![Republican presidential candidate Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) greets guests](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tim-Scott-GettyImages-1495501035.jpg)
The GOP Is Not Gaining Black Voters The GOP Is Not Gaining Black Voters
The mainstream media has been harping on the implications of Black Republican candidates, but their influence on voters is not as significant as The New York Times suggests.
Jun 7, 2023 / Steve Phillips
![A woman pushes a baby stroller while walking in a cemetery in Irpin, near Kyiv on February 16, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ukraine-russia-conflict-getty.jpg)
America Needs to Break Its Addiction to Global Intervention America Needs to Break Its Addiction to Global Intervention
Washington’s preoccupation with Ukraine only testifies to the impoverished state of American strategic thinking.
Jun 7, 2023 / Andrew J. Bacevich
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Olaf Stapledon’s Cosmology of Peace Olaf Stapledon’s Cosmology of Peace
In his science fiction classic Star Maker, he imagines a way to overcome fascism on a galactic scale.
Jun 7, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jaime Green
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Spain’s Left Is in Turmoil—and Now It’s Facing a Huge Electoral Test Spain’s Left Is in Turmoil—and Now It’s Facing a Huge Electoral Test
Now that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called snap elections, we will see whether the left can set aside its divisions and block the far right from power.
Jun 6, 2023 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
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Get Ready for AI Surveillance at the 2024 Paris Olympics Get Ready for AI Surveillance at the 2024 Paris Olympics
The Olympics don’t make authoritarian countries more democratic; they make democratic countries more authoritarian.
Jun 6, 2023 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
![Student loan borrowers and advocates gather for the People's Rally to Cancel Student Debt during the Supreme Court hearings on Student Debt Relief on February 28, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1470266339.jpg)
Congress Is Sticking Students With the Check Congress Is Sticking Students With the Check
The recent debt agreement will abolish the pandemic-era pause on student debt repayments—hitting the youngest generation of voters the hardest.
Jun 6, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
![Jennyvieve Barquero-Hughes, 4, in black, gets her photo taken with Drag Queens Kelly K, left, Scalene OnixXx and Athena Monet Kills at the Drag Queen story hour at the Cellar Door Bookstore on Saturday, April 29, 2023 in Riverside, Calif.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Dragqueenstoryhour.jpg)
The Right’s War on Drag Is Flagrantly Unconstitutional The Right’s War on Drag Is Flagrantly Unconstitutional
The drag bans being pushed by both Tennessee and Texas have so little legal merit that even small children could debunk them.
Jun 6, 2023 / Elie Mystal
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Country of Immigrants Country of Immigrants
The anti-immigrant rhetoric in the US is increasing exponentially.
Jun 6, 2023 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
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Cornel West’s Presidential Run Is Already Shaking Up the 2024 Race Cornel West’s Presidential Run Is Already Shaking Up the 2024 Race
The veteran academic and activist announced what is sure to be a controversial run, declaring, “Democracy creates disruption."
Jun 6, 2023 / John Nichols
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Like It or Not, Cancel Culture Is Free Speech Like It or Not, Cancel Culture Is Free Speech
The history of medicine makes clear why false free-speech champions should just settle down already.
Jun 6, 2023 / J.C. Hallman