Politics

We Must Save Public Media to Change It

We Must Save Public Media to Change It We Must Save Public Media to Change It

We need public media more than ever—it’s too precious to let Trump defund it. But to live up to its democratic promise, we must support public media to serve our needs.

Apr 15, 2025 / Victor Pickard

Translating the Attack on DEI

Translating the Attack on DEI Translating the Attack on DEI

Trump administration rolls back civil rights.

Apr 15, 2025 / OppArt / Ruben Bolling

This man’s “competence” left a lot of people dead.

Dominance Does Not Equal Competence Dominance Does Not Equal Competence

And Democrats need to stop buying into that message—it’s how bullies like Trump and Cuomo elbow their way into power.

Apr 15, 2025 / Column / Alexis Grenell

Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House April 14, 2025

Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show Trump’s Great Big Fascist Gaslighting Show

Trump, his minions, and El Salvador’s president teamed up to tell a string of obscene lies about the innocent man they sent to a gulag.

Apr 15, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

US President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House on April 14, 2025, in Washington, DC.

The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke” The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke”

The Trump administration is learning dangerous lessons from El Salvador’s president, but there’s also much that the US left can learn from Salvadoran antifascists.

Apr 14, 2025 / Roberto Lovato

“Elie v. U.S.”

“Elie v. U.S.” “Elie v. U.S.”

A weekly newsletter by The Nation’s Elie Mystal.

Apr 14, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Jaime Cook, principal of Sackets Harbor Central School.

The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering

The Ivy League is silently complicit in Trump’s war on international students.

Apr 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A Jewish student wears a kippah given to him by Donald Trump’s campaign during a speech before prominent Jewish donors on September 19, 2024, in Washington, DC.

This Passover, We Must Examine the Indecent Betrayal by Our Own This Passover, We Must Examine the Indecent Betrayal by Our Own

I am livid over the Jewish Trump supporters who are upholding a set of values at odds with the principles that have sustained us.

Apr 11, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Mr. Douglass in the Room

Mr. Douglass in the Room Mr. Douglass in the Room

Roar shock.

Apr 11, 2025

A screen displays financial news on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Thursday, April 3, 2025.

Bond Vigilantes Are Now the Unchallenged Kings Thanks to a Feckless Congress and Reckless Trump Bond Vigilantes Are Now the Unchallenged Kings Thanks to a Feckless Congress and Reckless Trump

A president who bullies Congress kowtows to the bond market.

Apr 11, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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