Time for Democratic Deficit Hawks to Go the Way of the Dodo Time for Democratic Deficit Hawks to Go the Way of the Dodo
Try as they may, Democrats still can’t help being the party of deficit fetishism.
Aug 28, 2020 / Marshall Auerback
The F-Word: No Other Way to Describe Trump’s Fascism 2.0 The F-Word: No Other Way to Describe Trump’s Fascism 2.0
If Trump’s lengthy rap sheet of lies, threats, obstruction, and incitement doesn’t add up to fascism, then what would?
Aug 28, 2020 / Mark Green and Ralph Nader
Death Was the Theme of Both the RNC and the DNC Death Was the Theme of Both the RNC and the DNC
Both parties are responding to the fact that America is being shadowed by death in a way it hasn’t been since the great wars of the last century.
Aug 28, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Republicans Won’t Stop Screaming ‘Socialism’ Until Democrats Stop Cowering Republicans Won’t Stop Screaming ‘Socialism’ Until Democrats Stop Cowering
Democrats like Joe Biden have to learn to discuss the “S” word without getting defensive.
Aug 28, 2020 / John Nichols
America’s Holy War Comes to the RNC America’s Holy War Comes to the RNC
Biden’s religion of good works is battling Trump’s Christian nationalism.
Aug 27, 2020 / Jeet Heer
LIVE CHAT: Join Us for the Republican National Convention LIVE CHAT: Join Us for the Republican National Convention
Join Nation journalists Elie Mystal, Jeet Heer, Joan Walsh, John Nichols, and Katha Pollitt, and our editor D.D. Guttenplan tonight.
Aug 27, 2020 / The Nation
We Need to Talk About the GOP’s ‘Black Friends’ We Need to Talk About the GOP’s ‘Black Friends’
The Republican National Convention has been all about using Black people to convince white people it’s OK to vote for a bigot.
Aug 27, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Republicans Have Organized a Backlash Convention, and It’s Tearing This Country Apart Republicans Have Organized a Backlash Convention, and It’s Tearing This Country Apart
The shooting of two demonstrators in Kenosha, Wis., again draws attention to Trump’s apocalyptic rhetoric.
Aug 27, 2020 / John Nichols
The RNC’s Pitch to Black America Is Not Just Ridiculous—It’s Sick The RNC’s Pitch to Black America Is Not Just Ridiculous—It’s Sick
The GOP tries to peel off voters of color while Tucker Carlson calls for a race war.
Aug 26, 2020 / Jeet Heer