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April 7, 2026
Pope Leo Is Speaking Truth to Donald Trump’s Power
John Nichols
The pontiff’s Easter address, like so many of his recent statements, countered Trump’s Iran bombast with a cry for peace—and sanity.
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April 7, 2026
As AI Breathes Down Our Necks, It’s Time for a Luddite Renaissance
John Nichols
Nineteenth-century textile workers longed to stay human in a machine age. So do we.
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April 7, 2026
“The Nation” Is Siding With Humanity
Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols, The Nation
As unregulated, profit-driven AI threatens our economy, climate, and safety, we can’t let tech-bro profiteers define our future.
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March 30, 2026
Bernie Sanders: “This War Must End Immediately!”
John Nichols
The senator delivered a powerful message on Iran at the No Kings Rally in Minnesota.
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March 27, 2026
No Kings! No Wars!
John Nichols
The founders of the United States feared monarchically inclined presidents who could wage wars of whim.
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March 20, 2026
An Irish Rebel Socialist Is Stirring Up New York City Politics
John Nichols
Why Zohran Mamdani and Claire Valdez are quoting James Connolly.
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March 17, 2026
Natural Man
John Nichols
Russ Feingold is on a new mission: preserving nature to save the planet.
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March 10, 2026
Jesse Jackson Jr. Summons His Father’s “Consistent Prophetic Voice”
John Nichols
“He took the ministry from Sunday morning, and he delivered it to the people,” the younger Jackson said.
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March 6, 2026
In Memoriam: the Rev. Jesse Jackson (1941–2026)
John Nichols
The civil-rights activist and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition changed what’s possible in politics.
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March 2, 2026
This Is an Unnecessary, Unauthorized, and Unconstitutional War
John Nichols
Congress has a duty to take up War Powers resolutions and assert its primacy over matters of war and peace.
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February 24, 2026
Summer Lee Knows the Real State of the Union
John Nichols
The progressive representative from Pennsylvania will speak truth to Trump’s power tonight.
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February 20, 2026
Bruce Springsteen Is Bringing the Calvary
John Nichols
The Boss's most political tour yet will go from Minneapolis to Washington.
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February 17, 2026
Jesse Jackson Gave Peace a Chance
John Nichols
The iconic civil rights leader, who has died at 84, made anti-war and pro-diplomacy politics central to his presidential bids and his lifelong activism.
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February 13, 2026
ICE Melts in the Minneapolis Winter
John Nichols
Now it’s time to abolish the agency and impeach Kristi Noem.
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February 9, 2026
Kristi Noem Must Be Impeached
Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols, The Nation
Members of Congress have a constitutional duty to remove this gangster from office.
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January 24, 2026
Minneapolis’s Mayor Rips “Mass Militarized Force” After a Second Minnesotan Is Gunned Down
John Nichols
A powerful statement from Jacob Frey pleads with Trump to pull ICE forces out of Minneapolis before more people are killed.
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January 20, 2026
Springsteen Defends the Promised Land Against ICE’s “Gestapo Tactics”
John Nichols
Mourning for Renee Nicole Good, the singer decried the Trump administration and the threat to freedom posed by “heavily armed masked federal troops invading an American city.”
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