![A sign calling for volunteers hangs at the Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department on Friday, May 31, 2024, in Sheffield, Pennsylvania.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/rethinkingrural-1.jpg)
The Missing Pieces of the Democrats’ Rural Offer Could Fill a Barnyard The Missing Pieces of the Democrats’ Rural Offer Could Fill a Barnyard
Rural America looms large in the 2024 election. So why is it such a small piece of the Progressive Caucus agenda?
Aug 13, 2024 / Editorial / Anthony Flaccavento
![Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump holds an artwork of the assassination attempt, which he signed for the artist, during a campaign rally at the Georgia State University Convocation Center on August 3, in Atlanta.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/trump_rally_august3.jpg)
Why Donald Trump Can’t Let Go of Joe Biden Why Donald Trump Can’t Let Go of Joe Biden
The former president is caught in a nostalgia trap of his own making.
Aug 12, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Former US president Donald Trump greets US Senator and vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance as they attend their first campaign rally together.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2162204589-scaled.jpg)
Why JD Vance Is Unpopular and Project 2025 Has Gone Underground Why JD Vance Is Unpopular and Project 2025 Has Gone Underground
The Heritage Foundation’s attempt to produce an intellectual and wonkish Trumpism turns off voters.
Aug 9, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Alice Hu of the Summer of Heat campaign speaks to the camera as she is arrested at Citigroup's Manhattan headquarters on July 22, 2024, in a Stop the Money Pipeline video on Instagram.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/climate-activism.jpg)
Climate Justice Organizer to Citi CEO: “Talk Is Cheap” Climate Justice Organizer to Citi CEO: “Talk Is Cheap”
An interview with Alice Hu, one of the lead organizers of the “Summer of Heat” campaign targeting Wall Street fossil fuel financiers.
Aug 8, 2024 / Wen Stephenson
![Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Wagner-chinatown-getty.jpg)
Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World Our Buildings Were Built for a Different World
The climate crisis demands that we retrofit them—which won’t happen at scale until architects start seeing themselves as political actors.
Aug 7, 2024 / Column / Kate Wagner
![Cori Bush attends a news conference outside the US Capitol on May 8, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2151506604.jpg)
I’m a St. Louis Jew. Here’s Why I’m Backing Cori Bush. I’m a St. Louis Jew. Here’s Why I’m Backing Cori Bush.
If AIPAC and its donors defeat her, we won’t just be losing one of Palestine’s staunchest allies but also one of the climate movement’s most effective champions.
Aug 5, 2024 / Michael Berg
![One of the bridges over the Gowanus Canal.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Jacobs-Gowanus-getty.jpg)
The Transformation of Gowanus The Transformation of Gowanus
Can a Superfund site be remade into an experiment for equitable housing and eco-friendly development?
Jul 31, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Karrie Jacobs
![Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrates after claiming victory in the presidential election on at Miraflores Palace July 28, 2024, in Caracas. But the opposition leaders—and many observers—dispute his claim.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/maduroelection.jpg)
The Maduro Government Is Probably Stealing the Election in Venezuela The Maduro Government Is Probably Stealing the Election in Venezuela
But maintaining economic warfare by the US—including sanctions—only hurts the Venezuelan people.
Jul 30, 2024 / James North
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Eroding Indigenous Sovereignty Eroding Indigenous Sovereignty
Tribes seeking federal recognition so they can better address climate change face a catch-22 as climate change jeopardizes the documents they need for recognition.
Jul 30, 2024 / Comment / Ottavia Spaggiari
![The Eiffel Tower can be seen behind the Seine. The men’s triathlon at the Olympic Games in Paris has been postponed due to dirty water in the river.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/seine-paris-getty.jpg)
The Toll of the Olympics on the Environment The Toll of the Olympics on the Environment
Paris promised a green Olympic Games, but is that even possible?
Jul 30, 2024 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin