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John Nichols The House just approved $892.6 billion in military spending—continuing the march toward $1 trillion defense budgets. The post The GOP's Bloated Pentagon Budget Is Indefensible appeared first on The Nation.

Amy Littlefield A conversation with the author about her new book, From the Clinics to the Capitol: How Opposing Abortion Became Insurrectionary. The post Carol Mason Explains How Abortion Opponents Went From Blockading Clinics to Storming the Capitol appeared first...

Jacob Silverman The tech lord’s recent bid to reshuffle the ownership structure of his empire reinforces the clout of the Middle Eastern strongman regimes in its orbit. The post Elon Musk’s AI Grift appeared first on The Nation.

Hadas Thier The unsung hero of Mamdani’s campaign is its field operation. It may make him mayor of New York City. The post How DSA Built Zohran Mamdani’s Electoral Machine appeared first on The Nation.

Sasha Abramsky Federal agents are essentially acting as paramilitaries to fulfill the administration’s violent fantasies. After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, they will be empowered. The post Trump Is Expanding His Masked Thugocracy appeared first on The...

Mark Hertsgaard When shocking news about how soon civilization might collapse is overshadowed by Taylor Swift’s engagement, we might have a problem. The post Are We Distracting Ourselves Into Climate Catastrophe? appeared first on The Nation.

Joan Walsh The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did. The post Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was appeared first on The Nation.

Steve Brodner Roberts tells the truth. The post The Originalist appeared first on The Nation.

Lauren Gill A secretive plan for a new state lockup angered people in a deep red corner of rural America—and changed how some see incarceration. The post In Arkansas, a Small Community Fights the Nation’s Next Mega Prison appeared first on The Nation.

Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols, The Nation The American people want their leaders to stop supporting Netanyahu’s murderous inhumanity. The post Democrats Have No More Excuses on Gaza appeared first on The Nation.

Emmeline Clein A conversation with P.E. Moskowitz about the chemical imbalance theory of depression, the false schism between prescription and recreational drugs, and collective psychic pain. The post What Are Drugs For? appeared first on The Nation.

Jeet Heer Wide-open gun culture and hyper-polarization are bringing the "years of lead" to the USA. The post The Killing of Charlie Kirk Is Part of a Terrible New Era of Political Violence appeared first on The Nation.