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Supreme Court Preview: This Term, It Can Always Get Worse

Supreme Court Preview: This Term, It Can Always Get Worse Supreme Court Preview: This Term, It Can Always Get Worse

With the liberals thoroughly outmatched, the upcoming term will not be a battle between right and left—it will be a battle between shades of extremism.

Sep 29, 2023 / Feature / Elie Mystal

Stanford Palo Alto KKK

When the Ku Klux Klan Came to Stanford When the Ku Klux Klan Came to Stanford

California was once ripe for Klan activity. Their organizing at the university and in Palo Alto is part of the country’s long history of racial terrorism.

Sep 29, 2023 / StudentNation / Isaac Lozano

2024 Republican presidential candidates Doug Burgum, from left, Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Senator Tim Scott and former US vice president Mike Pence during a debate hosted by Fox Business Network in Simi Valley, Calif., on September 27, 2023.

The GOP Debate Was a Sorry Spectacle The GOP Debate Was a Sorry Spectacle

When Ron DeSantis is trying to keep things dignified, you know the show has gone off the rails.

Sep 28, 2023 / Sasha Abramsky

Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Drake Enterprises in Clinton Township, Michigan, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023.

Trump Just Showed How Little He Actually Cares About the Working Class Trump Just Showed How Little He Actually Cares About the Working Class

The former president traveled to a non-union plant in Michigan to tell autoworkers that their struggle for fair wages and a better future was essentially worthless.

Sep 28, 2023 / John Nichols

Climate March NYC

Climate March NYC Climate March NYC

Thousands march to the UN demanding action.

Sep 28, 2023 / OppArt / Sabrina Jones

Members of the United Auto Workers Local 230 walk the picket line in front of the Chrysler Corporate Parts Division in Ontario, California, on September 26.

What’s at Stake in the UAW Strike What’s at Stake in the UAW Strike

With so much riding on the outcome, it's time for labor and its supporters—from the White House to the grass roots—to play for keeps.

Sep 28, 2023 / Jane McAlevey for The Nation

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a Hispanic Heritage Month event at Wilshire Ebell Theatre on September 15, 2023, in Los Angeles, California.

Reminder: Liberals Can Be Vaccine Deniers Too Reminder: Liberals Can Be Vaccine Deniers Too

As RFK Jr. shows, it's not just Republicans pushing anti-vax conspiracies. That's why the White House needs to take this issue much more seriously.

Sep 28, 2023 / Gregg Gonsalves

Lydia Davis, 2018.

Why You Can’t Buy Lydia Davis’s New Book on Amazon Why You Can’t Buy Lydia Davis’s New Book on Amazon

Our Strangers is more than a beguiling collection of short fiction: It represents a stand against what might be killing the book industry.

Sep 28, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer

Donald J. Trump Rally in Las Vegas

The Great Rolling Trump Fraud The Great Rolling Trump Fraud

A summary judgment in the legal case against the former president rules that he’s exactly as shady as he looks.

Sep 27, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

World’s Youth for Climate Justice

The Kids Are Telling Us Very Clearly That They Are Not Alright The Kids Are Telling Us Very Clearly That They Are Not Alright

When young people are worried about the world that their future children and grandchildren will inhabit, something has gone deeply wrong.

Sep 27, 2023 / Stan Cox

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