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A procedural abortion room at Equity Clinic in Champaign on May 21, 2023.

The Perfect Storm Threatening Abortion Access The Perfect Storm Threatening Abortion Access

Funding cuts from pro-choice groups are affecting abortion access at the same time that clinics are seeing more patients in need of expensive procedures not covered by insurance.

Sep 3, 2024 / Susan Rinkunas

Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to the United States Congress, she represented New York's 12th congressional district from 1969 to 1983.

Sep 3, 2024 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

A Stop Project 2025 sign during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago.

Project 2025 Is Coming After LGBTQ Americans Project 2025 Is Coming After LGBTQ Americans

A close reading of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 document reveals potential major setbacks for gender-affirming care, workplace protections, and same-sex marriage.

Sep 3, 2024 / Charles Kaiser

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz, enjoy music by members of the marching band at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Georgia, August 28, 2024, as they travel across the state on a two-day campaign bus tour.

The Democrats Are Finally Running a Teacher. What Took Them So Long? The Democrats Are Finally Running a Teacher. What Took Them So Long?

After decades of serving as a punching bag for the party’s neoliberals, public schools and the people who work in them are back in fashion.

Sep 3, 2024 / Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider

Assassination Nation

Assassination Nation Assassination Nation

The Nation magazine was founded in the startled wake of Abraham Lincoln’s murder—the first presidential assassination in the country. It wouldn’t be the last.

Sep 3, 2024 / Richard Kreitner

Lessons of a Weimar Anti-Fascist in Palestine

Lessons of a Weimar Anti-Fascist in Palestine Lessons of a Weimar Anti-Fascist in Palestine

After my father fled Nazi Germany in 1933, he witnessed a toxic new nationalism rising among Jews in Palestine—and was silenced for trying to warn of its dangers.

Sep 3, 2024 / Feature / Barry Yourgrau

Making Waves

Making Waves Making Waves

Dive in!

Sep 2, 2024 / OppArt / Gary Taxali

A semi trailer transports chicken to a Tyson Foods plant in Union City, Tennessee, on February 16, 2022.

Meet the Immigrant Workers Taking On America’s Largest Meatpacking Company Meet the Immigrant Workers Taking On America’s Largest Meatpacking Company

Tyson workers in Arkansas are organizing to ensure safer labor conditions. We join them in their fight.

Sep 2, 2024 / Alice Driver

Blake Street Tenants Union Protest

The Connecticut Tenants Union Trying to Buy Their Apartment Building The Connecticut Tenants Union Trying to Buy Their Apartment Building

Members of the Blake Street Tenants Union in New Haven see community ownership as critical to preserving affordable housing. Is now the time for widespread tenant control?

Sep 2, 2024 / StudentNation / Maggie Grether

Lee Saunders, President of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) speaks during the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday, August 19, 2024.

“The Union Movement Is Very Excited About Harris and Walz” “The Union Movement Is Very Excited About Harris and Walz”

In an exclusive interview with The Nation, AFSCME President Lee Saunders explains organized labor’s enthusiasm for the Democratic ticket.

Sep 2, 2024 / John Nichols

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