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It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive

It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive It’s Bisan From Gaza and I’m Still Alive

Bisan Owda is a Palestinian journalist, activist, and filmmaker, best known for her social-media videos documenting her experiences in Gaza.

Jul 31, 2024 / OppArt / Rosa Borrás

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Letters: Writing About Science Letters: Writing About Science

Readers disagree with criticism of recent opinion pieces in The New York Times about the origins of Covid-19 and the public health response to it.

Jul 31, 2024 / Our Readers, Gregg Gonsalves, and John P. Moore

New York Governor Kathy Hochul

Hochul Is Using Public Money to Defend Cuomo Hochul Is Using Public Money to Defend Cuomo

New York’s governor has retained a firm to challenge her own attorney general’s report on her disgraced predecessor’s predations.

Jul 31, 2024 / Column / Alexis Grenell

One of the bridges over the Gowanus Canal.

The Transformation of Gowanus The Transformation of Gowanus

Can a Superfund site be remade into an experiment for equitable housing and eco-friendly development?

Jul 31, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs

Protesters hold signs reading

The Strippers’ Union Faces Employers’ Trump Card The Strippers’ Union Faces Employers’ Trump Card

Hell-bent on stopping workers from unionizing, employers will sometimes shut down a location or an entire business—that’s what happened at the Star Garden topless bar in LA.

Jul 31, 2024 / Bryce Covert

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign fundraising event in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on July 27, 2024.

How Kamala Can Win, and Homeless Vets Sue the VA How Kamala Can Win, and Homeless Vets Sue the VA

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Steve Phillips analyzes changes in the electorate and Mark Rosenbaum talks about the class action suit in LA.

Jul 31, 2024 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

Whom Should Kamala Harris Choose as Her Running Mate?

Whom Should Kamala Harris Choose as Her Running Mate? Whom Should Kamala Harris Choose as Her Running Mate?

Nation writers make their cases for who the next Democratic vice presidential candidate should be.

Jul 31, 2024 / Jeet Heer, Alexis Grenell, Sasha Abramsky, Erica Etelson, Anthony Flaccavento, Elie Mystal, Joan Walsh, John Nichols, and Katha Pollitt

Nyah Mway and his mother, Chee War, celebrate Mway's graduation from middle school on June 27, 2024, the day before Utica police killed him.

The Police Killed Nyah Mway. Utica’s Refugee Community Demands Justice. The Police Killed Nyah Mway. Utica’s Refugee Community Demands Justice.

Nyah Mway graduated middle school. The next day an officer shot him dead.

Jul 31, 2024 / Kelly X. Hui

Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns for Democrats and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Representative Karen Bass at a Get Out the Vote event on the campus of UCLA on the eve of Election Day on November 7, 2022, in Los Angeles, California.

Kamala Harris Is Bringing Blue-State Politics to the Campaign Trail Kamala Harris Is Bringing Blue-State Politics to the Campaign Trail

In California, Republicans have mostly lost their grip on the electorate. Harris’s presidential run has brought that attitude to the national stage.

Jul 30, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrates after claiming victory in the presidential election on at Miraflores Palace July 28, 2024, in Caracas. But the opposition leaders—and many observers—dispute his claim.

The Maduro Government Is Probably Stealing the Election in Venezuela The Maduro Government Is Probably Stealing the Election in Venezuela

But maintaining economic warfare by the US—including sanctions—only hurts the Venezuelan people.

Jul 30, 2024 / James North

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