![The pure products of America: Roy Cohn and Donald Trump at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, DC, on March 20, 1983.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trumpcohn.jpg)
Donald Trump Is the Authentic American Berserk Donald Trump Is the Authentic American Berserk
Far from being an alien interloper, the incoming president draws from homegrown authoritarianism.
Dec 13, 2024 / Jeet Heer
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American Carnage? American Carnage?
Trump promises a Project 2025 future.
Dec 13, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
![People hold signs outside the US Supreme Court Building on December 4, 2024, in Washington, DC, during oral arguments on whether states can ban certain medical treatments for young people.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2187623210.jpg)
Banning Trans Health Care Puts Young People at Risk of Harm Banning Trans Health Care Puts Young People at Risk of Harm
Contrary to what conservative lawmakers argue, the Supreme Court will increase risks by upholding state bans on gender-affirming care.
Dec 13, 2024 / Aziza Ahmed and Joanna Wuest
![If Democrats Want to Reconnect With the Working Class, They Need to Start Listening to Unions](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2166797535.jpg)
If Democrats Want to Reconnect With the Working Class, They Need to Start Listening to Unions If Democrats Want to Reconnect With the Working Class, They Need to Start Listening to Unions
The Democrats blew it with non-union workers in the 2024 election. Unions have a plan to get the party on message.
Dec 13, 2024 / John Nichols
![What Was the Biggest Factor in Kamala Harris’s Defeat?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-2182629592.jpg)
What Was the Biggest Factor in Kamala Harris’s Defeat? What Was the Biggest Factor in Kamala Harris’s Defeat?
As progressives continue to debate the reasons for Harris's loss—it was the economy! it was the bigotry!—Isabella Weber and Elie Mystal duke out their opposing positions.
Dec 13, 2024 / The Debate / Isabella M. Weber and Elie Mystal
![Will the president use his remaining time in office to make good on his promise? He still can—if he wants to.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/bidenstudentdebt.jpg)
It’s Still Not Too Late for Biden to Deliver Debt Relief It’s Still Not Too Late for Biden to Deliver Debt Relief
Four years after hearing the president promise bold action on student debt, most borrowers are still no better off, and many—especially defrauded debtors—are measurably worse off....
Dec 13, 2024 / Astra Taylor
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Yale Students Voted to Divest, but What’s Next is Unclear Yale Students Voted to Divest, but What’s Next is Unclear
The referendum calls on the school to divest its $41 billion endowment from military weapons manufacturing firms, yet the power to do so is in the hands of the board of trustees.
Dec 13, 2024 / StudentNation / Maggie Grether
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Prison Journalism Is Having a Renaissance. Rahsaan Thomas Is One of Its Champions. Prison Journalism Is Having a Renaissance. Rahsaan Thomas Is One of Its Champions.
Thomas and his colleagues at Empowerment Avenue are subverting the established narrative that prisoners are only subjects or sources, never authors of their own experience.
Dec 13, 2024 / Piper French
![It’s Been a Tough Year. Let’s Help Each Other Out.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-186820440.jpeg)
It’s Been a Tough Year. Let’s Help Each Other Out. It’s Been a Tough Year. Let’s Help Each Other Out.
There may be a dark shadow hanging over this year’s holiday season, but there are still ways to give to those in need.
Dec 13, 2024 / Column / Katha Pollitt