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Jane Borden The settlers who arrived in Plymouth were not escaping religious persecution. They left on the Mayflower to establish a theocracy in the Americas. The post The Pilgrims Were Doomsday Cultists appeared first on The Nation.

Jane Borden The settlers who arrived in Plymouth were not escaping religious persecution. They left on the Mayflower to establish a theocracy in the Americas. The post The Pilgrims Were Doomsday Cultists appeared first on The Nation.

Chris Lehmann The journalist’s rise and fall and rise again looks like a performance of tabloid drama. But really, it’s Beltway access reporting taken to its natural extreme. The post The Nuzzi Seizure of Power appeared first on The Nation.

Katha Pollitt First of all, in order to ask questions about the young women he preyed on, they’d need to see them as people. The post Why Did So Many People in Epstein’s Circle Look the Other Way? appeared first on The Nation.

Daniel Napsha Zohran Mamdani needs a civic program to complement his affordability agenda The post How Zohran Mamdani Can Build a More Civic New York appeared first on The Nation.

Regina Mahone An interview with the author of a new book documenting the brutalities of childbirth in the post-Dobbs era. The post Irin Carmon on How the United States Has Made Pregnancy Unbearable appeared first on The Nation.

Ella Curlin Jessica Adams was barred from teaching a course on social justice for six weeks after showing a graphic that listed MAGA and Columbus Day as forms of “covert white supremacy.” The post She Gave a Lecture on White Supremacy. IU Removed Her From the Class....

Yvonne Kim After achieving a rare crossover hit with 2005’s Crush, the poet rebelled against public attention. With I Do Know Some Things, he splays himself open for his readers. The post The Return of Richard Siken appeared first on The Nation.

India Tresselt Believe in science. The post Stand Up! appeared first on The Nation.

Chris Kromm ‘Operation Charlotte’s Web’ may mobilize North Carolina’s working-class Latino members and allies to shift the political balance of power at the local, state and national level. The post How North Carolina Rose Up Against Trump’s Latest Anti-Immigrant...

Stephen Zunes While he has been more reluctant than some presidents to put US troops in harm’s way, Trump has dismissed checks on his use of military force, saying ‘we’re just gonna kill people.’ The post A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist? appeared first on The...

Yvonne Kim After achieving a rare crossover hit with 2005’s Crush, the poet rebelled against public attention. With I Do Know Some Things, he splays himself open for his readers. The post The Return of Richard Siken appeared first on The Nation.