![Kamala Steps Up…](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1440_FEAT-5.jpg)
Kamala Steps Up… Kamala Steps Up…
And Tim Walz joins her!
Aug 8, 2024 / OppArt / Jody Hewgill and Josh Gosfield
![A Vibe Shift Won’t Save Gaza](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/harris-netanyahu-israel-us-getty.jpg)
A Vibe Shift Won’t Save Gaza A Vibe Shift Won’t Save Gaza
Kamala Harris must move from words to deeds to stop Israel’s war crimes.
Aug 8, 2024 / Comment / Jack Mirkinson
![Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro speaks at a rally for Kamala Harris and new vice presidential candidate Tim Walz in Philadelphia on August 6, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2165120328.jpg)
No, Josh Shapiro Wasn’t Snubbed for VP Because He's Jewish No, Josh Shapiro Wasn’t Snubbed for VP Because He's Jewish
Republicans and some journalists are pushing the cynical and false narrative that antisemitism doomed Shapiro's candidacy.
Aug 8, 2024 / Emily Tamkin
![Republican vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance speaks at a campaign event in Shelby Township, Michigan.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/vance-rally-ap-img.jpg)
JD Vance Is on a Stalker Tour of Swing States JD Vance Is on a Stalker Tour of Swing States
Following Kamala Harris and Tim Walz on the campaign trail, Vance just reinforces the notion: He’s creepy.
Aug 7, 2024 / Joan Walsh
![Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during a campaign event at the Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia on August 6, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/walz-harris-philadelphia-rally-getty.jpg)
Harris and Walz Kick Off Their Sprint to the White House With a Celebration of Philadelphia Freedom Harris and Walz Kick Off Their Sprint to the White House With a Celebration of Philadelphia Freedom
Democrats are going to have to cope with an unfamiliar emotion: hope.
Aug 7, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan
![Representative Cori Bush during a news conference with students from George Washington University outside the US Capitol on May 8.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2151539640.jpeg)
Cori Bush May Have Lost an Election, but She Won the Moral High Ground Cori Bush May Have Lost an Election, but She Won the Moral High Ground
The Missouri Democrat was among the first to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and there can be no disputing that she stood on the right side of history.
Aug 7, 2024 / John Nichols
![Minnesota Governor Tim Walz talked with Representative Tom Emmer at the Farmfest agricultural forum on August 2, 2023, in Morgan, Minnesota.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/walz-camo-hat-getty.jpg)
Kamala Harris and the Cool Dad Next Door Kamala Harris and the Cool Dad Next Door
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz rounds out the Democratic ticket. Can he keep up his affable persona as tensions rise in the Middle East?
Aug 7, 2024 / Alyssa Oursler
![Tim Walz at an event in New Hope, Minnesota, on July 23, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2165549386.jpg)
Why Walz Won Why Walz Won
Kamala Harris set up a virtual primary for her VP contenders—and Tim Walz excited voters like nobody else.
Aug 6, 2024 / John Nichols
![In 2006, Tim Walz, a former high school teacher, spoke to a Minnesota teachers’ group when campaigning for Congress.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/tim-walz-teachers-gt-img.jpg)
A Former Student Recalls Tim Walz’s Kindness A Former Student Recalls Tim Walz’s Kindness
“I was a C student, better in some classes, worse in others, and he didn’t leave out lesser-performing students.”
Aug 6, 2024 / Joan Walsh
![Minnesota Governor Tim Walz](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/AP818251060605.jpeg)
Tim Walz Brings the Democratic Ticket Back to the Party’s Roots Tim Walz Brings the Democratic Ticket Back to the Party’s Roots
Vice President Harris’s running mate is a heartland governor who has championed Minnesota’s working class. It’s a departure from the party’s long slide toward Beltway elitism.
Aug 6, 2024 / Chris Lehmann