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Grace Byron talked to the political prisoner about the politics of love, her case, surviving as a trans woman in a men’s prison, and how she makes it through the day. thenation.com/article/activi…

ICYMI: @ellafanger reports from Thursday's protest of Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly, where about 100 New Yorkers gave the genocidaire a not-so-warm welcome. thenation.com/article/activi…

At the UN this week, as part of the annual gathering of world leaders at the general assembly, Trump railed against supranational organizations such as the International Criminal Court; threatened to “annihilate” and cast into an unrelenting hell the Iranian state and the tens of millions of people who live there; boasted about seizing Venezuelan oil fields; peremptorily embraced the might-is-right notion that “to the victor belong the spoils”; intimated that he would extend his tender mercies to Cuba next; and pledged, despite growing public unease, to turbocharge the AI revolution so as to lock US dominance in place from here to kingdom come. thenation.com/article/politi…

I grew up in a neighborhood manufactured by the University of California, Irvine. It felt like a utopia for academics—until the university forsook its mission of serving the public. thenation.com/article/societ…

Disillusioned with the nuclear family and the modern dating landscape, some young people are seeking a different way to start their own families. thenation.com/article/societ…

The trouble at Irvine began three years after UCI welcomed its first class of students, in 1967. A middling Hollywood export named Ronald Reagan had just been elected governor… thenation.com/article/societ…

Nuclear weapons were the most important technology of the 20th century. The Freeze campaign proved that a simple, bilateral demand—backed by enough people—can bend even the most powerful nations on earth. thenation.com/article/societ…

Despite a massive corruption scandal, Susan Collins, benefiting from Democrats in disarray, may still win. thenation.com/article/politi…

A message from Prairieland defendant and political prisoner Autumn Hill: "Don’t be afraid. That is what the people who are responsible for my suffering want." thenation.com/article/activi…

Despite being embroiled in scandal, the Maine senator is benefiting from Democratic Party divisions. thenation.com/article/politi…

“I think that women deserve to have families, and I don’t think that [means you have to be] married,” Raleigh said. thenation.com/article/societ…

Benjamin Netanyahu came to New York this week to defend Israel's genocide in Palestine. As @ellafanger reports, New Yorkers gave him a not-so-warm welcome. thenation.com/article/activi…

The first amendment lives to die another day—maybe? So writes @ElieNYC in his take on the CNN-MS NOW-Politico drama in his weekly newsletter. Plus: the rightwing Christian legal push behind the current big surrogacy case. thenation.com/article/politi…

ICYMI: Read our interview with @AkbarSAhmed on his new book CROSSING THE RED LINE about why understanding Biden’s approach to the genocide matters and why so few people within the administration spoke out against the government’s support for the genocide: thenation.com/article/politi…

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting and New York Climate Week, Gavin Newsom called AOC “the real damn deal.” thenation.com/article/enviro…

We're now accepting applications for the winter/spring 2027 session of @thenation internship! 🔴 $20/hr, 35 hrs/week 🔴 6 months long, starting January 4 🔴 application deadline November 20 thenationfund.org/internship…

This week, our justice correspondent @ElieNYC parses Trump’s attacks on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. Plus: it’s time to impeach the judges! thenation.com/article/politi…

Read @GarrisonLovely on the nuclear freeze movement’s lessons for taming AI: thenation.com/article/societ…

Wrote about the arrests outside Netanyahu's speech at the UN for @thenation: thenation.com/article/activi…

If Democrats win the midterms, they must move quickly and aggressively to undo the harm Trump and his cronies have caused. thenation.com/article/politi…