![A view of the Canadian flag in front of the moon as smoke from forest fires reached the center of Ottawa again on June 25, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1259065739.jpg)
Brace Yourself: Canada’s Wildfires Are Only Intensifying Brace Yourself: Canada’s Wildfires Are Only Intensifying
The smoky skies blanketing Ottawa this past weekend demonstrate that the flames are not about to subside anytime soon.
Jun 26, 2023 / Erica Ifill
![Head of the Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin left the Southern Military District headquarters on June 24, 2023 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1259026854-1-1.jpg)
Putin, Prigozhin, and Russia’s Future Putin, Prigozhin, and Russia’s Future
Caution should be our guiding principle.
Jun 26, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
![Members of the Wagner group prepare to pull out from the headquarters of the Southern Military District to return to their base in Rostov-on-Don late on June 24, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/wagner-group-moscow.jpg)
Putin’s War Comes Home Putin’s War Comes Home
Though the Wagner mutiny was short-lived, it shows how Russia could collapse.
Jun 26, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![Wagner Group head Yevgeny Prigozhin looks out from a military vehicle on a street in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/AP23175810553033.jpg)
When Russia Shook the World, American Cable News Stumbled When Russia Shook the World, American Cable News Stumbled
Instead of shifting to serious coverage, they ran on autopilot and left Americans without the news they needed. That’s a dangerous precedent for journalism—and democracy.
Jun 26, 2023 / John Nichols
![In the Attacks on Trans Rights, We’re Seeing the Rise of a New Confederacy](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LIBERALJANE-Hunter-abortion.jpg)
In the Attacks on Trans Rights, We’re Seeing the Rise of a New Confederacy In the Attacks on Trans Rights, We’re Seeing the Rise of a New Confederacy
These legislative assaults constitute the spear tip of a nation within a nation, threatening the foundations of democracy.
Jun 26, 2023 / Feature / Nan D. Hunter
![Without Apology: Abortion in Literature](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Bonhomme-books-ftr.jpg)
Without Apology: Abortion in Literature Without Apology: Abortion in Literature
Some of the most powerful, important abortion narratives show working-class women terminating their pregnancies without regret or anguish.
Jun 26, 2023 / Feature / Edna Bonhomme
![Don DeLillo’s Cold Wars](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/QIAN-DeLillo-Deb.jpg)
Don DeLillo’s Cold Wars Don DeLillo’s Cold Wars
His 1980s novels take the story of America’s postwar years, usually seen as a triumphal rise to perpetual dominance, and converts it into one about a long and chaotic decline.
Jun 26, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb
![Resources: What You Can Do](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/abortion_access_map.jpg)
Resources: What You Can Do Resources: What You Can Do
The activists connecting patients to abortion care need you.
Jun 24, 2023 / The Nation