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Paris Marx Northern Virginia is laden with structures that house data for Fortune 500 companies. I went inside just one of those monstrosities that bothers its neighbors. The post What’s It Like Insi…

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Elie Mystal In this week’s Elie v. U.S, our justice correspondent challenges Democrats' lack of a plan if Trump steals the midterms. Plus: the most racist, and honest, AI add ever. The post What Are…

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Steve Brodner Quotes of the Week. The post Ramaswamy’s Guide to a Better Vocabulary appeared first on The Nation.

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Ben Reiff The run-up to the vote on Tuesday is exposing the façade of Israeli democracy—and the fealty of the country's so-called opposition when it comes to matters of Jewish supremacy. The post Isr…

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Jeet Heer The president is leaning into the politics of toxic parenting. The post Why Trump Is Embracing Vivek Ramaswamy’s Vile Ad appeared first on The Nation.

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Tjeerd Royaards High-tech weapons, low-tech intelligence. The post The Shadow Knows appeared first on The Nation.

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Sophia Goodfriend As violent technologies like spyware, predictive targeting algorithms, and 2,000-pound warheads become ordinary instruments of military rule, once-abhorred practices become routine.…

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Sasha Abramsky Carlson has broken with Trump largely over the war in Iran. But on Ukraine and immigration, the two speak very much the same language. The post What Trump and Tucker Carlson Have in Co…

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James Carden The calamitous history of America’s wars of choice. The post The Decades-Long Battle Within the Democratic Party Establishment Between the Heirs of Dean Acheson and Franklin Roosevelt ap…

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Michael Koncewicz It’s been 10 years since he passed away. The post Tom Hayden’s Legacy and the New American Left appeared first on The Nation.

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Nicole Froio With just a few days remaining before the runoff election, supporters of Lula’s party are doing everything possible to rally support behind the president. The post Brazil’s Workers’ Part…

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Grace Byron Haredi rabbis and the secular left agree: This technology is a threat to the entire social fabric. The post The Jewish Case Against AI appeared first on The Nation.

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Chris Lehmann The Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate has accused his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, of lying about being raped when she was 12 years old. The post Vivek Ramaswamy’s New Attack Ad Shoul…

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Niels Bo Bojesen Trump turns to Russian oil to lower fuel prices in the United States ahead of the midterm elections, throwing Ukraine under the bus. The post Dirty Business appeared first on The Nat…

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Janai Nelson The court has severely weakened our ability to make an education system that fulfills the promise of Brown. The post The Fight for Educational Equality Is Also a Fight for a Just Supreme…

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Sasha Abramsky The answer, amazingly, is yes. The post Could Mississippi Really Send a Democrat to the Senate? appeared first on The Nation.

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Emmet Fraizer When the beloved science publication got too political, its corporate owners stepped in. Now its future is uncertain. The post The Fall of “Scientific American” appeared first on The Na…

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Paul Loeb, Jungmin Choi South Korea’s lessons for the US midterms. The post How to Stop Trump’s Coup appeared first on The Nation.

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Alissa Quart These would-be rebels in Northern Virginia joined the fight against data centers mostly to stop the encroachment on their homes and exclusive private communities. The post The Accidental…

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Steve Brodner And haw we love it. The post The Stupidest Things appeared first on The Nation.

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Elizabeth Spiers The omnipresent consultant-cum-tantrum-thrower has long outlived whatever relevance he once had, but cable producers, podcast hosts, and Democratic campaigns haven’t got the memo. Th…

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Sarah Chihaya A new biography tries to reconstruct her everyday life. The post Who Was Emily Brontë? appeared first on The Nation.

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Sasha Abramsky The fall of Trump’s favorite dictator—and what comes next. The post Hungary’s Rebirth appeared first on The Nation.

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Kelly Kong After Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage, gender-themed bookstores are working to build the social acceptance that the law alone couldn’t deliver. The post The Bookstore Revolution in Taiw…

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Mark Weisbrot The moral compass and basic humanity of political leaders really does matter. The post Brazil’s Decision appeared first on The Nation.

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Dave Zirin In a country that treats workers as expendable parts, Hurts’s playing through a blood clot is just the highest-profile example of the price workers pay in an oligarchy. The post Jalen Hurt…

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Amy Littlefield The idea of charging people who have abortions with murder is gaining traction on the right. But a report finds that people are already being prosecuted for their pregnancy outcomes.…

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Elie Mystal The high court has just accepted a case that takes aim at efforts to increase diversity at high-performing public schools. The post The Supreme Court Is Coming for Affirmative Action—Agai…

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Mitchell Prothero A new round of protests against the ruling party’s corruption has Prime Minister Edi Rama giving cops bonuses to crack down on dissent. The post Albanian Student Strikes Spur a Pol…

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Francesca Messina Demonstrators take to the streets in protest against an ICE shooting in New York City. Foley Square, October 2026. The post Abolish ICE appeared first on The Nation.

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