Editorial

Conservatives Don’t Actually Have an Argument for Killing Affirmative Action

Conservatives Don’t Actually Have an Argument for Killing Affirmative Action Conservatives Don’t Actually Have an Argument for Killing Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court hearings on affirmative action revealed just how weak the right-wing position is—but the GOP justices will overturn the policy anyway.

Nov 11, 2022 / Elie Mystal for The Nation

Police line outside the Pelosi home in San Francisc

After the Attack on Paul Pelosi, the GOP Again Is the Party of No Shame After the Attack on Paul Pelosi, the GOP Again Is the Party of No Shame

As recently as 2006, Republicans could take an internal political scandal seriously. Not anymore.

Nov 10, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

Debt and Inequality Will Be Key Issues at the UN’s Next Climate Conference

Debt and Inequality Will Be Key Issues at the UN’s Next Climate Conference Debt and Inequality Will Be Key Issues at the UN’s Next Climate Conference

At COP27, activists will be focused on all the ways developed nations have made it harder for developing nations to survive the climate crisis.

Nov 3, 2022 / Tina Gerhardt

The World’s Biggest Trial of a Four-Day Workweek Shows: It Works

The World’s Biggest Trial of a Four-Day Workweek Shows: It Works The World’s Biggest Trial of a Four-Day Workweek Shows: It Works

A shorter week allows workers to better take care of themselves without sacrificing productivity.

Oct 28, 2022 / Bryce Covert

For Iranian Women, the Uprising Was a Long Time Coming

For Iranian Women, the Uprising Was a Long Time Coming For Iranian Women, the Uprising Was a Long Time Coming

The protests are about choice—elective rather than mandatory hijab—not unlike the demands of abortion rights supporters in the United States.

Oct 27, 2022 / Kiana Karimi

Without an Economic Message, Democrats Will Never Close the Deal

Without an Economic Message, Democrats Will Never Close the Deal Without an Economic Message, Democrats Will Never Close the Deal

Abortion and extremism have made the midterms a neck-and-neck race—but the party is still missing an economic message.

Oct 21, 2022 / Jeet Heer for The Nation

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking outside the Capitol during a 2021 House Freedom Caucus news conference. From left to right behind her are Reps. Scott Perry, Ralph Norman, Andy Harris, Randy Weber, Dan Bishop, Andrew Clyde, Bob Good, Mary Miller, Louie Gohmert, and Chip Roy.

Trump Toadies Control the Republican Party Trump Toadies Control the Republican Party

The Republican Party’s official agenda is a capitulation to extremists and a display of distortion and aggression. 

Oct 18, 2022 / Chris Lehmann

We Should Be Fighting for a World Without Adoption

We Should Be Fighting for a World Without Adoption We Should Be Fighting for a World Without Adoption

If poverty, racism, and health care inequities were properly redressed, adoption would be a last resort.

Oct 17, 2022 / Michele Merritt

Harvard Law School students gathered signatures to support their petition to create a reproductive justice clinic and hire a full-time faculty member who studies reproductive rights.

Across the Country, Students Are Fighting for Abortion Access Across the Country, Students Are Fighting for Abortion Access

An October day of action is the latest sign that a new generation, emboldened by the overturn of Roe, is surging into political organizing.

Oct 17, 2022 / StudentNation / Amy Littlefield

Ukrainian soldiers adjust flag

Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop the Fighting in Ukraine Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop the Fighting in Ukraine

Kyiv deserves our economic support and military aid, but not American troops or nuclear ambiguity.

Oct 6, 2022 / Kai Bird for The Nation

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