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Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen speaks during a media conference at the EU Summit in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP hide caption toggle caption Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP In a striking collective rebuke to President Trump, the leaders of Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement Sunday condemning recent U.S. tariff threats tied to military actions they have taken in Greenland. In the statement, leaders of the eight countries underscored their commitment to shared NATO goals, saying that they stood in “full solidarity” with Denmark and Greenland. They also…

January 14, 2026 As Peter Thiel and other fat cats threaten to flee California over a billionaire tax, Khanna is calling their bluff. Ad Policy Representative Ro Khanna speaks at an “End Fossil Fuel” rally near the US Capitol on June 29, 2021, in Washington, DC.(Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) Silicon Valley Representative Ro Khanna has the distinction of representing more billionaires than any other member of Congress. Despite this—or maybe because of it—he’s backing a state-level proposal that has infuriated some of his wealthiest constituents: a billionaire tax. The measure could appear on ballots this year, and if passed…

Activism / January 15, 2026 When one group of workers is terrorized or disappeared, it threatens all workers’ ability to fight for their labor rights. Ad Policy Workers with SEIU Local 26 and UNITE HERE Local 17 marched and rallied at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport alongside community members on December 3, 2026. They were for an end to deportation flights conducted by private companies such as Signature Aviation.(Amie Stager) This article is a joint publication of The Nation and Workday Magazine, a nonprofit newsroom devoted to holding the powerful accountable through the perspective of workers. In late 2025, federal immigration…

In a snowy Wisconsin border town on Friday night, Pete Buttigieg, the smooth-talking former Biden administration official, exhorted a boisterous town hall crowd to pressure their Republican congressman on health care, condemning “savage cuts” to Medicaid and efforts to “obliterate” the Affordable Care Act.A day later, Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey told a small crowd at a campaign stop in a converted cotton warehouse in rural South Carolina that it was “the height of cruelty that the richest nation in the world should not be able to afford basic health care for its people.”The dual appearances were a preview…

Bishop Rob Hirschfeld in the chapel at the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire in Concord on Jan. 13, 2026. Elena Eberwein/NHPR hide caption toggle caption Elena Eberwein/NHPR A New Hampshire Episcopal bishop’s stark warning to his clergy is resonating across the nation, drawing fervent praise from some and rebukes from others. Bishop Rob Hirschfeld was one of several community and faith leaders gathered in Concord, N.H., for a vigil for Renee Macklin Good just days after she was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis. Hirschfeld called out the “cruelty, the injustice and the horror ……

Politics / January 15, 2026 After taking countless lives around the world, RFK Jr. and his ghoulish compatriots want American children to suffer too. Ad Policy Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a policy announcement event at the US Department of Health and Human Services on January 8, 2026.(Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images) During the height of the AIDS epidemic in the US, >the ACT UP–linked art collective created a poster with a large red handprint and the slogan “The Government Has Blood on Its Hands, One AIDS Death Every Half Hour.” Close to 40 years later, another US administration…

In this handout provided by the U.S. Navy, USS Gerald R. Ford, F/A-18E/F Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadrons 31, 37, 87, and 213 from embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight, and a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress operate as a joint, multi-domain force on Nov. 13, 2025. Paige Brown/U.S. Navy via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Paige Brown/U.S. Navy via Getty Images New documents show the crew on board the United States’ newest aircraft carrier are growing increasingly frustrated by design flaws that lead to regular failures in the ship’s toilet system. The USS Gerald R. Ford has…

Environment / StudentNation / January 15, 2026 As the country doubles down on coal exports, local communities—like those in Baltimore and Ennore—will bear the environmental burden. Ad Policy The North Chennai Power Station.(Alex Norbrook) This story was produced for StudentNation, a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, which is dedicated to highlighting the best of student journalism. For more StudentNation, check out our archive or learn more about the program here. StudentNation is made possible through generous funding from The Puffin Foundation. If you’re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions to [email protected]. David Jones and Panner…

Protesters wave Greenlandic flags as they take part in a rally under the slogans ‘hands off Greenland’ and ‘Greenland for Greenlanders’, in front of City Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 17, 2026. EMIL HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Ima/AFP hide caption toggle caption EMIL HELMS/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Ima/AFP COPENHAGEN – Thousands of people marched from Copenhagen City Hall to the U.S. embassy Saturday afternoon in protest of President Trump’s comments that he wants to acquire Greenland. The crowd, waving Greenlandic flags, chanted “Greenland is not for sale.” Many demonstrators wore red hats in Trump’s own “Make America great again”…

Politics / January 15, 2026 The results for the 2025 election cycle send a powerful message regarding strategies that connect outside of urban centers. Ad Policy House Speaker Don Scott, D-Portsmouth, left, high-fives Delegate Lily Franklin, D-Montgomery, center, after taking the oath of office during the opening of the 2026 session of the Virginia General Assembly.(Steve Helber / AP) From Montana Trump country to the Appalachian foothills, rural Democrats scored a heartening number of local and statewide victories in recent off-year and special elections. The spate of wins produced tangible results for Democrats: flipping the governorship in Virginia; expanding the…