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NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Makes His Case NYC Mayoral Candidate Brad Lander Makes His Case
The “progressive and pragmatic” city comptroller joins the race for New York City mayor.
Aug 5, 2024 / Q&A / Bhaskar Sunkara
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Bernie Sanders’s 60-Year Fight Bernie Sanders’s 60-Year Fight
The independent senator from Vermont spoke to The Nation’s president about why he still believes political revolution can change the United States for the better.
Jul 18, 2024 / Q&A / Bhaskar Sunkara
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Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat
If he wants to go beyond preaching to the converted, he needs to take his socialist politics into the Democratic primaries.
Jul 6, 2023 / D.D. Guttenplan and Bhaskar Sunkara
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Keir Starmer Might Win Power—but Can He Do Anything With It? Keir Starmer Might Win Power—but Can He Do Anything With It?
The British Labour Party leader is sounding more like a prime minister, but will he be up for the hard fights ahead?
Sep 29, 2022 / Bhaskar Sunkara
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Who Should Be the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2024? Who Should Be the Democratic Presidential Nominee in 2024?
Four writers argue who would make the best candidate: Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Gretchen Whitmer, or Ro Khanna?
Aug 22, 2022 / The Debate / Joan Walsh, Bhaskar Sunkara, Michael Kazin, and John Nichols
![The Arizona Prison System Is Censoring “The Nation.” We’re Doing Something About It.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/arizona-prison-getty.jpg)
The Arizona Prison System Is Censoring “The Nation.” We’re Doing Something About It. The Arizona Prison System Is Censoring “The Nation.” We’re Doing Something About It.
Arizona prison authorities are stopping incarcerated people from reading The Nation. We’re working with the ACLU’s National Prison Project to assert their First Amendment rights.
Jul 25, 2022 / D.D. Guttenplan, Bhaskar Sunkara, and Katrina vanden Heuvel
![Kier Starmer](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Kier-Starmer.jpg)
Britain’s Labour Party Is Still Missing in Action Britain’s Labour Party Is Still Missing in Action
On the heels of its party conference, the Labour Party seems as far from power as ever.
Oct 1, 2021 / Bhaskar Sunkara
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What Should Socialists Do in November? What Should Socialists Do in November?
Pursue an electoral strategy that can represent the distinct interests of working people without demanding that voters start immediately supporting unviable third-party candidacies...
May 4, 2020 / Bhaskar Sunkara
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Only Socialism Can Defeat Trumpism Only Socialism Can Defeat Trumpism
Millions of ordinary people are ready for an alternative, one pointed to by the success of Bernie Sanders.
Nov 4, 2016 / Nicole Aschoff and Bhaskar Sunkara
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Reclaiming Socialism Reclaiming Socialism
While honoring the legacy of American communists, a new generation of radicals has chosen to organize under the “socialist” banner.
Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Bhaskar Sunkara