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January 30, 2026 A New York Republican club hosted a seminar dwelling on vigilante fantasies in one of the nation’s safest cities. Ad Policy The scene outside a 2017 subway derailment in New York. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images) On a recent freezing night in Manhattan, visiting a historic Upper East Side townhouse, I plopped […]

Kushner is pitching a “new,” gleaming resort hub. But scratch the surface, and you find nothing less than a blueprint for ethnic cleansing. Ad Policy President Donald Trump’s son-in-lawJared Kushner during the World Economic Forum n Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, January 22, 2026. (Krisztian Bocsi / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Last week, Donald Trump’s son-in-law

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Politics / January 30, 2026 Trump wants to rewrite the 2020 election in order to fix the 2026 and 2028 results. Ad Policy Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard enters the Fulton County Election HUB as the FBI takes Fulton County 2020 Election ballots, Wednesday, January 28, 2026, in Union City, Ga., near Atlanta. (Mike

Activism / January 30, 2026 In this week’s Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s Justice correspondent urges soccer lovers to stay away, takes on the attacks on Alex Pretti, and warns of a dangerous anti-voting bill. Ad Policy The FIFA 26 Los Angeles logo is displayed on a soccer ball. (Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via

Reporting Highlights The Claim: Nike in recent years has said its suppliers around the world pay, on average, 1.9 times the local minimum wage. The Reality: About 100 workers from more than 10 factories in Indonesia told us they made nowhere near that much, reflecting the limitations of relying on Nike’s global average. What Nike

Politics / January 29, 2026 Her advocacy for Epstein’s victims is inspiring. But what about the rights of other women? Ad Policy Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene talks with reporters in the Capitol on April 8, 2025. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Earlier this month on The View, Marjorie Taylor Greene said

Politics / The Mamdani Beat / January 29, 2026 The mayor publicizes a $12 billion hole in New York’s budget over the next two years—and draws some political battle lines. Ad Policy Zohran Mamdani gives a press conference on New York’s preparations for last week’s snowstorm. (Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images) The

Politics / January 22, 2026 If we want abundance we have to ask, an abundance of what exactly, and produced under what economic logic? Ad Policy Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York City, speaks during a press conference in support of the city-wide nurses strike on January 12, 2026. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)

Environment / StudentNation / January 28, 2026 As climate change leads to record rainfalls, the city’s 120-year-old subway system is more vulnerable to flooding than ever. Ad Policy A flooded floor is blocked off in the 42nd Street Times Square subway station during a rain storm in New York. (Jeenah Moon / Getty) This story