![Still leaning left?: Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s nominee to be Director of National Intelligence, testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tulsi-gabbard-confirmation-hearing.jpg)
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Preferring to defend spy agencies and line up behind the hawkish consensus, the bipartisan elite ignores the director of national intelligence nominee’s rampant Islamophobia.
Jan 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer
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While America was busy with stock buybacks and quarterly profits, China spent decades building an integrated system linking research, manufacturing, and innovation.
Jan 30, 2025 / Corbin Trent
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Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry Donald Trump’s Retrograde Worship Will Tank America’s Auto Industry
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Jan 28, 2025 / Alfred McCoy
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REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement
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Jan 28, 2025 / Kiera Feldman
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The rich have turned the region into “ultra-exclusive enclaves,” creating hazardous living conditions for everyone else.
Jan 28, 2025 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
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It's the beginning of Trump's second term; the chaos starts now.
Jan 27, 2025 / OppArt / Robin McCarthy
![President Joe Biden delivers his farewell address from the Oval Office on January 15.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Biden_Farewell-1.jpg)
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The former president’s unexpectedly powerful farewell address rightly condemned the very oligarchy he empowered.
Jan 27, 2025 / Jeet Heer
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The corporate media’s commitment to fighting autocracy proves fickle.
![President Donald Trump and Linda McMahon, now his nominee for education secretary, at Mar-a-Lago in 2019.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Donald-Trump-Linda-McMahon-Department-of-Education.jpg)
Fixing the Student Loan Crisis Starts With Defending the Department of Education Fixing the Student Loan Crisis Starts With Defending the Department of Education
Borrowers stand to lose more than they could ever gain if the department is shut down.
Jan 24, 2025 / StudentNation / Sabrina Cereceres