Elections

Women Will Decide

Vote! Vote!

Resist, persist, vote him out.

Oct 23, 2020 / OppArt / Kat Gooch-Breault, India Tresselt, and Dara Herman Zierlein

Dianne Feinstein Demonstrates Why Democratic Challenges to Democratic Incumbents Are Necessary

Dianne Feinstein Demonstrates Why Democratic Challenges to Democratic Incumbents Are Necessary Dianne Feinstein Demonstrates Why Democratic Challenges to Democratic Incumbents Are Necessary

The California senator’s praise for the disastrous Amy Coney Barrett confirmation process played into Republican hands.

Oct 23, 2020 / John Nichols

What Would Hell Be Like for Donald Trump?

What Would Hell Be Like for Donald Trump? What Would Hell Be Like for Donald Trump?

With the US presidential election around the corner, it’s appealing to imagine consigning Trump to literal Hell. 

Oct 23, 2020 / Ariel Dorfman

The ‘Dark Winter’ of Covid-19 Overshadows the Debate

The ‘Dark Winter’ of Covid-19 Overshadows the Debate The ‘Dark Winter’ of Covid-19 Overshadows the Debate

The contrast between the two presidential candidates was less stark, but the coming “dark winter” of Covid-19 makes debate performance irrelevant.

Oct 23, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Watch the Last 2020 Presidential Debate With ‘The Nation’

Watch the Last 2020 Presidential Debate With ‘The Nation’ Watch the Last 2020 Presidential Debate With ‘The Nation’

Join our correspondents as they cope with and try to make sense of tonight’s debate, because friends don’t let friends endure these things alone.

Oct 22, 2020 / The Nation

QAnon Is Becoming a Republican Dog Whistle

QAnon Is Becoming a Republican Dog Whistle QAnon Is Becoming a Republican Dog Whistle

Even some candidates who don’t openly support the conspiracy theory are using Q-related talking points to attack their Democratic challengers.

Oct 22, 2020 / Zoë Carpenter

We Need Joe Biden to Deliver the Knockout Trump Deserves Tonight

We Need Joe Biden to Deliver the Knockout Trump Deserves Tonight We Need Joe Biden to Deliver the Knockout Trump Deserves Tonight

This is the Democratic candidate’s chance to indict the president and the Republican senators who have allowed a pandemic to devastate America.

Oct 22, 2020 / John Nichols

Iowa Could Make Joe Biden President, and Give Him a Democratic Senate to Work With

Iowa Could Make Joe Biden President, and Give Him a Democratic Senate to Work With Iowa Could Make Joe Biden President, and Give Him a Democratic Senate to Work With

How the tide has turned in a state Trump won big in 2016.

Oct 21, 2020 / John Nichols

Trans rights activist Schuyler Bailar.

We Can’t See Young Progressive Voters as a Monolith We Can’t See Young Progressive Voters as a Monolith

Young people have diverse, complex demands for the future—and we should be taking them seriously.

Oct 21, 2020 / StudentNation / Petruce Jean-Charles and James Lepinsky

Joe Biden standing before a lectern

Earth to Biden: Stop Talking About Fracking Earth to Biden: Stop Talking About Fracking

Data for Progress polling shows that support for a fracking ban fell 16 points among Democrats after Biden and Harris opposed it in the debates.

Oct 21, 2020 / Julian Brave NoiseCat and Danielle Deiseroth

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