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Jimmy Carter addresses the nation.

A Tale of Two Presidents A Tale of Two Presidents

Remembering Carter as we steel ourselves for Trump’s second inauguration.

Jan 14, 2025 / D.D. Guttenplan

The Worlds of Noam Chomsky

The Worlds of Noam Chomsky The Worlds of Noam Chomsky

If ordinary Americans know one critic of the American Empire, it’s almost certainly Chomsky.

Jan 13, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Bessner

Members of the Syrian community hold flags of Syria and Germany as they rally on December 8, 2024, in Berlin.

The Syrian Diaspora in Germany After Assad The Syrian Diaspora in Germany After Assad

Some refugees may return to Syria because they want to live there again. But many won’t—for the same reasons many refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe didn’t after World War II.

Jan 8, 2025 / Linda Mannheim

Senator Bernie Sanders speaks about Ralph De La Torre's spending habits during the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Left-Populists—Unshackle Your Imaginations! Left-Populists—Unshackle Your Imaginations!

It’s time to challenge the Democrats’ “business model.”

Jan 7, 2025 / Richard Eskow

Jimmy Carter at a press conference

As an Ex-President, Jimmy Carter Fought for Peace As an Ex-President, Jimmy Carter Fought for Peace

He did more to advocate for peace as an ex-president than most politicians did in their entire career.

Dec 29, 2024 / Obituary / Katrina vanden Heuvel

These Progressives Will Guide Us Through the Darkness

These Progressives Will Guide Us Through the Darkness These Progressives Will Guide Us Through the Darkness

Without a doubt, 2025 is going to be tough—but these visionaries give us hope in this uncertain time.

Dec 23, 2024 / Feature / John Nichols

Students at Columbia University's Journalism School affix messages to their cap and gowns before accepting diplomas.

A Stunning Year for Student Journalism A Stunning Year for Student Journalism

Here are 20 of the best StudentNation articles from 2024 to highlight the extraordinary reporting of the next generation.

Dec 23, 2024 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Partners for peace? Trump meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June 2019. Instead of attacking Trump’s diplomatic initiatives as “weak,” Democrats should support negotiations.

Progressives Can’t Afford to Spend the Next 4 Years Just Playing Defense Progressives Can’t Afford to Spend the Next 4 Years Just Playing Defense

Or reflexively denouncing every Trump policy. While we mustn’t underestimate the danger he poses to our democracy, when he says he wants to end war, the left should call his bluff...

Dec 17, 2024 / Matthew Duss

The pure products of America: Roy Cohn and Donald Trump at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC, on March 20, 1983.

Donald Trump Is the Authentic American Berserk Donald Trump Is the Authentic American Berserk

Far from being an alien interloper, the incoming president draws from homegrown authoritarianism.

Dec 13, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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Yale Students Voted to Divest, but What’s Next is Unclear Yale Students Voted to Divest, but What’s Next is Unclear

The referendum calls on the school to divest its $41 billion endowment from military weapons manufacturing firms, yet the power to do so is in the hands of the board of trustees.

Dec 13, 2024 / StudentNation / Maggie Grether

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