Jeet Heer

National Affairs Correspondent

@HeerJeet

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast, The Time of Monsters. He also pens the monthly column “Morbid Symptoms.” The author of In Love with Art: Francoise Mouly’s Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman (2013) and Sweet Lechery: Reviews, Essays and Profiles (2014), Heer has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The American Prospect, The Guardian, The New Republic, and The Boston Globe.

Mike Huckabee delivers a press statement during his visit to the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank, Palestine, on September 5, 2026

Does America First Really Mean Israel First? Does America First Really Mean Israel First?

Mike Huckabee’s aide shows how an extremist agenda dominates Trump’s Middle East policy.

Oct 9, 2026 / Jeet Heer

From NewsChannel5 coverage: PIKE REMAINS INTUBATED AND ON VENTILATOR BOTCHED EXECUTION OF DEATH ROW INMATE CHRISTA PIKE

The Death Penalty Has Become a Torture Machine The Death Penalty Has Become a Torture Machine

Christa Pike's botched lethal injection proves there is no humane form of execution.

Oct 5, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Joe Biden with national security adviser Jake Sullivan during a roundtable with Jewish community leaders on October 11, 2023, in Washington, DC.

Gaza and Elite Accountability Gaza and Elite Accountability

Connor Echols on a reckoning within the foreign-policy establishment.

Oct 4, 2026 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Kimberly Guilfoyle speaks during the 2020 Republican National Convention.

Kimberly Guilfoyle Is a Master of Mafia Diplomacy Kimberly Guilfoyle Is a Master of Mafia Diplomacy

The US Ambassador to Greece is making suspicious deals for her buddies.

Sep 28, 2026 / Jeet Heer

The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Illinois, on July 29, 2026.

The Obama Center as a Tomb of Neoliberalism The Obama Center as a Tomb of Neoliberalism

Kate Wagner on architecture and public memory.

Sep 27, 2026 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Susan Collins (R-ME) greets supporters outside the Kittery Trading Post, the first stop of a weekend reelection campaign bus tour of the state of Maine, on August 14, 2026, in Kittery, Maine.

Susan Collins Is Corrupt. She Still Might Be Reelected. Susan Collins Is Corrupt. She Still Might Be Reelected.

Despite being embroiled in scandal, the Maine senator is benefiting from Democratic Party divisions.

Sep 25, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Pete Hegseth speaks at an Oshkosh Corporation facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, US, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026.

Even Republicans Are Figuring Out That Pete Hegseth Is a Disaster Even Republicans Are Figuring Out That Pete Hegseth Is a Disaster

Hegseth was always a horrible choice for defense secretary. At long last, some in the GOP are admitting it.

Sep 21, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Michigan Republican Senate candidate, former US Representative Mike Rogers speaks on stage on the second day of the 2026 Republican National Convention at the American Airlines Center on September 10, 2026, in Dallas, Texas

Why Aren’t We Talking About the Warmongering Lies of Mike Rogers? Why Aren’t We Talking About the Warmongering Lies of Mike Rogers?

The media’s relentless focus on Hasan Piker allows the dishonest GOP hawk (and actual Michigan Senate candidate) to evade scrutiny.

Sep 18, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Lindsay Clancy looks on as jurors (out of frame) enter the courtroom during Clancy's murder trial at the Plymouth County Superior Court in Plymouth, Massachusetts, on September 4, 2026.

MAGA Is Exploiting the Lindsay Clancy Case to Try to End Voting for Women MAGA Is Exploiting the Lindsay Clancy Case to Try to End Voting for Women

As Trump subverts elections, his most ardent fans want to overturn the 19th Amendment.

Sep 14, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Benjamin Netanyahu, takes a selfie with a supporter as he arrives to cast his ballot at his party Likud's main polling station during primary elections ahead of Israel's general election in October in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026.

Accountability for the Gaza Genocide Can’t Focus on Netanyahu Alone Accountability for the Gaza Genocide Can’t Focus on Netanyahu Alone

Getting rid of one bad leader won’t bring justice.

Sep 11, 2026 / Jeet Heer

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