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Ukrainian soldiers adjust flag

Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop the Fighting in Ukraine Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop the Fighting in Ukraine

Kyiv deserves our economic support and military aid, but not American troops or nuclear ambiguity.

Oct 6, 2022 / Kai Bird for The Nation

Hervé Guibert’s Last Laugh

Hervé Guibert’s Last Laugh Hervé Guibert’s Last Laugh

His last novel, My Manservant and Me, was a bracing satire of illness, aging, and the representation of gay life in literature.

Oct 6, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Shiv Kotecha

Governor Greg Abbott speaking with former President Donald Trump during a June 2021 tour of the US-Mexico border wall.

Exclusive: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Used Covid Aid to Pay for a Border Wall Exclusive: Texas Governor Greg Abbott Used Covid Aid to Pay for a Border Wall

Texas steered $1 billion in federal pandemic dollars to Operation Lone Star, which was used to hire thousands of guards, expand the wall, and bus migrants out of state.

Oct 6, 2022 / Barbara Koeppel

San Francisco Giants player Barry Bonds in 1997, and New York Yankees player Aaron Judge in 2017.

Aaron Judge Is Great—but Don’t Erase Barry Bonds Aaron Judge Is Great—but Don’t Erase Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds is not regarded as the home run king, but he should be. 

Oct 5, 2022 / Dave Zirin

Maggie Haberman’s Trump Biography Buys Into the Myth

Maggie Haberman’s Trump Biography Buys Into the Myth Maggie Haberman’s Trump Biography Buys Into the Myth

The book's focus on an individualized rise to power lets the American media, political system, and cult of entrepreneurship off the hook.

Oct 5, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Dispatch from Ukraine: The Postmaster of Mykolaiv

Dispatch from Ukraine: The Postmaster of Mykolaiv Dispatch from Ukraine: The Postmaster of Mykolaiv

Neither rain nor snow—nor Russian artillery—deter Egor Kosorukov from making sure the mail gets through.

Oct 5, 2022 / Leif Reigstad

Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights

Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights Why the Left Needs to Change How It Fights

Bree Carlson, the new co-director of ACRE, discusses the struggle for racial and economic justice in a world of global capital. 

Oct 5, 2022 / Q&A / Lucy Dean Stockton

Janai Nelson of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund outside the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Is Ready to Take Down More of the Voting Rights Act The Supreme Court Is Ready to Take Down More of the Voting Rights Act

Make no mistake: The racist redistricting map preferred by Alabama Republicans will win the day. But how the court gets to that decision is an open and important matter.

Oct 5, 2022 / Elie Mystal

Mahsa Amini and the Women of Iran

Mahsa Amini and the Women of Iran Mahsa Amini and the Women of Iran

Twenty-two-year-old Mahsa Amini died in police custody after being arrested by the “morality police” for improperly wearing a hijab. Her murder sparkled an ongoing series of protes...

Oct 5, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo, Nasrin Sheykhi, and Emanuele Del Rosso

Riotsville, U.S.A

How the Police Became an Occupying Army How the Police Became an Occupying Army

Riotsville, U.S.A. documents the origins and rise of what the activist George Jackson called the “the corporate-military-police complex.”

Oct 5, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Yasmina Price

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