Joe Biden Can Cancel Your Student Loan Debt Joe Biden Can Cancel Your Student Loan Debt
Legal experts, the Senate majority leader, and borrowers all agree that the president has the authority to cancel student loan debt. Why doesn’t Nancy Pelosi?
Aug 27, 2021 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Brendan Rooks
The Party of Lincoln Is Now the Party of Jim Crow The Party of Lincoln Is Now the Party of Jim Crow
Not a single House Republican voted for the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
Aug 26, 2021 / John Nichols
Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits Tax Billionaires’ Pandemic Profits
In one proposal, Democrats can fund the Biden agenda and fight back against widening inequality.
Aug 25, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Making Rahm Emanuel Ambassador to Japan Would Be a Sick Joke Making Rahm Emanuel Ambassador to Japan Would Be a Sick Joke
Nominating the foul-mouthed former Chicago mayor is an insult to Japan—and a clear indication that Black lives don’t really matter.
Aug 24, 2021 / Robert L. Borosage
Centrists Who Obstruct the Budget May “Sabotage” Democrats’ Agenda Centrists Who Obstruct the Budget May “Sabotage” Democrats’ Agenda
In a moment shaped by the pandemic, economic uncertainty, and the climate crisis, Ro Khanna says Democrats must unite behind a bold budget.
Aug 24, 2021 / John Nichols
The Centrist Who Taught the Left The Centrist Who Taught the Left
How Senator Harry Reid became the most influential mentor to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
Aug 24, 2021 / Feature / Eoin Higgins
Bernie Sanders’s Third Campaign Bernie Sanders’s Third Campaign
As chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Sanders’s big-government message has found its moment.
Aug 23, 2021 / Feature / John Nichols
Have Democrats Become the Party of the Rich? Have Democrats Become the Party of the Rich?
If you’re waiting for Democrats to talk as frankly about wealth as they do about race, don’t hold your breath.
Aug 20, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Cut Military Spending to Deliver Covid Vaccines to the World Cut Military Spending to Deliver Covid Vaccines to the World
The US cannot police the globe and should reject isolationist anti-refugee stances. Representative Mark Pocan proposes another path for American foreign policy.
Aug 20, 2021 / John Nichols
Can Making Politics Boring Save American Democracy? Can Making Politics Boring Save American Democracy?
The Democrats are betting that making politics seem normal will appeal to enough voters to overcome GOP voter suppression efforts.
Aug 20, 2021 / Ed Burmila