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Photographs of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger displayed during “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship,” an exhibition at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile.

Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide

Fifty years after the military coup that brought down Salvador Allende and installed the Pinochet dicatorship, there are still top secret documents on the US role that must be dec...

Aug 31, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh

Louisiana LGBTQ

The Queer Progressives Helping to Pull Louisiana to the Left The Queer Progressives Helping to Pull Louisiana to the Left

The Pelican State might have a dearth of left-leaning political figures in office, but that doesn’t stop Davante Lewis and Mel Manuel from fighting for LGBTQ advocacy and economic...

Aug 31, 2023 / StudentNation / Kennith Woods

The Women of America’s Heartland

The Women of America’s Heartland The Women of America’s Heartland

Monica Potts’s book The Forgotten Girls is a document of the effects of poverty, sexism, and, of course, the rapacious capitalism that has abandoned communities across America.

Aug 31, 2023 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The UAW Is Prepared to Strike, and Bernie Sanders Has Their Back

The UAW Is Prepared to Strike, and Bernie Sanders Has Their Back The UAW Is Prepared to Strike, and Bernie Sanders Has Their Back

In a fight over the future of work, the labor committee chair recognizes that autoworkers need a fair share of burgeoning profits.

Aug 31, 2023 / John Nichols

Weaponizing

Weaponizing Weaponizing

McCarthy-ism.

Aug 30, 2023 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

Georgia Knecht, 4, browses a bookshelf at Riverside, California, Main Library.

A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book

But corporate mega-publishers want purchasing a book to be like renting a movie or streaming an album.

Aug 30, 2023 / Maria Bustillos

A vehicle carries office furniture of The Kashmir Walla while vacating its office in Kashmir capital Srinagar as they have been served notice by the landlord after their website and social media has been blocked in India under the Information Technology Act, 2000, by the government of India, according to statement published by the news website, a regional prominent independent news organisation based in Srinagar Kashmir, founded in 2009 by founder-editor Fahad Shah, who is currently in jail for 18 months over press coverage of a gunfight.

India Has Killed Off the Remains of Kashmir’s Free Press India Has Killed Off the Remains of Kashmir’s Free Press

No one is willing to utter a word about the government attacks on journalists, a Kashmiri reporter says. “It’s as if we don’t exist.”

Aug 30, 2023 / Suchitra Vijayan

What Happens When You Give New Parents Cash Aid?

What Happens When You Give New Parents Cash Aid? What Happens When You Give New Parents Cash Aid?

Cash transfer programs are forging a path for guaranteed income.

Aug 30, 2023 / Lizzie Tribone

Trump’s Treason

Trump’s Treason Trump’s Treason

Mounting indictments, crumbling democracy.

Aug 29, 2023 / OppArt / Ratt

Gavin Wax, president of the New York Young Republican Club, speaks to members of the media during a rally outside the New York County Criminal Court in New York City, on Monday, March 20, 2023.

The War Within the Young Republican Party The War Within the Young Republican Party

At the Young Republican National Convention, far-right figures made few inroads—but they did read my Nation investigation.

Aug 29, 2023 / Amanda Moore

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