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Five people (four in suits, one woman in traditional Palestinian dress) stand behind Olympic rings. The middle two hold a certificate.

Palestinian Olympians Are Competing as Their World Burns Palestinian Olympians Are Competing as Their World Burns

Palestinian Olympians will make history in Paris, despite unfathomable conditions of genocide.

Jul 18, 2024 / Dave Zirin

J.D. Vance, his wife, Usha (in the blue dress), and his family on stage in Milwaukee. His mother Bev, a former addict whom Vance described last night as “10 years clean and sober,” is on the left.

J.D. Vance Is the Perfect Troll J.D. Vance Is the Perfect Troll

The Republican vice-presidential candidate’s speech last night was a guided missile aimed at working-class voters. Countering it will take a lot more than not being Donald Trump.

Jul 18, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) walk across the South Lawn after returning to the White House on board the Marine One presidential helicopter on April 22, 2024, in Washington, DC.

Why Are Bernie Sanders and the Squad Propping Up Joe Biden? Why Are Bernie Sanders and the Squad Propping Up Joe Biden?

A wounded Biden is running on a platform that progressives have long dreamed about.

Jul 18, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Elon Musk during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024.

It’s Official: Silicon Valley Is Fully MAGA-Pilled It’s Official: Silicon Valley Is Fully MAGA-Pilled

The tech industry is falling over itself to embrace Trump and J.D. Vance. It’s a mask-off moment.

Jul 18, 2024 / Jacob Silverman

Supreme Corruption

Supreme Corruption Supreme Corruption

The Roberts Court undermines our constitution.

Jul 18, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Republican vice presidential candidate US Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

J.D. Vance’s Phony Populism Thrilled the RNC. The Rest of Us Shouldn’t Be Fooled. J.D. Vance’s Phony Populism Thrilled the RNC. The Rest of Us Shouldn’t Be Fooled.

The vice presidential nominee pitched himself as an avatar of the working class. Don’t believe the hype.

Jul 18, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Bernie Sanders (I-VT) questions witnesses during a hearing about working hours in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol H

Bernie Sanders’s 60-Year Fight Bernie Sanders’s 60-Year Fight

The independent senator from Vermont spoke to The Nation’s president about why he still believes political revolution can change the United States for the better.

Jul 18, 2024 / Q&A / Bhaskar Sunkara

Generative AI Is a Climate Disaster

Generative AI Is a Climate Disaster Generative AI Is a Climate Disaster

On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Sasha Luccioni on the climate impacts of AI.

Jul 18, 2024 / Podcast / Paris Marx

The first family to move into the Levittown development in New York, 1947.

Can You Put a Dollar Amount on White Privilege? Can You Put a Dollar Amount on White Privilege?

Tracie McMillan’s The White Bonus attempts to quantify the literal cost of racism in America.

Jul 18, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Kristen Martin

Aaron Bushnell

Aaron Bushnell Told Us Why He Self-Immolated—Why Didn't We Believe Him? Aaron Bushnell Told Us Why He Self-Immolated—Why Didn't We Believe Him?

When a dissident’s political act is reduced to a set of personal maladies, his or her message can be all too easily massaged away.

Jul 18, 2024 / Nan Levinson

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