Everybody Hates Pete Everybody Hates Pete
For reasons of both ideology and youth, the Indiana mayor had a target on his back in the Democratic debate.
Dec 19, 2019 / Jeet Heer
The Democratic Leadership’s Strategy on Impeachment Is Doomed and Dangerous The Democratic Leadership’s Strategy on Impeachment Is Doomed and Dangerous
It’s hard to take the charge that Trump is a threat to national security seriously when Democrats in Congress are happy to help him shovel more money at the military.
Dec 19, 2019 / Aaron Maté
Puzzle No. 3519 Puzzle No. 3519
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Weirdly precise sets of instructions (7) 5 Fall with hesitation into tuna salad (6) 8 Cut and burn to get hot (5)…
Dec 19, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Push to Quash Criticism of Israel Is a Push to Quash Free Speech The Push to Quash Criticism of Israel Is a Push to Quash Free Speech
It is not anti-Semitism to criticize a state for enshrining inequality.
Dec 19, 2019 / Saree Makdisi
Trump’s Executive Order on Anti-Semitism Isn’t About Protecting Jews Trump’s Executive Order on Anti-Semitism Isn’t About Protecting Jews
Like so many “populists,” Trump sees considerable advantage in boosting Israel while playing to hometown anti-Jewish prejudices.
Dec 19, 2019 / Eric Alterman
The Legend of ‘Queen & Slim’ The Legend of ‘Queen & Slim’
Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas’s mythmaking, the Safide Brothers’s grotesque romp through New York, Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, and more December movies.
Dec 19, 2019 / Stuart Klawans
A Rapist in Your Path A Rapist in Your Path
Street demonstration, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, November 2019. Original lyrics/music by Las Tesis, Chile. Thousands of women are responding to Las Tesis’s call for action, organizing hun...
Live Chat: Watch the Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’ Live Chat: Watch the Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’
Our stellar cast of blogging heads is analyzing and commenting on tonight’s heated Democratic debate.
Dec 19, 2019 / The Nation
When It Comes to Veterans, Democrats Parrot the Right Wing’s Narrative When It Comes to Veterans, Democrats Parrot the Right Wing’s Narrative
The Republican playbook to undermine universal health care begins with their rhetorical attacks on the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Dec 19, 2019 / Suzanne Gordon and Jasper Craven
The Democratic Presidential Debate Must Address Poverty The Democratic Presidential Debate Must Address Poverty
For five debates, I’ve been waiting for just one question about American poverty. There have been zero.
Dec 19, 2019 / Alan Minsky