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Activism / January 12, 2026 Last year, the sports industry remained quiet in the face of Trump’s violent racism. Now with the killing of Renee Good, it may be waking up to the dangers of this administration. Ad Policy Minnesota Frost and Seattle Torrent take part in a moment of silence for Renee Good at […]

How Trump’s illegal 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani—and the West’s indifferent response—laid the groundwork for the brazen abduction of Nicolás Maduro. Ad Policy A billboard depicting symbolic images of former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iranian athletes is hung on a state building in downtown Tehran,

Activism / January 7, 2026 Her victory was won by the precariat: renters, transit riders, and democratic socialists who rallied, rang doorbells, created social media, and registered new voters. Ad Policy Katie Wilson.(Sarah Kusz) A day after Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration, 3,000 miles west of New York, the people of Seattle celebrated their own democratic socialist

Politics / January 7, 2026 The pundits straining to seek coherence in the new interventionist “Donroe doctrine” would do well to look back to Trump’s roots in New York real estate Ad Policy Donald Trump surveys the Manhattan skyline in 1987. (Joe McNally / Getty Images) In 2018, an unnamed staffer in the first Trump

Politics / January 7, 2026 Can Trump and Kristi Noem maintain their blatant lies in the face of multiple videos that show the victim was trying to drive away when she was shot three times by an ICE agent? Ad Policy Law enforcement and a protester on the scene after an ICE agent shot and

Activism / January 8, 2026 An ICE agent shot dead Renee Nicole Good. Residents are ready to fight back. Ad Policy People demonstrate against ICE during a vigil honoring Renée Nicole Good, who was shot dead by an immigration officer earlier in the day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 7, 2026. (Kerem Yucel / AFP

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Politics / January 9, 2026 In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent makes the case to get rid of ICE, explores George Conway’s congressional campaign—and shares his New Year’s resolution. Ad Policy Demonstrators in Minneapolis protest the murder of Renée Good. (Victor J. Blue / Bloomberg via Getty Images) This is a

Politics / January 9, 2026 The Trump administration is once more invoking upside-down alibis of state to conjure the bogus specter of imminent threat. Ad Policy A sign in Minneapolis commemorates the killing of Renee Good. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images) There was the one in Ferguson. The one in Minnesota where the licensed gun

NATO allies don’t want to confront Trump’s aggression. But they may ultimately not have a choice. Ad Policy President Donald Trump hosts a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House on August 18, 2025. (Win McNamee / Getty Images) On Tuesday, European leaders met in Paris to try and