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A Year Ago Today

A Year Ago Today A Year Ago Today

A horrific attack and monstrous war with no end in sight.

Oct 7, 2024 / OppArt / Tayseer Barakat

A sea of Palestinian flags waved by fans in the stands of the UEFA Champions League football match between Borussia Dortmund and Celtic in Dortmund, western Germany on October 1, 2024.

In a Glaring Double Standard, FIFA Fails to Suspend Israel In a Glaring Double Standard, FIFA Fails to Suspend Israel

FIFA banned apartheid South Africa. It banned Russia for invading Ukraine. But about Israel, FIFA does nothing.

Oct 7, 2024 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin

A Palestinian woman carrying her child in her arms cries in front of a building destroyed in Israel's attack on the Bureij Refugee Camp on September 19, 2024.

‘I Have Watched My People Suffer in Ways That Would Shock the World’ ‘I Have Watched My People Suffer in Ways That Would Shock the World’

Dispatches from Gaza on surviving a year of genocide.

Oct 7, 2024 / Lujayn, Mohammed R. Mhawish, Ahmed Abu Artema, and Hani Almadhoun

Protesters rally in support of Gaza and Lebanon in Washington Square Parl on October 5, 2024, in New York City.

Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again

Day by day, for a year, the Israeli military waged an unrelenting campaign of extermination against Palestinians in Gaza. Day by day, people of conscience tried to stop it.

Oct 7, 2024 / Noura Erakat

Kamala Harris walks out with former US representative Liz Cheney during a rally at Ripon College on October 3, 2024 in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Kamala Harris—Not Liz Cheney—Is Calling Republicans Back to Their Party’s Roots Kamala Harris—Not Liz Cheney—Is Calling Republicans Back to Their Party’s Roots

The Republican Party was not founded as a vehicle for Trumpism or Cheneyism. It was a radical party that championed economic and social and racial justice.

Oct 7, 2024 / John Nichols

Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina and Laurence Fishburne as Fundi Romaine in “Megalopolis”.

The Empty Promise of “Megalopolis” The Empty Promise of “Megalopolis”

Francis Ford Coppola’s long-awaited magnum opus is a flop.

Oct 7, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse

Einav Zangauker, the mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, protests for his release.

Israel’s Internal Contradictions Israel’s Internal Contradictions

As Israel approached the one-year anniversary of October 7, it seemed to be at a crossroads, with two powerful blocs pulling in two different directions.

Oct 7, 2024 / Meron Rapoport

Nation Poetry

Payee Payee

Oct 7, 2024 / Poems / Jessica Abughattas

Liz Cheney, former US representative and daughter of Dick Cheney, greets Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris during a rally at Ripon College on October 3, 2024, in Ripon, Wisconsin.

Behind the Harris Campaign’s Quest for the Mythical “Cheney Democrats” Behind the Harris Campaign’s Quest for the Mythical “Cheney Democrats”

Kamala Harris is trying to appeal to centrist Republicans, but what if they don’t exist? And what if the search for them leads her to abandon the Democratic base?

Oct 4, 2024 / Dave Zirin

Then–Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House on the 75th anniversary of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Millions of Workers Are Due More Overtime Pay. Will They Get It? Millions of Workers Are Due More Overtime Pay. Will They Get It?

New regulations are designed to expand the number of employees entitled to overtime. But the conservative courts have other ideas.

Oct 4, 2024 / Emmet Fraizer

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