Election debates

Watch the Vice Presidential Debate Tonight With ‘The Nation’

Watch the Vice Presidential Debate Tonight With ‘The Nation’ Watch the Vice Presidential Debate Tonight With ‘The Nation’

Join us to watch Kamala Harris confront Mike Pence, because friends don’t let friends watch election debates alone. 

Oct 7, 2020 / The Nation

The Man Protected by ‘Mother’ Has Rarely Dealt With a Woman Like Kamala

The Man Protected by ‘Mother’ Has Rarely Dealt With a Woman Like Kamala The Man Protected by ‘Mother’ Has Rarely Dealt With a Woman Like Kamala

It won’t be easy for him.

Oct 7, 2020 / Joan Walsh

Trump speaks with his right hand up, gesturing.

Trump in the Debate: None Dare Call It Treason Trump in the Debate: None Dare Call It Treason

He’s now in a fascist halfway house—not able to abolish the election process entirely, but secure enough to wink and nod to neo-Nazi street-fighters.

Oct 1, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Yes, That Debate Was a Shit Show

Yes, That Debate Was a Shit Show Yes, That Debate Was a Shit Show

If the election goes anything like the first debate, Trump will cheat brazenly—but maybe not get away with it.

Sep 30, 2020 / Joan Walsh

With Help From Chris Wallace, Trump Attacked American Democracy

With Help From Chris Wallace, Trump Attacked American Democracy With Help From Chris Wallace, Trump Attacked American Democracy

Enabled by the weak moderation, the president used the debate to legitimize a hate group and threaten intimidation at the polling station.

Sep 30, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Will Someone Please Wake Me Up?

Will Someone Please Wake Me Up? Will Someone Please Wake Me Up?

The first presidential debate made unmistakably plain: Voting is just the beginning of this fight. Anyone who tells you otherwise is dreaming.

Sep 30, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan

Watch the First Presidential Debate With ‘The Nation’

Watch the First Presidential Debate With ‘The Nation’ Watch the First Presidential Debate With ‘The Nation’

Our editor D.D. Guttenplan and correspondents Elie Mystal, Jane McAlevey, Jeet Heer, Joan Walsh, John Nichols, Katha Pollitt, and Sasha Abramsky respond in real time to the first h...

Sep 29, 2020 / The Nation

Joe Biden Should Propose a $750 Tax Credit Tonight—Then Drop the Mic

Joe Biden Should Propose a $750 Tax Credit Tonight—Then Drop the Mic Joe Biden Should Propose a $750 Tax Credit Tonight—Then Drop the Mic

Tonight’s debate gives the Democrat a chance to make Trump’s tax avoidance the Republican’s albatross.

Sep 29, 2020 / John Nichols

Chris Wallace Debate

What Is Chris Wallace Thinking? What Is Chris Wallace Thinking?

If he can ask about Trump’s taxes, he can probe the president’s climate denial.

Sep 29, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard

Firefighters stare into a fire.

Putting the Existential Threat of Climate Change Front and Center Putting the Existential Threat of Climate Change Front and Center

Until recently, the US mainstream media featured more climate silence than climate science.

Sep 22, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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