![Donald Trump walks onstage for a campaign rally on October 12, 2024, in Coachella, California.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/trump-california-getty.jpg)
Blue States Will Not Be Safe in Our Corrupt, Clownish, Authoritarian Future Blue States Will Not Be Safe in Our Corrupt, Clownish, Authoritarian Future
The Trump administration will seek vengeance against any state that tries to resist the spread of crony capitalism.
Dec 3, 2024 / Column / Sasha Abramsky
![Takes one to know one: Sammy “the Bull” Gravano, former underboss of the Gambino crime family, who confessed to 19 murders when he testified against his boss, John Gotti, is a fan of President-elect Trump.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SammyGravanoGetty.jpg)
Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters Donald Trump’s Government of Gangsters
Who is being naïve now?
Dec 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![The Clock Is Ticking](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1440_FEAT.jpg)
The Clock Is Ticking The Clock Is Ticking
For a cruel new America.
Dec 2, 2024 / OppArt / Judy Polstra
![Dr. James Zogby participates in a panel discussion about the Muslim experience in America at the Washington National Cathedral on October 23, 2012, in Washington, DC.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/james-zogby-getty.jpg)
Why I’m Running for Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee Why I’m Running for Vice-Chair of the Democratic National Committee
Party building begins from the bottom up. But in the fight to make the DNC more accountable, and to get dark money out of Democratic primaries, who is in office also matters.
Dec 2, 2024 / James Zogby
![The “Existential Threat” Facing Ohio’s Public School System](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Classroom.jpg)
The “Existential Threat” Facing Ohio’s Public School System The “Existential Threat” Facing Ohio’s Public School System
A lawsuit challenging the EdChoice voucher program was filed by a coalition of over 130 school districts across the state and is scheduled to go to trial next year.
Dec 2, 2024 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
![Healing USA](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1440_FEAT-16.jpg)
Healing USA Healing USA
Honoring BIPOC should be as American as Thanksgiving.
Nov 29, 2024 / OppArt / Airco Caravan
![“What, we worry?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/airforce2.jpg)
The Democrats Will Keep Losing Until They Solve Their Plutocracy Problem The Democrats Will Keep Losing Until They Solve Their Plutocracy Problem
The party’s habitual deference to big donors makes it impossible to effectively oppose Trumpism.
![President Joe Biden, John Zimmerman, chairman of the National Turkey Federation, and his son Grant, 9, talk after Biden pardoned two turkeys, Peach and Blossom, during the National Thanksgiving Turkey Pardoning on the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, November 25, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2186020952.jpeg)
Biden Should Use His Pardon Power for More Than Just Turkeys Biden Should Use His Pardon Power for More Than Just Turkeys
More than 65 members of Congress have asked Biden to use his clemency power to “address long-standing injustices in our legal system.”
Nov 28, 2024 / John Nichols
![Forgotten Recent History](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/1440_FEAT-15.jpg)
Forgotten Recent History Forgotten Recent History
Igniting resentment, exploding war.
Nov 27, 2024 / OppArt / Seth Tobocman