Rudy Giuliani Has Been Peddling Racist Political Tropes for More Than 3 Decades Rudy Giuliani Has Been Peddling Racist Political Tropes for More Than 3 Decades
David Dinkins campaigned for mayor of New York in 1989 as a longtime member of Democratic Socialists of America who had worked for decades on progressive causes and served as New Y…
Dec 9, 2020 / John Nichols
It’s Time to Ditch the Electoral College! It’s Time to Ditch the Electoral College!
Senator Elizabeth Warren may have said it best: “Call me old-fashioned, but I think the person who gets the most votes should win.” But under the Electoral College, some votes matt…
Nov 20, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
I Cast My Ballot on Election Day I Cast My Ballot on Election Day
My great grandmother Kitty Levake Adams had deep roots in rural southwestern Wisconsin. But after my great grandfather passed at the end of World War II, she moved up to Madison, w…
Nov 3, 2020 / John Nichols
Progressives Should Support Biden Now but Be Ready to Push Later Progressives Should Support Biden Now but Be Ready to Push Later
This year more than most election years, progressives are on tenterhooks. The anticipation is twofold: whether November 3 will mark a new chapter not just for the country but also…
Oct 27, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Angela Davis Makes the Case for Abolition as Opposed to Reform Angela Davis Makes the Case for Abolition as Opposed to Reform
Angela Davis has been arguing for decades that this country must rethink its approach to police violence and prisons in order to address economic, social, and racial injustice. Now…
Oct 20, 2020 / John Nichols
A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities
Here’s something you may not have known about The Nation: When we closed our office in New York City’s Garment District on March 17, we made every effort to make the transition to…
Oct 13, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan
Russ Feingold for Attorney General Russ Feingold for Attorney General
American Constitution Society president Russ Feingold has in recent days been raising some of the most pointed objections to the rush by President Trump and Senate majority leader…
Oct 6, 2020 / John Nichols
The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Only Highlighted the United States’ Longtime Child Care Crisis The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Only Highlighted the United States’ Longtime Child Care Crisis
Our economy cannot function without child care. That simple fact has been brought into stark relief by the pandemic, which has forced parents across the country to choose between s…
Oct 3, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
John Tester Is Living Proof that a Democrat in Conservative States Can Oppose Trump’s Court Picks John Tester Is Living Proof that a Democrat in Conservative States Can Oppose Trump’s Court Picks
In the fall of 2018, as the Senate weighed the controversial nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill a vacancy on the US Supreme Court, all eyes focused on a handful of Republi…
Sep 28, 2020 / John Nichols
Maintaining Hope and Effecting Change Maintaining Hope and Effecting Change
Over a decade ago, The Nation’s Katrina vanden Heuvel wrote, “It can be difficult, in these times, to maintain a sense of hope—as corruption, war, lies, and injustices large and sm…
Sep 15, 2020 / Caitlin Graf