![Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass receives the Olympic flag during the closing ceremonies of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Saint-Denis on August 11, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/karen-bass-olympics-getty.jpg)
Stopping Trump From Using the LA Olympics to Burnish His Strongman Image Stopping Trump From Using the LA Olympics to Burnish His Strongman Image
Activists, community leaders, and organizers are already teaming up to prevent LA28 from becoming an echo of the 1936 Nazi Olympics.
Dec 3, 2024 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin
![The GOP Push to Deregulate Childcare, One State at a Time](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/BECK-Mader-kids-ftr.jpg)
The GOP Push to Deregulate Childcare, One State at a Time The GOP Push to Deregulate Childcare, One State at a Time
From Kansas to South Carolina, Republican have come up with a terrifying solution to the childcare crisis: remove some of the basic guardrails ensuring safe, quality care for youn...
Dec 3, 2024 / Feature / Jackie Mader
![Georgia’s Disastrous Medicaid Work Requirements](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Score-Medicaid_expansion.jpg)
Georgia’s Disastrous Medicaid Work Requirements Georgia’s Disastrous Medicaid Work Requirements
Georgia’s Republican governor, Brian Kemp, said that 345,000 people would enroll in the state’s Medicaid program, which has strict work requirements—so far just 5,118 have.
Dec 3, 2024 / Column / Bryce Covert
![Ben Fong on Drugs in America](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/914wdfxirzL-1.jpg)
Ben Fong on Drugs in America Ben Fong on Drugs in America
On this episode of American Prestige, Ben Fong, author of Quick Fixes, on our nation's history with substances.
Dec 3, 2024 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
![Palestine solidarity activists call for a ceasefire in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 17, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-1787730691-1.jpg)
For Those Who Know They Have Not Done Enough to Stop Israel’s War on Gaza For Those Who Know They Have Not Done Enough to Stop Israel’s War on Gaza
It is shamefully easy to keep going about one’s life while Israel continues its onslaught on Gaza with full US support—and it’s absolutely essential to resist that impulse.
Dec 3, 2024 / Haggai Matar
![Donald Trump walks onstage for a campaign rally on October 12, 2024, in Coachella, California.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trump-california-getty.jpg)
Blue States Will Not Be Safe in Our Corrupt, Clownish, Authoritarian Future Blue States Will Not Be Safe in Our Corrupt, Clownish, Authoritarian Future
The Trump administration will seek vengeance against any state that tries to resist the spread of crony capitalism.
Dec 3, 2024 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
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A State Crackdown in Pakistan Threatens Continuing Unrest A State Crackdown in Pakistan Threatens Continuing Unrest
Protesters in support of Imran Khan’s PTI party were met with obstruction and violence, leading to mounting public outrage.
Dec 2, 2024 / Hasan Ali
![Takes one to know one: Sammy “the Bull” Gravano, former underboss of the Gambino crime family, who confessed to 19 murders when he testified against his boss, John Gotti, is a fan of President-elect Trump.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SammyGravanoGetty.jpg)
Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters
Who is being naïve now?
Dec 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![The Clock Is Ticking](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1440_FEAT.jpg)
The Clock Is Ticking The Clock Is Ticking
For a cruel new America.
Dec 2, 2024 / OppArt / Judy Polstra