![President Joe Biden and US Vice President Kamala Harris attend an event on gun violence in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 26, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2173780795.jpg)
Democrats Need to Fundamentally Rethink Everything Democrats Need to Fundamentally Rethink Everything
The lesson from 2024 is clear: If voters don’t see you as an agent of transformational change, they will turn to someone like Donald Trump.
Nov 7, 2024 / Waleed Shahid
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Trick or Treat? Trick or Treat?
What will the future hold for our country?
Nov 7, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper and Kim DeMarco
![President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his administration's Investing in America agenda at the Port of Baltimore on October 29, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/biden.jpg)
Executive Actions Biden Could Take Executive Actions Biden Could Take
Shoring up the guardrails Trump endangers.
Nov 7, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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It’s Going to Be All Right It’s Going to Be All Right
Midterms are coming up.
Nov 6, 2024 / OppArt / Steve Brodner
![An election worker raises a flag while assisting voters at a polling station Las Vegas, Nevada, on Election Day, November 5, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/GettyImages-2182415974.jpeg)
Economic Anxieties Reigned Supreme in Western States Economic Anxieties Reigned Supreme in Western States
This is not the column I thought I would be writing this week.
Nov 6, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky
![Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer attends the annual Alfred E. Smith Foundation Dinner at the New York Hilton Midtown on October 17, 2024, in New York City.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/chuck-schumer-dinner.jpg)
Chuck Schumer Should Resign Chuck Schumer Should Resign
Democrats never learned the lessons of Trump's successes on tariffs and trade. Now the party's leaders must take responsibility for their failure to embrace economic populism.
Nov 6, 2024 / Zephyr Teachout
![Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks with former representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) at a town hall at the Royal Oak Music Theatre on October 21, 2024, in Royal Oak, Michigan.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/harris-cheney-getty.jpg)
This Time We Have to Hold the Democratic Party Elite Responsible for This Catastrophe This Time We Have to Hold the Democratic Party Elite Responsible for This Catastrophe
Trump won because the opposition party is committed to ancien régime restoration in a country that desperately wants change.
Nov 6, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Elon Musk, Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump and his running mate, Senator JD Vance, talk to reporters back stage during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds on October 5, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Musk-Trump-Vance-gettyjpg.jpg)
JD Vance Is the Future of MAGA JD Vance Is the Future of MAGA
Even before votes were cast, the mantle of election denial passed from Donald Trump to to his running mate.
Nov 6, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
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Pennsylvania’s Undecided Voters Might Swing This Election Pennsylvania’s Undecided Voters Might Swing This Election
In an election in which polls have recorded a swing-state dead heat between Harris and Trump, even a tiny number might be enough to tilt the final result.
Nov 5, 2024 / Bob Dreyfuss