done? Plus Protest Under Assault

Oct 7, 2026 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

This Lawsuit Could Make Big Oil Pay for the Harm It’s Caused This Lawsuit Could Make Big Oil Pay for the Harm It’s Caused

Oct 6, 2026 / Elie Mystal

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Politics

The Peril of Trump’s Final Act: Would He Use a Tactical Nuclear Weapon in Iran? The Peril of Trump’s Final Act: Would He Use a Tactical Nuclear Weapon in Iran?

Trump is trapped in a war that has already been lost, a reality that he will never allow himself to admit.

Robert L. Borosage

Kash Patel Stands Up for “Victims” of Bestiality Kash Patel Stands Up for “Victims” of Bestiality

In a bizarre Senate committee hearing, the FBI director defends his tenure and disrespects Democrats.

Joan Walsh

The Reality Today Is That Foreign Policy Hawks Are a Minority in the Democratic Party The Reality Today Is That Foreign Policy Hawks Are a Minority in the Democratic Party

It is damn time we all started acting like it.

Matthew Duss

Books & the Arts

Women at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963.

Black Freedom in an Age of White Oligarchy Black Freedom in an Age of White Oligarchy

Justin Leroy’s The Lowest Freedom points toward the limits of liberty under racial capitalism.

Books & the Arts / Aaron Ross Coleman

“In Minor Keys,” 61st Venice Biennale, 2026, installation view featuring Éric Baudelaire.

The Carnival of Venice Biennale The Carnival of Venice Biennale

That so much of the art of “In Minor Keys” is muted in effect is ironic, because so much of it is overproduced, aspirationally eye-catching, and so big.

Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

A view of the US flag on the field during the national anthem before a game between the New York Giants and the Dallas Cowboys at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on September 20, 2009.

America Without the NFL America Without the NFL

Chuck Klosterman’s Football is a eulogy for the sport on the eve of its decline.

Books & the Arts / Zito Madu

World

Bulldozers demolish shelters in Kathmandu, part of a nationwide drive to remove informal settlements built on public land.

A Reckoning Comes for Nepal A Reckoning Comes for Nepal

A year after its Gen Z uprising, Nepal faces a struggle not only for democracy and human rights but for climate survival.

Feature / Wen Stephenson

Is Nepal a Turning Point in Climate Coverage?

Is Nepal a Turning Point in Climate Coverage? Is Nepal a Turning Point in Climate Coverage?

Even CBS News and Bari Weiss, who fired the outlet’s entire climate unit, have used Nepal as a watchword for environmental disaster.

Mark Hertsgaard and Covering Climate Now

On the set of Cosmosquare Films’ “Hanging On”

Notes From Evictionland Notes From Evictionland

Eviction is practically baked into the way Britain manages its tenanted homes. Here’s how it played out—over and over again—for my parents.

Jessica Field

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The Fissures and Fractures Behind the Right’s Pink Facade

The Fissures and Fractures Behind the Right’s Pink Facade The Fissures and Fractures Behind the Right’s Pink Facade

After Roe was overturned, some young women are turning more hard-line on abortion—but others are fleeing conservatism altogether.

Feature / Amy Littlefield

Abdul El-Sayed Diagnoses American Politics

Abdul El-Sayed Diagnoses American Politics Abdul El-Sayed Diagnoses American Politics

A conversation with Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee about public health, outside money, and a new kind of politics.

Feature / The Nation

The UAW Wave Has Hit Our Shores

The UAW Wave Has Hit Our Shores The UAW Wave Has Hit Our Shores

The union’s endorsements of insurgent candidates led to big wins this summer. It’s all part of a strategy to remake American politics for the working class.

Feature / Ella Fanger

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