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Jamaal Bowman Versus AIPAC Jamaal Bowman Versus AIPAC
The outcome is a test of how far AIPAC will go to crush progressive movements.
Jun 21, 2024 / Richard Lingeman
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Nixon and Trump: The Good Women They Defeated Nixon and Trump: The Good Women They Defeated
We remember Trump’s female opponent. Time to remember Nixon’s?
Jun 21, 2024 / Highlights / Michele Willens
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Claudia Sheinbaum’s Election in Mexico Shows How the Left Can Win Claudia Sheinbaum’s Election in Mexico Shows How the Left Can Win
Sheinbaum’s landslide victory is thanks to her commitment to continue policies that put the interests of the working class first.
Jun 21, 2024 / José Luis Granados Ceja
![Posters of candidates are hung on streets in Tehran ahead of Iran's presidential elections scheduled to be held on June 28.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2157569810.jpg)
Is an Iran Upset in the Making? Is an Iran Upset in the Making?
A reformist challenges five conservatives in the June 28 presidential vote.
Jun 19, 2024 / Bob Dreyfuss
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Why University of California Workers Stopped Their Historic Strike Why University of California Workers Stopped Their Historic Strike
Nearly 80 percent of participating union members voted in support of the strike on May 1, citing the repression of pro-Palestine protesters at UCLA, UCSD, and UCI.
Jun 14, 2024 / StudentNation / Amber X. Chen and Ella Carter-Klauschie
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The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., 1928–2024 The Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., 1928–2024
The “greatest teacher of nonviolence in America” was a mentor to generations of activists, from Martin Luther King Jr. to today’s union organizers and immigrant rights campaigners...
Jun 13, 2024 / Obituary / Peter Dreier
![French President Emmanuel Macron delivers remarks during a press conference following his announcement that he was dissolving Parliament, at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines in Paris on June 12, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2156645328.jpg)
In France’s Snap Elections, Can a “Popular Front” Hold Off the Far Right? In France’s Snap Elections, Can a “Popular Front” Hold Off the Far Right?
At least they’re giving themselves a fighting chance.
Jun 12, 2024 / Harrison Stetler
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Can the “OG Organizer” Keep Biden in the White House? Can the “OG Organizer” Keep Biden in the White House?
A veteran of every major social movement of the past 50 years, Heather Booth is now trying to reelect Joe Biden. She’s in the fight of her life.
Jun 10, 2024 / Feature / Joan Walsh
![An interior view of the betting odds video board at the Westgate Superbook ahead of the Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers on February 9, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2155210045.jpg)
Is Sports Gambling a Public Health Crisis? Is Sports Gambling a Public Health Crisis?
Why a progressive approach might be a national intervention.
Jun 5, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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As Columbia Alumni Returned to Campus, So Did the Encampment As Columbia Alumni Returned to Campus, So Did the Encampment
Columbia students continue to mobilize through the summer in support of Palestine—organizing in tandem with alumni and applying financial pressure on the university
Jun 3, 2024 / StudentNation / Lara-Nour Walton