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Women combat veterans want Pete Hegseth to know that they already passed the test
The defense secretary ordered a review of women in combat roles, claiming standards were compromised — but the requirements for women and men in combat roles are identical.
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A Catalog of Gaza’s Loss
Recording what has been erased—and making sense of what remains.
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The Gaza Street That Refuses to Die
What I saw walking one block in Gaza.
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The Gaza Street That Refuses to Die
What I saw walking one block in Gaza.
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First Person: 'They ban books by Black authors. Then they tell us to celebrate Black History Month.' - Open Campus
As state legislatures and boards of regents debate whose histories deserve telling, those of us behind bars have long faced explicit bans on texts that challenge dominant narratives or examine racial ...
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What Gaza’s Photographers Have Seen
These pictures are records of a genocidal war, but they are something more, too—they are fragments of Gaza itself
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What Edward Said Teaches Us About Gaza
On Palestine and the geography of vanishing.
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How to Survive in a House Without Walls
After their home was obliterated, Rasha Abou Jalal and her family remain determined to build a new one, even if it must be built out of nothing.
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My Sister’s Death Still Echoes Inside Me
Rewaa was killed by an Israeli bomb. Her absence has broken me in ways I still cannot describe.
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What Happens to the Educators When the Schools Have Been Destroyed?
Hamada Abu Layla spent 22 years earning three degrees from Gaza universities. Now they mock him from a garbage dump.
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At the Doorstep of Tomorrow
Faced with endlessly narrowing possibilities, I return to my diary in an attempt to dream, to imagine a future.
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Parking Lot Paradiso | Andrew Conboy with Bobby Doherty
A field guide to what grows in the asphalt by the mini-mall.
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A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
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A Human Experience | Christopher Bell
Muntadhar al-Zaidi discusses his famous protest, its consequences, and the world the war on terror created.
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In the age of Trump’s America, Afghan migrants look to Mexico
Due in part to the Trump’s policies blocking migration to the U.S., Mexico has become home to a diverse community of immigrants
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Trans rights aren’t tanking the Democrats.
Julia Serano responds in a forum on “How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism.”
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Trump Admin Has Made Future of Federal Funding for Cancer Research Uncertain
At one groundbreaking breast cancer research lab, work that could save lives has slowed significantly.
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Bog Trouble | Caitlín Doherty
In Ireland, a preference for a traditional fuel source is overridden by a Green Party more concerned with household emissions than poverty.
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Individual States Join World Health Organization After Trump Drops It
Illinois is the latest state to take this step.
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Somali Communities Are Building Collective Power in the Face of Trump’s Attacks
Minnesota’s Somali community has organized mutual aid and neighborhood patrols amid Trump’s campaign to crush them.
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Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants
ICE agents dropped customized ace of spades playing cards, recalling a practice by U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.
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House Passes Bill to End Partial Government Shutdown, Sends Measure to Trump
The package provides two more weeks of DHS funding, setting up an immigration enforcement debate.
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Tulsi Gabbard Is Running Her Own 2020 Election Inquiry, Separate From DOJ’s
Gabbard's inquiry may focus on Trump's baseless claims that "foreign interference" caused his 2020 election loss.
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