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They kept beating us and shouting...I asked, ‘What do you want from us?’ They said, ‘Move out of our way and leave this place.’” An investigation by @972mag, Local Call and The Nation reveals how settlers are making a major new push into the West Bank bit.ly/4d8sdRs

As the US Senate seeks to end the DHS funding shutdown by finding a compromise on the violent ICE putsch in US cities, it found time to confirm a new head of the DHS who is almost certainly going to expand ICE’s reign of terror, writes Chris Lehmann. bit.ly/4ddDtfz

Big investigation alert: With @972mag & Local Call, @thenation has a story today about a major new settler push in the West Bank. After consolidating control over Area C, they’re expanding into Areas B & A—under PA jurisdiction—and displacing communities. bit.ly/4d8sdRs

Out today: an investigation by @972mag, Local Call and The Nation exploring how a dozen Palestinian communities in the West Bank have found themselves on the front lines of a violent new settler push—one driving for the 1st time into Area B. bit.ly/4d8sdRs

While Trump insists the economy is strong, Americans are turning to rice, beans, and debt to get by. bit.ly/3NWySUA

A big investigation—requiring the combined the power of @972mag, Local Call, and @thenation—into a major settler push in the West Bank. After consolidating control over Area C, settlers are expanding into Areas B & A—under PA jurisdiction. thenation.com/article/world/…

Without much fuss, the Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as head of DHS, proving once again that it is the world's most useless deliberative body, writes Chris Lehmann. bit.ly/4ddDtfz

By confirming election-denier Markwayne Mullin who will almost certainly expand ICE's reign of terror, the Senate shows once again that it is a running joke. bit.ly/4ddDtfz

How lobbying, design tricks, and political influence turned tax filing into a $148 billion private burden. bit.ly/4rL2KBd

FIFA’s latest pair of rulings on Israel show whom the soccer governing body’s “neutrality” really serves. Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin on FIFA's deference to Trump and Israel. bit.ly/4rQNens

NEW: A free federal online tax filing program was on the rise, saving consumers $5.6 million in tax preparation fees in 2024. Last year, Intuit — the maker of TurboTax — mobilized to successfully kill the program. IPS scholar @Chuck99to1 in @thenation: thenation.com/article/politi…

The real missing voter isn’t the suburban moderate. It’s the disengaged worker waiting for a candidate worth fighting for. bit.ly/4bzY3Ei

This year, Eid in Gaza was not just a religious observance. It was also a declaration of existence: We are here. We pray. We dress in our best. We love, even when the world tries to convince us that we have nothing to love. bit.ly/3PsM1p2

Wuthering Heights cannot be reduced into a timeless love story: it is a haunting because of its utterly recognizable, portrayal of the modern world’s cruelty, exploitation, and violence. bit.ly/4836RRY

The Senate is a joke. How can the Senate confirm someone to run DHS as obviously and unrepentantly odious as Markwayne Mullin? thenation.com/article/politi…

Ruth Asawa’s was an art rooted in connection, and she allowed the realities of motherhood to nourish her artistic practice. bit.ly/4srwLr0

AI firms like Anthropic are powering a new election spending boom that’s just as deceptive and destructive as anything AIPAC has done. bit.ly/484bNpL

The Supreme Court spent 3 hours on Monday arguing over whether to change a century and a half of election law in order to soothe Donald Trump's bruised ego. They just might. Because the GOP and their justices are beyond craven. My latest in @thenation thenation.com/article/politi…

Today in @thenation: a gorgeous piece by Ali Skaik about how this year's Eid celebrations in Gaza became a beautiful collective act of resistance against genocide. Please read! thenation.com/article/world/…

"We will continue to love our religion, honor our rituals, and plant hope in our children, because we are a people who refuse to be extinguished." This is what it's like to celebrate Eid in Gaza. bit.ly/3PsM1p2