![The first atomic bomb test was conducted at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/nuclear-weapon-test-ap-img.jpg)
When Talking About the Climate Crisis, We Can’t Forget About Nuclear Weapons When Talking About the Climate Crisis, We Can’t Forget About Nuclear Weapons
Both are existential threats, but only one is getting the attention it deserves.
Oct 14, 2019 / Matt Korda
![Trump, Pompeo, and Pence](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Trump-Pompeo-Pence-AP-img.jpg)
In the Ukraine Scandal, Trump Won’t Be Taking the Fall Alone In the Ukraine Scandal, Trump Won’t Be Taking the Fall Alone
Administration stalwarts Mike Pence, Mick Mulvaney, William Barr, and Mike Pompeo are all implicated, too.
Oct 11, 2019 / Joan Walsh
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Debate Night Live Chat Debate Night Live Chat
Tonight you get to see what usually only Nation editors see on our Election 2020 chat: our writers’ instant reactions to the Democratic debate.
Oct 10, 2019 / The Nation
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Bernie Sanders Spoke Today About His Heart Attack—and His Purpose Bernie Sanders Spoke Today About His Heart Attack—and His Purpose
In poignant and powerful language, the senator is making the connection between his recent hospitalization and the fight for Medicare for All.
Oct 10, 2019 / John Nichols
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Elizabeth Warren Shows Us How to Fight a Smear Elizabeth Warren Shows Us How to Fight a Smear
But Democrats shouldn’t have to keep refuting garbage stories, especially sexist ones.
Oct 10, 2019 / Joan Walsh
![Why Is Cory Booker Still Running For President?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Booker-sweat_rtr_img.jpg)
Why Is Cory Booker Still Running For President? Why Is Cory Booker Still Running For President?
Down in the polls, ignored by the media, Booker refuses to quit.
Oct 8, 2019 / Feature / Gene Seymour
![The Wisconsin Senator Who Keeps Making Things Worse for Trump](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ron-johnson-meet-press-sg-img.jpg)
The Wisconsin Senator Who Keeps Making Things Worse for Trump The Wisconsin Senator Who Keeps Making Things Worse for Trump
Wild-eyed Senator Ron Johnson is desperate to help the president. Instead, he’s confirmed a lot of what the whistle-blower said—and made Biden look good.
Oct 7, 2019 / John Nichols
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Trump Is Still Riding Herd Over the GOP Trump Is Still Riding Herd Over the GOP
In a party of sheep, the incentive for lawmakers is to stick with Trump until the bitter end.
Oct 7, 2019 / Jeet Heer
![The ‘Public Option’ on Health Care Is a Poison Pill](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Robinson-public_option_ftr_img.jpg)
The ‘Public Option’ on Health Care Is a Poison Pill The ‘Public Option’ on Health Care Is a Poison Pill
Some Democratic candidates are pushing it as a free-choice version of Medicare for All. That’s good rhetoric but bad policy.
Oct 7, 2019 / Feature / David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler