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China America

Potential Legislation on China Amounts to a New Cold War Potential Legislation on China Amounts to a New Cold War

The $250 billion "Innovation and Competition Act" leverages industrial policy to ratchet up militarization and potentially instigate global conflict.

Nov 22, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Nation Poetry

On the Overnight from Agadir On the Overnight from Agadir

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Nov 22, 2021 / Poems / Charif Shanahan

The Green Bank telescope in West Virginia

Life in West Virginia’s “Quiet Zone” Life in West Virginia’s “Quiet Zone”

A recent book by journalist Stephen Kurczy examines what happens in a vast swath of the country where wireless signal is limited and carefully regulated.

Nov 22, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Evan Malmgren

America’s Decline Started at Home

America’s Decline Started at Home America’s Decline Started at Home

When will shifting geopolitics and climate change fully cripple Washington’s current world order?

Nov 22, 2021 / Alfred McCoy

Francia Marquez

Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death” Francia Márquez Mina Confronts Colombia’s “Politics of Death”

The first Black woman to run for president in Colombia has ignited a movement.

Nov 22, 2021 / Juan Mejia and Olivia Heffernan

Peng Shuai

Where Is Peng Shuai? And What Is the IOC Going to Do About It? Where Is Peng Shuai? And What Is the IOC Going to Do About It?

With the 2022 Beijing Olympics looming, the IOC’s silence in the case of a missing tennis star who accused a Chinese official of sexual assault speaks volumes.

Nov 20, 2021 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

House Democrats Just Gave Their Party a Fighting Chance in 2022

House Democrats Just Gave Their Party a Fighting Chance in 2022 House Democrats Just Gave Their Party a Fighting Chance in 2022

Now, the Senate must make it possible for them to win the 2022 midterms by passing Biden’s Build Back Better bill.

Nov 19, 2021 / John Nichols

Why We Made “Going for Broke”

Why We Made “Going for Broke” Why We Made “Going for Broke”

In this video roundtable, Laura Flanders joins Ray Suarez and Ann Larson to talk about our newest podcast.

Nov 19, 2021 / The Nation, Economic Hardship Reporting Project, and Laura Flanders

Kyle  Rittenhouse Has Gotten Away With Murder—as Predicted

Kyle Rittenhouse Has Gotten Away With Murder—as Predicted Kyle Rittenhouse Has Gotten Away With Murder—as Predicted

Rittenhouse’s acquittal is not a “miscarriage” of justice, as some might claim. It is our white justice system working as intended.

Nov 19, 2021 / Elie Mystal for The Nation

Democrats Must Stand Firm on Funding the Civilian Climate Corps

Democrats Must Stand Firm on Funding the Civilian Climate Corps Democrats Must Stand Firm on Funding the Civilian Climate Corps

A key program in the Build Back Better Act, the Civilian Climate Corps has the potential to mobilize young voters for Democrats next year—assuming the bill survives.

Nov 19, 2021 / Matthew Miles Goodrich

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