Michael Bloomberg Should Stay Home—and Pay His Taxes Michael Bloomberg Should Stay Home—and Pay His Taxes
New York’s former mayor adds to the Democrats’ billionaire blight—and illustrates the problem with even the most progressive plutocrats.
Nov 8, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Elizabeth Warren Won’t Back Down on Medicare for All Elizabeth Warren Won’t Back Down on Medicare for All
Sorry, Establishment: She has a plan for that, too.
Nov 8, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
Sanders and Warren Have to Tame Nancy Pelosi Sanders and Warren Have to Tame Nancy Pelosi
The House speaker is building road blocks against Medicare for All and a Green New Deal.
Nov 4, 2019 / Jeet Heer
The Democratic Establishment Is Right to Panic The Democratic Establishment Is Right to Panic
With Sanders and Warren ascendant, the donor class feels its power in the party slipping.
Oct 29, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Letters From the November 11/18, 2019, Issue Letters From the November 11/18, 2019, Issue
A Matter of Degrees I have been most interested in The Nation’s coverage of the climate crisis, particularly Daniel Judt’s “https://www.thenation.com/article/senegal-climate-injust…
Oct 29, 2019 / Our Readers
Trump Isn’t Totally Wrong About the Deep State Trump Isn’t Totally Wrong About the Deep State
The president’s war with the permanent administrative state presents a dilemma to those wary of both.
Oct 25, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Democrats Shouldn’t Let Trump’s Problems Turn Them Into the Party of War Democrats Shouldn’t Let Trump’s Problems Turn Them Into the Party of War
The danger in criticizing the president’s policies is that it could revive an interventionist temper on the left.
Oct 22, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Centrist Democrats Want You to Think They’re the Big Boys on the Stage Centrist Democrats Want You to Think They’re the Big Boys on the Stage
To stall the progressive momentum, the centrists are trying to recast their ideas as more pragmatic. The problem is, they’re not.
Oct 17, 2019 / Elie Mystal
AOC Knows What She’s Doing AOC Knows What She’s Doing
What are the risks and benefits of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s endorsement of Bernie Sanders?
Oct 16, 2019 / Jeffrey C. Isaac
Elizabeth Warren Learns That Being a Front-Runner Isn’t All Fun and Games Elizabeth Warren Learns That Being a Front-Runner Isn’t All Fun and Games
The emerging 2020 leader has the bruises to prove it after Tuesday’s debate. But nobody else grabbed the spotlight.
Oct 16, 2019 / Joan Walsh