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Politics / January 28, 2026 The gospel of affordability is not bold enough to convince voters that the Democrats care about them. To build a lasting majority, Democrats must embrace populism. Ad Policy Shoppers browse the bread aisle at a grocery store on January 23, 2026, in Lenexa, Kansas. Bread prices have increased by more […]
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Politics / The Mamdani Beat / January 22, 2026 Zohran Mamdani has pledged to govern at the same pace New Yorkers live—but city politics are largely designed to thwart that ambition. Ad Policy New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks before striking nurses at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
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Politics / January 26, 2026 The ability to kill dissidents at will is more important to Trump and his supporters than the Second Amendment. Ad Policy FBI director Kash Patel on January 23, 2026. (Will Lester / MediaNews Group/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin via Getty Images)) Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the most left-wing figures
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Politics / January 27, 2026 ICE has lowered standards to facilitate a massive hiring spree. Many of the new recruits are plainly unqualified. Are some also white supremacists or domestic terrorists? Ad Policy An ICE recruitment poster displayed in Arlington, Texas, amid a major recruitment event in that city. (Ron Jenkins / Getty Images) The
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Politics / January 26, 2026 After the murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents, the least national Democrats can do is dismantle ICE. Ad Policy House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer depart a news conference at the US Capitol on January 8, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty
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Rethinking Rural / January 26, 2026 America’s farmers are fuming over Trump’s tariffs. Democrats need to channel their anger. Ad Policy A farmer shovels snow from the roof of his building on December 9, 2025, near Belvidere, Illinois.(Scott Olson / Getty Images) This article appears in the February 2026 issue, with the headline “The Farmland
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Activism / January 25, 2026 Minneapolis has become ground zero for the Trump administration’s war on immigrants and the growing resistance to it. Ad Policy Protesters clash with law enforcement in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026, after federal agents shot and killed a man—the second time one has shot dead Minnesotan this month. (Arthur Maiorella
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Activism / January 25, 2026 The 37-year-old ICU nurse was killed helping another ICE victim. We must honor his sacrifice. Ad Policy Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial in the area where Alex Pretti was shot dead a day earlier by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 25, 2026. (Octavio Jones /
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Jeff Danziger Driving headlong into conflict and chaos. The post Trump’s Road to War Without a Map appeared first on The Nation.
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Authoritarian Watch / January 23, 2026 President Donald Trump has turned his back on the liberal world order—and Europe is unlikely to follow. Ad Policy President Donald Trump walks toward Marine One after arriving at Zurich Airport before attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, on January 21, 2026, in Zurich, Switzerland. (Chip Somodevilla /
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