Election 2024

If Less Than 115,000 Votes Had Switched in Three Battleground States, Harris Would Have Beaten Trump

If Less Than 115,000 Votes Had Switched in Three Battleground States, Harris Would Have Beaten Trump If Less Than 115,000 Votes Had Switched in Three Battleground States, Harris Would Have Beaten Trump

The Electoral College's count Tuesday confirms that Trump fell dramatically short of a "massive mandate."

Dec 20, 2024 / John Nichols

Former US president Donald Trump during a campaign event at Alro Steel in Potterville, Michigan, on August 29, 2024.

Not All Liberals Hate Trump Not All Liberals Hate Trump

From China and the Middle East to immigration, all too many liberals have already moved inexorably rightward. Count on them to quietly support some of Trump’s policies.

Dec 19, 2024 / John Feffer

Donald Trump dances after speaking during the FOX Nation's Patriot Awards at the Tilles Center on December 05, 2024 in Greenvale, New York.

Trump Does Not Have a Mandate Trump Does Not Have a Mandate

He didn't win a majority of the popular vote, and the idea that America has gone full MAGA is outlandish.

Dec 18, 2024 / John Nichols for The Nation

Not the last laugh: By spending so much time campaigning with Liz Cheney, Harris allowed Trump to have the anti-system lane all to himself.

The Difference That Matters Most Isn’t Between Left and Right The Difference That Matters Most Isn’t Between Left and Right

But between candidates who are defenders of the system and those who are anti-system. Democrats lost because they allowed Trump to be the only voice of antiestablishment rage.

Dec 18, 2024 / Column / Jeet Heer

Good Neighbor Policy: Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro chat during an exposition game between the Cuban national team and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Havana on March 22, 2016.

Biden’s Legacy on Cuba Biden’s Legacy on Cuba

On the 10th anniversary of Obama’s opening, the outgoing president should take immediate action because it is good for the US, good for the Cuban people—and the right thing to do....

Dec 17, 2024 / Peter Kornbluh

The new face of the resistance? Outgoing Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.

It Would Be Idiotic to Make Mitch McConnell the Face of Anti-Trump Resistance It Would Be Idiotic to Make Mitch McConnell the Face of Anti-Trump Resistance

Countering imaginary isolationism, the outgoing Senate Republican leader advocates a return to Cold War militarism.

Dec 17, 2024 / Jeet Heer

How America Invented the Red State

How America Invented the Red State How America Invented the Red State

According to conventional wisdom, the last quarter century of elections has proved that most of the country leans conservative. It all started with a map.

Dec 17, 2024 / Feature / Tarence Ray

In the foreground, a Black woman at a voting booth; in the background, a white man at a voting booth.

This Election, Black Women Showed How Much They Love This Country. Will It Ever Love Them Back? This Election, Black Women Showed How Much They Love This Country. Will It Ever Love Them Back?

We overwhelmingly cast our votes for the unfinished dream of democracy. Guess we’re mostly alone in that commitment.

Dec 17, 2024 / Column / Kali Holloway

Partners for peace? Trump meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June 2019. Instead of attacking Trump’s diplomatic initiatives as “weak,” Democrats should support negotiations.

Progressives Can’t Afford to Spend the Next 4 Years Just Playing Defense Progressives Can’t Afford to Spend the Next 4 Years Just Playing Defense

Or reflexively denouncing every Trump policy. While we mustn’t underestimate the danger he poses to our democracy, when he says he wants to end war, the left should call his bluff...

Dec 17, 2024 / Matthew Duss

Democratic political consultant David Plouffe

The Dead Hand of the Democratic Consultant Class The Dead Hand of the Democratic Consultant Class

Breaking the grip of grifters who refuse to learn or leave won’t be easy. But it is essential to effectively opposing the coming plutocracy.

Dec 17, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

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