Young Socialists Are Sick of the 2-Party System Young Socialists Are Sick of the 2-Party System
YDSA, the youth section of the largest socialist organization in the country, is tired of working within the Democratic Party. Can they create an alternative?
Oct 25, 2022 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
Is Gen X a Bunch of Trumpers? Maybe That’s the Wrong Question. Is Gen X a Bunch of Trumpers? Maybe That’s the Wrong Question.
Amid the hoopla over polls suggesting the slacker generation is tilting right, it’s worth pausing to ask who we mean by "Gen X."
Oct 25, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Donald Trump Cursed the GOP With a Clown Car of Senate Candidates Donald Trump Cursed the GOP With a Clown Car of Senate Candidates
Trump’s celebrity picks are turning out to be absurdly inept contenders.
Oct 25, 2022 / John Nichols
Biden Needs to Stop Boasting About the Economy Biden Needs to Stop Boasting About the Economy
Pollster Stanley Greenberg is the Cassandra warning of Democratic Party complacency.
Oct 24, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Trans People’s Rights Are on the Ballot, but Many Won’t Be Able to Vote Trans People’s Rights Are on the Ballot, but Many Won’t Be Able to Vote
Over 850,000 trans Americans are eligible to vote in the midterms. But strict voter ID laws, less mail-in voting, and other barriers will make it more difficult.
Oct 24, 2022 / StudentNation / Theia Chatelle
Democrats Need to Warn Against a Truss Economy Democrats Need to Warn Against a Truss Economy
The decline and fall of the UK prime minister and Conservative Party leader is a real-world case study for a Republican economic program in the US.
Oct 24, 2022 / Chris Lehmann
Leaderless, Rudderless Britain Is at the Mercy of Desperate Conservatives Leaderless, Rudderless Britain Is at the Mercy of Desperate Conservatives
Liz Truss was a hopeless, incompetent leader. But the temptation of a return to the discredited certainties of free-market dogma proved impossible for her party to resist.
Oct 21, 2022 / Gary Younge
Without an Economic Message, Democrats Will Never Close the Deal Without an Economic Message, Democrats Will Never Close the Deal
Abortion and extremism have made the midterms a neck-and-neck race—but the party is still missing an economic message.
Oct 21, 2022 / Jeet Heer for The Nation
Who’s Behind the Racist Campaign Ads in Arizona? Who’s Behind the Racist Campaign Ads in Arizona?
An organization affiliated with former Trump adviser Stephen Miller is funding anti-immigrant attack ads airing in Western states.
Oct 21, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky