Our December issue—and our third to have @ZohranKMamdani grace the cover—is here. This one has @thomasbirm with an investigation into Israel's big real estate mogul, @simplylovia on Luca Guadagnino’s new campus film, Jonathan Lethem on Franz Kafka and his dog, and so much more.

If they are released to the public, the cache of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s prosecution promises to upend the steadied, jealously guarded silence of the many bad actors in Epstein’s orbit in a way just hinted at in the 20,000 e-mails that House Oversight Committee

Nitaawe Banks argues that their protest was born from a deeply held sense of duty to stop a harm far greater than clogged traffic: US support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. @sarahlazare attends the trial of activist using the "necessity defense." https://t.co/aC5bGzPNWF

Over 20 years ago, Robert Roberson was convicted based on the debunked Shaken Baby Syndrome hypothesis and sentenced to death. Now, the lead detective on his case, Brian Wharton, is fighting to save his life. New for @thenation.

With the release of the Epstein Files, the public may get a crash course in the broken system of elite impunity that vaulted Jeffrey Epstein, and Donald Trump, to prominence in the first place. https://t.co/W3xOaZz7Zc

Worth listening Lea Ypi https://t.co/RCegpJ5Kp1 @thenation

Worth reading ⁦@HeerJeet⁩ ⁦@thenation⁩

There is positive buzz around the COP30 climate negotiations in Belem, Brazil, but it has nothing do with the summit itself, writes Paul Hockenos. The source of relief is that China is doing the work without needing climate conferences. https://t.co/CAACblzcXV

The decimation of the federal workforce will likely be one of the most durable aspects of Trump’s legacy. https://t.co/mCsPJpawzH

Karen lost her job under the Trump administration's January 20 executive order suspending the US Refugee Admissions Program. "The day that I got my notice, 3,000 of my colleagues around the world got their notice." https://t.co/NGjFFGRvjx

Texas almost executed Robert Roberson based on the discredited science of shaken baby syndrome—and, as @elizabethweill.bsky.social reports, he's still at risk. https://t.co/q0V0VKygwd

China’s climate success is not attributable to summits or moralistic browbeatings but to hard-boiled self-interest: Clean energy from the sun and wind is the cheapest energy anywhere, writes Paul Hockenos. https://t.co/CAACblzcXV

Current and former NFL players are killing themselves. While most of sports media has been silent on the issue, @EdgeofSports argues that CTE should still be at the center of discussions about the league. https://t.co/OykEMoh1Cl

Texas almost executed Robert Roberson based on the discredited science of shaken baby syndrome—and he's still at risk. https://t.co/q0V0VKygwd

This crude reimagining of the role that government workers play in American life is devastating for those who rely on federal services, and it is catastrophic for those who built their careers providing these services, writes @AbramskySasha. https://t.co/mCsPJpawzH

Jeffrey Epstein and the predators' code: my latest for @thenation

Karen is terrified that she won’t be able to qualify for a permanent resident visa in Mexico, but she’s determined to stay where she is and out of America: “I personally don’t feel safe there." https://t.co/NGjFFGRvjx

The Hidden Politics of the Crossword Puzzle ⁦@thenation⁩

well that's one kind of sandwich https://t.co/sOcAENpQgu

From @thenation: Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It. Mainstream media is ignoring the fact that the late sex trafficker was a power broker who shaped global policy

Exceedingly proud that my pronouncement in @thenation that "Deleuzians are something like the Deadheads of the theory world" introduced the term "Deleuzeheads" to Deleuze and Guattari Studies.