![Workers in red “Fight for $15” T-shirts standing next to each other with locked arms, in front of a banner reading “Whatever It Takes.”](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/fight-for-15-gt-img.jpg)
Why Democrats Are Losing Americans Without a College Degree—and How to Win Them Back Why Democrats Are Losing Americans Without a College Degree—and How to Win Them Back
Voters intuitively know that the economy has not worked well for most of us for decades. Democrats must offer them a transformative vision, and stick to it for as long as it takes...
Dec 12, 2024 / Neil Kraus and Jon Shelton
![The Chinatown Friendship Gate in Philadelphia.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Save-Chinatown-Coalition-Philadelphia.jpg)
The “Save Chinatown” Coalition Goes on the Defensive in Philadelphia The “Save Chinatown” Coalition Goes on the Defensive in Philadelphia
The construction of a new basketball arena threatens to fill the neighborhood with more traffic and raise rents.
Dec 12, 2024 / StudentNation / Amber X. Chen and Lucy Tobier
![US congressman, writer, and scientist Ignatius Loyola Donnelly (1831–1901), circa 1863. He was the member of the US House of Representatives from Minnesota’s Second Congressional District. An engraving by G.E. Perine.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-156911853.jpeg)
The Peculiar Case of Ignatius Donnelly The Peculiar Case of Ignatius Donnelly
The Minnesota politician presents a riddle for historians. He was a beloved populist but also a crackpot conspiracist. Were his politics tainted by his strange beliefs?
Dec 12, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Katzenstein
![A migrant child sits in the back of a border patrol vehicle after being apprehended by US Customs and Border protection officers on June 24, 2024, in Ruby, Arizona.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2159042955.jpeg)
My Dystopian Novel Predicted Trump 2.0 My Dystopian Novel Predicted Trump 2.0
SOLIS was meant to serve as a warning of what could come. With Trump’s reelection, it should serve as a blueprint for the bravery and activism needed to fight back.
Dec 11, 2024 / Paola Mendoza
![Women wave flags of the Syrian opposition from a vehicle as they celebrate the fall of the Assad regime in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on December 10, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/syria.jpg)
The Fall of Syria Changes Everything The Fall of Syria Changes Everything
Retired diplomat Chas Freeman and writer Pascal Lottaz discuss what happens now that Damascus is in the hands of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.
Dec 11, 2024 / Chas W. Freeman Jr.
![Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun, founder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen, was killed by an Israeli drone strike on November 30, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-10-at-5.33.38 PM.jpg)
My Brother, Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun, Was Killed Because He Fed Gaza’s Starving People My Brother, Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun, Was Killed Because He Fed Gaza’s Starving People
His killing by Israel sent a chilling message that no one is safe, including humanitarians who stand in the way of Gaza’s erasure.
Dec 11, 2024 / Hani Almadhoun
![Enough With the Bad Election Takes!](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/voting-2024-getty.jpg)
Enough With the Bad Election Takes! Enough With the Bad Election Takes!
To properly diagnose what went wrong, we need to look at the actual number of votes cast.
Dec 11, 2024 / Steve Phillips
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a hearing in his trial on corruption charges at the district court in Tel Aviv on December 10, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2188584947.jpg)
Netanyahu Must Be Brought to Justice. But We Can’t Stop There. Netanyahu Must Be Brought to Justice. But We Can’t Stop There.
This genocide is a massive criminal undertaking, and we must hold as many of its perpetrators accountable as we can.
Dec 11, 2024 / Dyab Abou Jahjah for the Hind Rajab Foundation