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Democrats have the ability to rein in the Trump administration’s imperial agenda in Latin America, if they so choose.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani summed things up with a celebratory affirmation of the historic promise of global campaigners for economic and social and racial justice: “The people united will never be defeated! Congratulations, President Lula.”

The left won’t win over rural Americans by condescending to them.

“If you want all families to care about your policy, make it universal.” Lawmakers in New Mexico say that their new childcare program will be harder to take away because all families are benefiting from it:

Donald Trump, political buffoon: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The world’s richest man—saying he’s “wised up” to the fiction of self-government—is leveraging his wealth to sway elections, threaten Congress, and alter the global balance of power. @davidfutrelle.bsky.social writes:

Orthodox rabbis are asking some uncomfortable questions: If we are made in God’s image, and AI is made in our image, where does that leave us?

According to a dozen current and former Scientific American employees, over the past two years the magazine has struggled to protect its editorial independence in the face of sometimes overwhelming pressure from its corporate ownership.

Northern Virginia is laden with structures that house data for Fortune 500 companies. @parismarx.com went inside one of those monstrosities.

The president is leaning into the politics of abusive parenting.

As Trump’s disastrous war against Iran continues to grind on, it might benefit the incoming class of Democratic policymakers who seem poised to take over not just the House but possibly the Senate to reflect on the calamitous history of Washington’s wars of choice.

Grantee partner @pregnancyjust.bsky.social just released a report on how pregnancy has been criminalized in the first three years since Roe was overturned. In an interview with @thenation.com, Pregnancy Justice SVP Dana Sussman breaks down the report's findings: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

@pregnancyjust.bsky.socia published a report that reveals 902 criminal cases across the country have been opened related to one's pregnancy, pregnancy loss, or birth in the first three years after Roe fell. @thenation.com @amylittlefield.bsky.social @danasuss.bsky.social bit.ly/4dUGot4

How candidates talk about data centers now will preview how our fights show up in the 2028 elections. @thenation.com featured our Executive Director, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, who centers organizers in overcoming political divides to build coalitions. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

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.

ICYMI: Could Mississippi really send a Democrat to the Senate this November? @sashaabramsky.bsky.social investigates. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

I am in Lowndes County, Mississippi, tonight. Huge crowd for Senate candidate Scott Colom and Vice President Kamala Harris. The chant: “Mississippi Matters!”

Tucker Carlson may have broken with Trump on Iran, but on Ukraine and immigration the two still speak the same language.

With just a few days remaining before Brazil's runoff election on Saturday, supporters of Lula’s party are doing everything possible to rally support behind the president.

Haredi rabbis and the secular left agree: This technology is a threat to the entire social fabric.

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.

"Scientific American... oldest magazine in the United States &, among science publications, one of the most familiar & beloved" "when the draft returned from another round of edits...the word 'fascist' had disappeared, along w/a reference to the genocide in Gaza" www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Incredible inside-the-newsroom reporting on how a fear of Trump and millions in losses have gutted the nation's oldest magazine www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Tough read. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Haredi rabbis and the secular left agree: This technology is a threat to the entire social fabric.

Last summer, Scientific American's owners were stalking the site, making sure it wasn't being too critical of Trump. This summer, the magazine was sold and gutted. I wrote about it for The Nation www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Read Emmet's (@woolsox.bsky.social) excellent investigation into how Scientific American's corporate owners caved to pressure from the Trump administration, interfering in the magazine's coverage and restricting political opinions:

It broke my heart a little to hear SciAm was being sold off and butchered. I unsubscribed in June, and I recommend you do the same. Learning some of the details of what happened is certainly clarifying, but depressing. Science in this country is being silenced. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The court has severely weakened our ability to create an education system that fulfills the promise of Brown v. Board.

Vivek Ramaswamy and the depravity party: my latest for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Today in @thenation.com: a jaw-dropping investigation from Emmet Frazier (@woolsox.bsky.social) on the toll that corporate interference and political pressure took on Scientific American. The stuff that Emmet uncovered from inside the magazine is NUTS. A must-read. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Science is inherently political and when our government is actively hostile to science as a whole, publications should be able to write about it without being censored. Alas. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

It's been truly depressing to watch the gutting of SciAm--and of course, terrible to watch so many great journalists (and friends) lose their jobs amid the meltdown.

Some great investigative reporting here, from @woolsox.bsky.social. Really worth a read.

There are vile and amoral political actors who will stop at nothing to promote their venal interests—and then there’s Vivek Ramaswamy.

What happened to Scientific American? When the Trump administration threatened to end federal subscriptions to scientific journals that expressed political opinions, its corporate owners chose profit over free speech. @woolsox.bsky.social reports:

This is a CRITICAL read, by Emmet Fraizer on the takeover of @sciam.bsky.social. If journalists cannot *SAY THE NAME OF THE PRESIDENT IN THEIR HEADLINES* for fear of retaliation against the company...ARE WE LIVING IN A FREE NATION? No. @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...

In which @thenation.com tackles the crisis of corporate interference and union-busting at Scientific American in the Trump era—interference which has deeply damaged the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States.

“I felt that if I wanted to push a new issue forward, a bookstore would be a pretty good way to go about it.”

For our November print issue, @sashaabramsky.bsky.social explores what's in store for Hungary after the fall of Viktor Orbán, Donald Trump's favorite dictator.

The inveterate tantrum thrower has long outlived whatever relevance he once had, but cable producers, podcast hosts, and Democratic campaigns haven’t gotten the memo. @espiers.bsky.social writes:

NEW: Private equity magnate Jeffrey Leerink has flown under the radar while pillaging health care and the life sciences. Now, he’s trying to expand an ecologically disastrous private-jet airport. Time to expose this oligarch. IPS scholar @chuck77.bsky.social in @thenation.com:

TOMORROW: Join us at 7pm in Brooklyn to celebrate the release of our November print issue! Free to RSVP, complimentary copies of the issue will be available. Get your tickets here:

Data Center Alley, as it’s called, is a harbinger of what is to come in this country if hyperscaling continues unchecked. But it's also an example of a semi-successful battle to press pause on AI.

Excellent accounting by @tmavuram.bsky.social of Z's record on policing so far, and insightful assessment of which interests are served most by NYPD Commissioner Tisch's retention: "...keeping Tisch should be seen more as a bid at managing elite perception than an effort to keep the NYPD in line."

Latest piece for @thenation.com "Jalen Hurts Deserved Better. We All Do" "This is a story of corporate & medical malfeasance, which is also a story many of us know all too well in a country where cruelty has become more than 'the point.' It has become currency." www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Cockroach Janta Party is a youth protest movement that uses satire, internet culture, and the language of political resistance to challenge the Modi government and the erosion of democratic rights in India. Read @shilpichhotray.bsky.social's interview with Mumbai journalist Shrishti Khanna:

NEW: @pregnancyjust.bsky.social has found more than 900 cases since Dobbs where people were prosecuted for pregnancy outcomes. Most involved live births where mothers were suspected of using drugs. The future of criminalized pregnancy is already here. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The idea of charging people who have abortions with murder is gaining traction on the right, but a new report finds that people are already being prosecuted for abortions. @amylittlefield.bsky.social talks to @danasuss.bsky.social of @pregnancyjust.bsky.social about what it means:

Go #AbdulElSayed! "Trump’s politics is entirely about punching down and groveling up....You’ll never hear me talk down to somebody who...is out trying to live their life. But I’ll talk down to Donald Trump every day, because he’s worthless." @thenation.com #Michigan www.thenation.com/article/poli...