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The Nation turns 160! To celebrate, we have a special, double issue with a package of 50 dispatches from 50 states, with entries from the likes of Michael Clune, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Lauren Groff, Judy Chicago, and more. Subscribe to read it all:
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Elon Musk’s latest intervention in US politics should be welcomed—if only for serving as a high-octane proof-of-concept for the futility and stupidity of billionaire-driven politics.
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By early next summer, as they search for a second blood meal to fuel their nymphal life stage, these ticks will pose a danger to human health.
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The strange saga of a shadowy UAE company’s $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial, the Trump-aligned crypto trader.
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FIFA has frequently been called out for valuing petro-dictators' bottom lines over the well-being of the athletes. This year, its leadership is more sycophantic than ever.
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As Republican pressure on education mounts, the fight over the Truman Scholarship reveals a broader effort to turn public service into a test of political loyalty, writes Thai Loyd. "It's a battle over whom our government serves—and how we define service itself.".
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The claim that the Epstein story—or Trump's connection with the convicted sex trafficker—is "unsubstantiated" and a "conspiracy theory" is absurd.
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In targeting foreign students, DHS drew information about many of them from the shadowy Israel-based site Canary Mission, which collects the names and profiles of students and professors who have protested the Gaza war or criticized the Israeli government.
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Israel has created “red” and “green” zones in Gaza, ostensibly to differentiate between dangerous & safe areas. But the reality is there are no safe areas—only a shifting maze that offers the illusion of safety while delivering the reality of constant terror.
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Many Israelis in the peace movement hope that the tragedies that arose from Iranian attacks will help the average Israeli to understand the reality of the Palestinians in Gaza. That is easier said than done, however.
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Some of the biggest names in soccer have called out FIFA for treating players like equipment. That hasn’t stopped it from holding World Cup matches in record-breaking temperatures.
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Chaim Grade took seriously his fiction’s ability to re-create this destroyed society. He called himself the “gravestone carver of my vanished world.”.
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The legendary jazz drummer played with with Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, and Stan Getz. His new memoir tells all—and lays out his own philosophy. Read the introduction here.
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Ken Kesey, Tom Wolfe argues, was a divine fool, an unwitting figure in a conservative revolution.
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Republicans claim to be correcting liberal bias within the Truman Scholarship, but the real goal is to redefine public service itself. The message has been clear: bring the program in line with their definition of fairness—or risk its future.
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Elon Musk’s latest intervention in US politics should be welcomed—if only for serving as a high-octane proof-of-concept for the futility and stupidity of billionaire-driven politics.
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By early next summer, as they search for a second blood meal to fuel their nymphal life stage, these ticks will pose a danger to human health.
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The strange saga of a shadowy UAE company’s $100 million investment in World Liberty Financial, the Trump-aligned crypto trader.
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As Gaza starves, writes @moresycamore, activists around the world are electing to forgo food in solidarity.
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Jürgen Habermas—perhaps Europe’s most well-known living philosopher—spoke with The Nation about faith, reason, and the public sphere.
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Zohran Mamdani won a record-setting primary victory. When will top Democrats accept that?
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