![Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump welcomes Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the stage at a Turning Point Action campaign rally at the Gas South Arena.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/rfk-trump.jpg)
The Future of Public Health—or Lack Thereof—Under Trump The Future of Public Health—or Lack Thereof—Under Trump
Any significant influence of RFK Jr. in Trump’s orbit would represent a recklessness never before seen in America’s public health history.
Nov 12, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
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The Prison Rodeo at the Heart of Legal Enslavement The Prison Rodeo at the Heart of Legal Enslavement
Angola prison workers make between 2 and 40 cents an hour. They also have a controversial outlet for recreation and to vend their wares at market rate: a rodeo.
Nov 12, 2024 / Lauren Stroh
![Lore Segal’s Stubborn Optimism](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Segal-Lore-©-Ellen-Dubin.jpg)
Lore Segal’s Stubborn Optimism Lore Segal’s Stubborn Optimism
In her life and work, she moved through the world with a disarming blend of youthful curiosity and daring intelligence.
Nov 12, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Michele Moses
![Trump after guilty verdict](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Trumptrial.jpg)
Trump Will Take Unilateral Presidential Powers to a New Level Trump Will Take Unilateral Presidential Powers to a New Level
With Donald Trump’s reelection, the slide toward a dangerously empowered president has reached a moment of reckoning,
Nov 11, 2024 / Karen J. Greenberg
![Senator Bernie Sanders speaks during a primary night rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, February 11, 2020.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-1200225195-1.jpg)
Bernie Sanders Is Right: Democrats Have Abandoned the Working Class Bernie Sanders Is Right: Democrats Have Abandoned the Working Class
The party chased former Republicans and rich donors, while alienating the working-class majority.
Nov 11, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/democrats-pipefitters-local-getty.jpg)
The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself. The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself.
The party should jettison its consultant class and move toward a local-membership model that would help to rejuvenate civic life across the country.
Nov 11, 2024 / Pete Davis
![Here in Iowa, the Fight Goes On](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/iowa-map-getty.jpg)
Here in Iowa, the Fight Goes On Here in Iowa, the Fight Goes On
In Johnson County, a record-breaking 87,012 people voted on Tuesday. Democrat Christina Bohannan beat the Republican incumbent by over 35,000 votes—just 800 shy of what she needed...
Nov 11, 2024 / Dave Leshtz
![New York City Mayor Eric Adams voting in Brooklyn.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/New-York-Ballot-Proposals-Eric-Adams.jpg)
New York Passed Proposals Establishing Equality—and Greater Mayoral Control New York Passed Proposals Establishing Equality—and Greater Mayoral Control
Voters approved five of the six initiatives on the 2024 ballot, enshrining abortion rights into the state Constitution and giving Eric Adams more power in NYC.
Nov 11, 2024 / StudentNation / Nikole Rajgor and Alex Augenbraun