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Breaking Donald Trump's Cycle of Abuse
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (779+ words) Trump's attacks on Americans are nothing short of domestic violence'and we must identify and treat them as such. A demonstrator participating in the May Day protest at Union Square on May 1, 2026. The signs are all hiding in plain sight. None…...
A Personal Tom Dispatch Farewell
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (673+ words) After 24 years of incisive reporting and commentary on America's destructive imperial exploits, Tom is passing the torch. Then-President George W. Bush speaks aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the California coast in 2003. OK, here's what this old man remembers…...
The Cruel Optimism of Being a Mets Fan
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (15+ words) A new book by A. M. Gittlitz tells the story of a beloved baseball team....
Stick "Em Up, Taxpayers!
1+ week, 5+ day ago (88+ words) The Nation Stick "Em Up, Taxpayers! Trumps brazenly robs the Treasury. Check out all installments in the Opp Art series. Ann Telnaes Twitter Ann Telnaes is one of the most highly respected political cartoonists of her generation. In 2001, she became…...
Tom Steyer Is Prepared to Take On the AI Billionaires
1+ week, 6+ day ago (214+ words) The California gubernatorial candidate understands exactly what's at stake, as he explains in an exclusive interview....
Why the Brooklyn Courtroom Birth Was the Last Straw for Public Defenders
2+ week, 1+ hour ago (975+ words) What occurred in that courtroom was not simply a failure of protocol or preparedness. It was. a devastating reflection of the cruelty embedded in our carceral system." Following the courtroom birth, the news media was quick to craft storybookish narratives…...
The Stupid Economy
2+ week, 3+ day ago (16+ words) Trump promised voters revitalization and growth. But he doesn't know the first thing about economics....
Memo to California's Next Governor: Rural Places Matter
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (379+ words) Rural communities are crucial to the state'and the country. Why do they get so little attention? California gubernatorial candidates at a debate on May 5, 2026. The sum total of rural debate content was the following: Katie Porter alluded in passing to…...
Steven Thrasher on Why We Must Think Past Skin-Deep Identity Politics
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1179+ words) The author of The Overseer Class discusses how people in marginalized groups can "mistake representation for liberation and confuse visibility with safety," as Kwaneta Harris put it. "An overseer framework can be helpful in understanding ongoing structures of power in…...
The Enduring Legacy of Rudy Acu'a
3+ week, 1+ day ago (371+ words) The pioneering Chicano studies scholar, who died in March, reshaped the writing of history. Dr. Rodolfo Acu'a, circa 1969. (Courtesy of CSUN's Unrest Collection, directed by Miguel Dur'n) They told us this was history. From elementary school through college, it arrived…...