Campaigns and Elections

Activists for and against trans rights protest outside the Supreme Court Building before the start of the United States v. Skrmetti case on December 4, 2024.

Trans Medicine’s “Merchants of Doubt” Trans Medicine’s “Merchants of Doubt”

There is plenty of uncertainty involved in gender-affirming care—as in most aspects of medicine. But the groups behind the Tennessee ban aren’t driven by science—or patient care.

Dec 4, 2024 / Joanna Wuest

Former US president Donald Trump during a campaign event at Alro Steel in Potterville, Michigan, on August 29, 2024.

Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever Donald Trump’s Second Administration Will Be As Women-Hating as Ever

"Your body, my choice" is only the beginning.

Dec 4, 2024 / Rebecca Gordon

Takes one to know one: Sammy “the Bull” Gravano, former underboss of the Gambino crime family, who confessed to 19 murders when he testified against his boss, John Gotti, is a fan of President-elect Trump.

Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters

Who is being naïve now?

Dec 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Anthropocene Matrix

Anthropocene Matrix Anthropocene Matrix

Bro-bots.

Dec 2, 2024 / Steve Brodner

The Clock Is Ticking

The Clock Is Ticking The Clock Is Ticking

For a cruel new America.

Dec 2, 2024 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

Dr. James Zogby participates in a panel discussion about the Muslim experience in America at the Washington National Cathedral on October 23, 2012, in Washington, DC.

Why I’m Running for Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee Why I’m Running for Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee

Party building begins from the bottom up. But in the fight to make the DNC more accountable, and to get dark money out of Democratic primaries, who is in office also matters.

Dec 2, 2024 / James Zogby

The “Existential Threat” Facing Ohio’s Public School System

The “Existential Threat” Facing Ohio’s Public School System The “Existential Threat” Facing Ohio’s Public School System

A lawsuit challenging the EdChoice voucher program was filed by a coalition of over 130 school districts across the state and is scheduled to go to trial next year.

Dec 2, 2024 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope

A 150-Year Critique of the Electoral College

A 150-Year Critique of the Electoral College A 150-Year Critique of the Electoral College

As far back as the 1870s, The Nation opposed the existence of the Electoral College as "so grotesque as to be almost ludicrous.”

Nov 28, 2024 / Richard Kreitner

“What, we worry?

The Democrats Will Keep Losing Until They Solve Their Plutocracy Problem The Democrats Will Keep Losing Until They Solve Their Plutocracy Problem

The party’s habitual deference to big donors makes it impossible to effectively oppose Trumpism.

Nov 28, 2024 / Column / Jeet Heer

Liz Cheney, former US representative and daughter of Dick Cheney, greets Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris during a rally at Ripon College on October 3, 2024, in Ripon, Wisconsin.

The Democrats Disregarded Poor and Low-Income Voters—to Their Peril The Democrats Disregarded Poor and Low-Income Voters—to Their Peril

Poverty is clearly anything but a marginal experience—and yet, as in the last election, it’s repeatedly minimalized and dismissed in our nation’s politics.

Nov 27, 2024 / Shailly Gupta Barnes and Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

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