![The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/democrats-pipefitters-local-getty.jpg)
The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself. The US Is a Civic Desert. To Survive, the Democratic Party Needs to Transform Itself.
The party should jettison its consultant class and move toward a local-membership model that would help to rejuvenate civic life across the country.
Nov 11, 2024 / Pete Davis
![Here in Iowa, the Fight Goes On](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/iowa-map-getty.jpg)
Here in Iowa, the Fight Goes On Here in Iowa, the Fight Goes On
In Johnson County, a record-breaking 87,012 people voted on Tuesday. Democrat Christina Bohannan beat the Republican incumbent by over 35,000 votes—just 800 shy of what she needed...
Nov 11, 2024 / Dave Leshtz
![New York City Mayor Eric Adams voting in Brooklyn.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/New-York-Ballot-Proposals-Eric-Adams.jpg)
New York Passed Proposals Establishing Equality—and Greater Mayoral Control New York Passed Proposals Establishing Equality—and Greater Mayoral Control
Voters approved five of the six initiatives on the 2024 ballot, enshrining abortion rights into the state Constitution and giving Eric Adams more power in NYC.
Nov 11, 2024 / StudentNation / Nikole Rajgor and Alex Augenbraun
![Democrats “Lose When They Fail to Prioritize a Strong, Working-Class Message”](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2181049787.jpg)
Democrats “Lose When They Fail to Prioritize a Strong, Working-Class Message” Democrats “Lose When They Fail to Prioritize a Strong, Working-Class Message”
Painters union President Jimmy Williams Jr. says “working people deserve a party that... places their issues front and center.”
Nov 8, 2024 / John Nichols
![Reshaping the Direction of the USA](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1440_FEAT-2.jpg)
Reshaping the Direction of the USA Reshaping the Direction of the USA
Trump and Project 2025.
Nov 8, 2024 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer
![A same-sex marriage supporter waves a Pride flag in front of the US Supreme Court Building.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Marriage-Equality-Ballot-Proposals-2024-Election.jpg)
Will More States Try to Protect Marriage Equality With Trump Back in Office? Will More States Try to Protect Marriage Equality With Trump Back in Office?
Voters in California, Colorado, and Hawaii approved ballot proposals in 2024 to protect same-sex marriage rights over fears that the Supreme Court could overturn Obergefell v. Hod...
Nov 8, 2024 / StudentNation / Liam Beran
![President Joe Biden and US Vice President Kamala Harris attend an event on gun violence in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 26, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173780795.jpg)
Democrats Need to Fundamentally Rethink Everything Democrats Need to Fundamentally Rethink Everything
The lesson from 2024 is clear: If voters don’t see you as an agent of transformational change, they will turn to someone like Donald Trump.
Nov 7, 2024 / Waleed Shahid
![Trick or Treat?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1440_FEAT-1.jpg)
Trick or Treat? Trick or Treat?
What will the future hold for our country?
Nov 7, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Kim DeMarco
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his administration's Investing in America agenda at the Port of Baltimore on October 29, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/biden.jpg)
Executive Actions Biden Could Take Executive Actions Biden Could Take
Shoring up the guardrails Trump endangers.
Nov 7, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel