![Some day all this will be mine: Trump swears in Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Trump-w-RFK.jpeg)
Donald Trump Is Stealing the Kennedy Brand Donald Trump Is Stealing the Kennedy Brand
Does the Kennedy name stand for liberalism—or oligarchy?
Feb 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer
![Florida resident Ann Richter holds antisemitic flyers she found on her lawn.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Antisemitism-Example-gty.jpg)
Some Inconvenient Truths About Antisemitism and the Left Some Inconvenient Truths About Antisemitism and the Left
By ceding the space on antisemitism—responding when we are accused of it, but not taking up the fight against it as our cause—we’ve created a strategic opportunity for the right.
Feb 14, 2025 / Rachel Shabi
![Mass Deportations Aren’t Just Evil. They’re Also Terrible Economics.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Score-deportation.jpg)
Mass Deportations Aren’t Just Evil. They’re Also Terrible Economics. Mass Deportations Aren’t Just Evil. They’re Also Terrible Economics.
Immigrants don’t steal citizens’ jobs and wages. They grow the economy for all.
Feb 14, 2025 / Column / Bryce Covert
![Miriam Adelson courtside in Dallas Mavericks merchandise.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Miriam-Adelson-Mavericks-gty.jpg)
The Revolution Against Oligarchy Has to Start Somewhere—Why Not the Luka Doncic Trade? The Revolution Against Oligarchy Has to Start Somewhere—Why Not the Luka Doncic Trade?
We should support the nonviolent anger directed toward Miriam Adelson, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks. And not just because of her terrible basketball decisions.
Feb 13, 2025 / Dave Zirin
![Donald Trump stepping out onto a stage while holding a red MAGA hat.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/GettyImages-614884530-1.jpg)
Pay Less Attention to That Man in Front of the Curtain Pay Less Attention to That Man in Front of the Curtain
Musk’s machinations and Trump’s daily outrages are meant to be mesmerizing—and paralyzing. But there are plenty of ways to fight back effectively—starting with not panicking.
Feb 13, 2025 / Zephyr Teachout
![To Go Big Is to Keep It Simple](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/neitherpart.jpeg)
To Go Big Is to Keep It Simple To Go Big Is to Keep It Simple
Reinventing the Democrats as a working-class party.
Feb 13, 2025 / Thomas Geoghegan
![The Rev. Ryan Brown and Mary “Ma Mary” Hill show their signed union cards on September 2, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/amazon-organizing-union-vote.jpg)
How Amazon Is Taking Its Union-Busting to New Heights How Amazon Is Taking Its Union-Busting to New Heights
Organizers describe fear tactics, amped-up security, and daily town halls as workers vote on whether to unionize.
Feb 13, 2025 / Ella Fanger
![Pictured, from left to right: Zephyr Teachout, John Ganz, David Klion.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/columnists-headshots3.jpg)
The Nation Names New Columnists Zephyr Teachout, John Ganz, and David Klion "The Nation" Names New Columnists Zephyr Teachout, John Ganz, and David Klion
From crony capitalism to the culture wars, they will chronicle a new and tumultuous chapter in American democracy under a second Trump administration.
Feb 13, 2025
![A man protests Trump’s effort to strangle the Affordable Care Act in 2017.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Trumpcare-protest-getty.jpg)
The Battle to Protect Healthcare Will Define the Second Trump Era The Battle to Protect Healthcare Will Define the Second Trump Era
Behind the language of “spending offsets” lies a stark reality: over $3 trillion in cuts that would reshape Americans’ access to healthcare.
Feb 12, 2025 / Pat Dennis
![Why Elon Musk and the GOP Have the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau in Their Crosshairs](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/musk-yelling-getty.jpg)
Why Elon Musk and the GOP Have the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau in Their Crosshairs Why Elon Musk and the GOP Have the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau in Their Crosshairs
Republicans have long wanted to kill the CFPB. With Musk and Russell Vought, they may finally have their chance.
Feb 11, 2025 / Chris Lehmann