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Activism / January 16, 2026 Formed to oppose the Iraq War, Madres Contra La Guerra have now spent decades trying to end Puerto Rico’s role at the center of the US war machine in Latin America. Ad Policy A protester is detained as demonstrators rally against US military intervention in Venezuela in San Juan, Puerto

Activism / January 15, 2026 We can turn the tide against Trump—but only with mass action and courageous leadership. Ad Policy Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley speaks to acrowd of bystanders near the scene where federal agents shot and killed a woman earlier on Portland Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 7, 2026. (Alex

Environment / January 15, 2026 Political realism doesn’t outweigh scientific realism. Ad Policy Homes burn as powerful winds drive the Eaton Fire on January 7, 2025, in Pasadena, California.(David McNew / Getty Images) This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration cofounded by Columbia Journalism Review and The Nation strengthening coverage

Politics / January 14, 2026 It’s the protesters on the streets in Minneapolis fighting ICE, DOJ lawyers who’ve resigned over the investigation into Renee and Becca Good—and many more opposing Trump’s abuses. Ad Policy Demonstrators during a protest in Minneapolis on January 8, 2026. An ICE officer fatally shot a woman during a confrontation in

Politics / January 14, 2026 Mamdani names Midori Valdivia as taxi commissioner as the drivers who powered his rise press him to finish the fight against medallion debt. Ad Policy New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press briefing to Nominate Midori Valdivia for chair and commissioner of the Taxi and Limousine Commission at

In 2018, they called themselves “the Badasses”—a cadre of female national-security and military veterans running for Congress as Democrats, in what turned out to be a wave of anti–Donald Trump victories and a landslide for women candidates. All five—Michigan’s Elissa Slotkin and Virginia’s Abigail Spanberger, both ex–CIA officers; New Jersey’s Mikie Sherrill and Virginia’s Elaine

Books & the Arts / January 13, 2026 How has the idea of revolution changed? A new history examines the long history of a radical and sometimes conservative concept. Ad Policy The storming of the Bastille. (Getty) This article appears in the February 2026 issue. Here’s a puzzle: Must revolution always mean change? Does

Society / StudentNation / January 13, 2026 The “Big, Beautiful Bill” added additional taxes on a small set of universities. Now budget cuts have hit campuses across the Ivy League and elsewhere. Ad Policy Banners hanging from Memorial Church on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Sophie Park / Getty) This story was produced

Politics / January 12, 2026 The Massachusetts senator argues that, in order to prevail in the midterms, the party needs to recover its populist roots—and fighting spirit. Ad Policy Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) addresses a rally against the Republican spending bill in May. (Jemal Countess / Getty Images for Families Over Billionaires) This is the