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House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) (L) and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), join fellow congressional Democrats to reintroduce the Freedom to Vote Act in the Lyndon B. Johnson Room at the US Capitol on July 18, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Institutional Resistance Is Futile Institutional Resistance Is Futile

It’s time for the Democratic Party to abandon its staid, rules-based resistance to Trumpism and wage a fierce, moral response.

Dec 19, 2024 / Elie Mystal

Healing LGBTQIA+

Healing LGBTQIA+ Healing LGBTQIA+

200+ skin-tone bandages: a whole community to heal.

Dec 19, 2024 / OppArt / Airco Caravan

Former US president Donald Trump during a campaign event at Alro Steel in Potterville, Michigan, on August 29, 2024.

Not All Liberals Hate Trump Not All Liberals Hate Trump

From China and the Middle East to immigration, all too many liberals have already moved inexorably rightward. Count on them to quietly support some of Trump’s policies.

Dec 19, 2024 / John Feffer

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is repeatedly interrupted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators as he delivers testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 21, 2024.

The “Blob” Is Furious About Gaza. But That’s Not Enough. The “Blob” Is Furious About Gaza. But That’s Not Enough.

The foreign policy proletariat needs to stop filtering its dissent through official channels and start taking more radical action.

Dec 19, 2024 / Josef Burton

An effigy of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during a protest outside the National Assembly in Seoul following the second martial law impeachment vote on December 14, 2024.

South Korea's Autumn of the Patriarchy South Korea's Autumn of the Patriarchy

President Yoon Suk-yeol is the first of his country's leaders eager to be a stooge of both Washington and Tokyo. His impeachment is testimony to the strength of Korean democracy.

Dec 19, 2024 / Bruce Cumings

Self-help section at a bookstore.

A Close Reading of Luigi Mangione’s Self-Help Library A Close Reading of Luigi Mangione’s Self-Help Library

A look at the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter’s social media accounts points to what Americans are inclined to turn to when their government fails to give them sufficient options.

Dec 19, 2024 / Maya Vinokour

President-elect Donald Trump with Elon Musk at a launch of a test flight of the SpaceX rocket in Brownsville, Texas.

Red Tape Saves Lives Red Tape Saves Lives

“Government” might sound ineffective and wasteful in the abstract. But Americans will miss it when it’s gone.

Dec 19, 2024 / Bryce Covert

A scene from “Disclaimer.”

The Empty Thrills of Alfonso Cuarón’s “Disclaimer” The Empty Thrills of Alfonso Cuarón’s “Disclaimer”

Why did the great Mexican filmmaker make a soapy thriller?

Dec 19, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Cotte

A Dance to Jules Feiffer at 95

A Dance to Jules Feiffer at 95 A Dance to Jules Feiffer at 95

Cartoonist and writer Jules Feiffer is a national treasure. To mark his 95th birthday, we had some questions for the longtime Nation contributor.

Dec 19, 2024 / Feature / Peter Kuper

Democratic senate candidate US Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), addresses volunteers at a campaign office on November 4, 2024, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Sherrod Brown Should Absolutely Run Again to Represent the Working Class in the Senate Sherrod Brown Should Absolutely Run Again to Represent the Working Class in the Senate

The outgoing senator recognizes—to a greater extent than any other Democrat—the need to renew the party’s commitment to a politics of economic populism.

Dec 19, 2024 / John Nichols

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