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November 18, 2025
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Who’s Afraid of the Epstein Files?

Politics / November 18, 2025 The release of Jeffrey Epstein’s documents is likely to implicate a whole network of members of the American ruling class. Ad Policy A projection onto a building near the White House demands Donald Trump release the Epstein files in July 2025. (Allison Bailey / NurPhoto via AP) Over the weekend, […]

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November 17, 2025
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Philanthropy in the Crosshairs | The Nation

Since late January, leaders at liberal foundations and donor networks have been preparing for a legal assault by federal agencies. That moment finally arrived in September, when, in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed federal prosecutors to investigate the Open Society Foundations on a range of possible criminal charges, […]

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November 16, 2025
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Jeffrey Epstein and the American Empire

Ad Policy A bronze-painted statue titled “Best Friends Forever”, depicting Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands on October 2, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) The scandal around Jeffrey Epstein, who trafficked and abused children and died in a prison cell in 2019, has never gone away. It continues to explode […]

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November 15, 2025
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The Hidden Politics of the Crossword Puzzle

November 15, 2025 Take it from me: A crossword clue can be debated with the kind of fervor normally reserved for corporatist propaganda and outright racism. Ad Policy Hello girls at the New Yorker Hotel work on Daily News Crossword Puzzle Contest. (Larry Froeber / NY Daily News Archive / Getty Images) This essay is […]

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November 14, 2025
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The World Doesn’t Need a Kim Kardashian Esq.

Politics / November 14, 2025 In this week’s Elie v. U.S., The Nation’s justice correspondent explains why justice would be better served if Kardashian just hired a criminal defense squad. Also: why the SNAP fight is far from over and the Dems are cowards. Ad Policy Kim Kardashian attends a discussion on criminal justice reform hosted […]

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November 13, 2025
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The Occupation of Washington, DC, Reflects the Failures of Our Democracy

Cultural Contradictions / November 13, 2025 After fumbling the cause of DC statehood, Democrats now appear helpless as Trump sends troops into the city. Ad Policy Thousands of demonstrators march during the “We Are All DC” March in September 2025 in Washington, DC.(Mehmet Eser /Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images) This article appears in the […]

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November 12, 2025
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Dear New York: A Love Letter From Jackson, Mississippi

November 12, 2025 We join you in celebrating the election of Zohran Mamdani. Ad Policy Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, arrives at an election night event at the Paramount Theater in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, on Tuesday, November 4, 2025.(Adam Gray / Getty Images) We join the world in celebrating […]

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November 11, 2025
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Democrats Should Have Let Republicans Kill the Filibuster

Politics / November 11, 2025 Instead of caving on the shutdown, Democrats should have waited for the GOP to cave on Trump’s demand to scotch this antidemocratic tactic. Ad Policy Senator Tim Kaine, one of eight Democrats who voted to end the shutdow, speaks to members of the media on November 10, 2025. (Aaron Schwartz […]

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November 10, 2025
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After This Shutdown Surrender, Chuck Schumer Needs to Go

Politics / November 10, 2025 The Democratic leader’s cave-in makes it all too clear: It’s time to clean house in the Senate. Ad Policy Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer leaves a Senate Democratic caucus meeting at the US Capitol on November 9, 2025. (Nathan Posner / Anadolu via Getty Images) Last Tuesday, voters all over […]

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November 09, 2025
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The American Right’s Civil War Over Israel

Ad Policy Nick Fuentes with livestreamer and January 6 insurrectionist Baked Alaska at an anti-vaccine protest with members of the far-right group America First in front of Pfizer world headquarters on November 13, 2021, in New York City. (Stephanie Keith / Getty Images) Much has been written about the how the Israel/Palestine conflict is dividing […]