Live Chat: Watch the 9th Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’ Live Chat: Watch the 9th Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’
Our stellar cast of commentators is back again, analyzing and riffing on tonight’s heated Democratic debate.
Feb 19, 2020 / The Nation
Trump Is Unleashing Militarized Goon Squads Against Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities Trump Is Unleashing Militarized Goon Squads Against Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities
First, they came for the immigrants…
Feb 18, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Republicans Have Made It Clear They Will Let Trump Become a Dictator. Will We? Republicans Have Made It Clear They Will Let Trump Become a Dictator. Will We?
Freed from all accountability by the Senate, the realtor’s inner autocrat is on full display.
Feb 14, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
The Senate Rejects Outsourcing War Powers to Trump The Senate Rejects Outsourcing War Powers to Trump
Eight Republican senators join Democrats to declare that Trump has no authority to attack Iran without congressional approval.
Feb 14, 2020 / John Nichols
Against Despair: A Case for Optimism After the Impeachment Trial Against Despair: A Case for Optimism After the Impeachment Trial
There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.
Feb 14, 2020 / Anna Galland
Bill Barr Is Even Worse Than You Realize Bill Barr Is Even Worse Than You Realize
The attorney general is on a tear, shredding the rule of law, just as he threatened he would.
Feb 13, 2020 / Elie Mystal
What We Can Learn From the Iran/Contra Scandal What We Can Learn From the Iran/Contra Scandal
Leon Neyfakh, the host of the podcast Fiasco, tells The Nation that you can’t separate the policies from the people.
Feb 12, 2020 / Q&A / Emily Berch
Trump’s Budget: Making America God-Awful Again Trump’s Budget: Making America God-Awful Again
It would destroy what’s left of the social safety net and finish the hollowing out of America’s working and middle classes.
Feb 11, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
After His Acquittal, Trump Has Unleashed New Heights of Vindictiveness After His Acquittal, Trump Has Unleashed New Heights of Vindictiveness
And it’s revealing that he’s turned the entire GOP into a party of thugs.
Feb 11, 2020 / Joan Walsh
Rush Limbaugh and Bayard Rustin: A Tale of Two Countries Rush Limbaugh and Bayard Rustin: A Tale of Two Countries
These two Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients could not be more different. By awarding the right-wing radio host, Trump has sullied the medal’s reputation.
Feb 7, 2020 / Peter Dreier