The Nation

Our June issue is here, featuring @joanwalsh on Peggy Flanagan, @brycecovert on pregnant workers at Amazon, @DavidFutrelle on the prediction marketfication of everything, Corey Robin on capitalism's long revolution, and more!

Her neighbor pawned her father’s circular saw to get through the day—and the pawn shop charged him a “storage fee” for an afternoon. bit.ly/4nv5SAM

Every war represents a colossal failure of the imagination, but this one, with the Trump trademark on it, should be considered the ur-war to oppose. bit.ly/3PiPS8n

Trump is snout deep public trough—and isn't trying to hide that fact. Read Sasha Abramsky's latest Authoritarian Watch column. bit.ly/4derpu5

Trump isn’t even hiding the grift anymore. From donor favors to taxpayer-funded windfalls, his presidency is one giant, out-in-the-open private enrichment scheme, writes Sasha Abramsky in his latest Authoritarian Watch column. bit.ly/4wxyQnF

The Nation: Chris Rabb Will Be a Transformative Member of the House “Rabb would enter as an experienced progressive with a vision for renewing the intended role of Congress as a counterweight to the warmaking of imperial presidents." bit.ly/4uJ75Xn via @JohnhNichols

When Kevin Hart’s Netflix roast was hijacked with so much mean-spirited culture-war banter – most not even directed at its nominal target for the evening – it signaled yet another garbage-scented shift in the MAGA era of American humor. bit.ly/42Bo0zi

"The Nation was among the first publications to report the CIA’s role in the 1953 overthrow of Iran’s democratically elected prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh.": thenation.com/article/world/…

Trump’s cons shock affluent America, but for working-class neighbors living among pawn shops and 390 percent APR payday loans, the grift is just the water we swim in. bit.ly/4nv5SAM

What is the history and future of capitalism? Corey Robin in @booksandthearts bit.ly/3QTK4md

On Wednesday, the mayor and his team unveiled a $124.7 billion budget that they had managed to balance without raising income taxes on the rich or increasing taxes on the most profitable corporations—and without raising property taxes either. bit.ly/4ucoOH7

Unlike most candidates of both parties, Chris Rabb recognizes the vital importance of renewing an American experiment that has been derailed not just by Trump but by spineless members of Congress. bit.ly/4uJ75Xn

The cruise ship hantavirus outbreak isn’t a pandemic threat—but it is a climate story. Mark Hertsgaard for @CoveringClimate writes that reporters should stop treating disease and climate as separate beats bit.ly/3PhaYUD

Excellent: “To Build the Anti-War Movement of the Future, We Must Learn From the Past What history can teach us about where the anti-imperalist left should go now.”: thenation.com/article/activi…

Chris Rabb Will Be a Transformative Member of the House/ @NicholsUprising thenation.com/article/politi…

Wednesday’s announcement was evidence that, despite some initial missteps in their budget debut, the mayor and his team are quickly learning how to play this game. bit.ly/4ucoOH7

Chris Rabb is one of the most compelling candidates for Congress in 2026. bit.ly/4uJ75Xn

When we last checked in with our young mayor, New York City was still $5.4 billion away from the balanced budget the city is required by law to come up with by the end of June. bit.ly/4ucoOH7

The hantavirus outbreak is a warning of what public health experts have long said: A hotter planet is a deadlier planet. Mark Hertsgaard for @CoveringClimate writes that journalists must do a better job of connecting infectious disease with climate change. bit.ly/3PhaYUD

Chris Rabb is challenging the entire approach that both major parties have taken regarding wars in particular and foreign policy in general. bit.ly/4uJ75Xn

This mobilization of federal agents as enforcers of political orthodoxy is yet one more indication of the country’s broader slide into autocracy—yet it hasn’t commanded sustained public attention, thanks to the very flimsiness of all these failed indictments and prosecutions. bit.ly/4eN0UNu