Joan Walsh

National Affairs Correspondent

@joanwalsh

Joan Walsh, a national affairs correspondent for The Nation, is a coproducer of The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show and the author of What’s the Matter With White People? Finding Our Way in the Next America. Her new book (with Nick Hanauer and Donald Cohen) is Corporate Bullsh*t: Exposing the Lies and Half-Truths That Protect Profit, Power and Wealth In America.

Nina Turner

The Establishment Beat Nina Turner. What Does It Mean? The Establishment Beat Nina Turner. What Does It Mean?

It will be pegged as a victory against Sanders forces, or for dark money. It’s also about the years Turner spent out of a very gerrymandered and besieged district.

Aug 3, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Rep. Kevin McCarthy at a press conference

Big-Money Republican Donors Are Now Backing the GOP’s War on Fair Elections Big-Money Republican Donors Are Now Backing the GOP’s War on Fair Elections

Kevin McCarthy “jokes” about hitting Nancy Pelosi with a gavel. Jim Jordan admits that he talked to Donald Trump on January 6. And a new report on the money behind their Big Lie ex...

Aug 2, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Police officers testifying at January 6th hearings

‘A Hit Man Sent Them’: Police Officers Testify to the Violence Done on January 6 ‘A Hit Man Sent Them’: Police Officers Testify to the Violence Done on January 6

Four officers told a House Select Committee what they saw. They called it an “attempted coup” and “terrorism” and blamed Donald Trump. And so should we all.

Jul 27, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Gov. Kay Ivey at a press conference

Spare Us Your Covid Hypocrisy, Republicans Spare Us Your Covid Hypocrisy, Republicans

Some GOP leaders have done an about-face on vaccines. But they’re to blame for the pandemic’s ongoing spread—and always will be.

Jul 27, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Nina Turner on the campaign trail

It’s Nina Turner Against the Democratic Establishment in Ohio 11 It’s Nina Turner Against the Democratic Establishment in Ohio 11

The progressive congressional candidate hoped her longtime Democratic Party status could shield her from establishment backlash. It has not.

Jul 23, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer with Texas Democrats

This Texas Democrat Doesn’t Want Proud Boys Standing Over His Grandmother as She Votes This Texas Democrat Doesn’t Want Proud Boys Standing Over His Grandmother as She Votes

Representative James Talarico is a rising star thanks to his adept pushback on Trump’s Big Lie and the Texas GOP’s anti–voting rights agenda.

Jul 19, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Biden Is Not Meeting the Moment on Voting Rights

Biden Is Not Meeting the Moment on Voting Rights Biden Is Not Meeting the Moment on Voting Rights

A passionate speech is no match for the GOP’s commitment to voter suppression and election subversion.

Jul 14, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump at CPAC

This Time Trump Is Right: He’s Only Getting Worse This Time Trump Is Right: He’s Only Getting Worse

On a weekend publicity bender, he praised the January 6 violence as a “lovefest” and continued his quest to make slain rioter Ashli Babbitt a martyr.

Jul 13, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump in front of reporters

Yes, Tomorrow Will Be Worse—Because of Journalism Like This Yes, Tomorrow Will Be Worse—Because of Journalism Like This

White House reporters are still confusing leaks and controversy with the stories most important for them to cover.

Jul 12, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Campaign poster for Kristin Richardson Jordan

Harlem Is Sending a Black Lesbian Democratic Socialist to the City Council Harlem Is Sending a Black Lesbian Democratic Socialist to the City Council

A radical poet and educator’s come-from-behind victory over a machine politician complicates the narrative that New York Black moderates rejected a left agenda.

Jul 8, 2021 / Joan Walsh

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