![Howard Lutnick, chairman and chief executive officer of Cantor Fitzgerald LP (left) and Elon Musk during a campaign event with Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden on October 27, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/maga-msg-getty.jpg)
20,000 Out-of-Towners Fill Madison Square Garden for Trump 20,000 Out-of-Towners Fill Madison Square Garden for Trump
Calling Trump and his supporters Nazis misses the genuine danger the fake billionaire and his authentically plutocratic friends pose to our republic.
Oct 28, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan
![Meteorologist John Morales chokes up as he warns viewers in Florida about the danger of Hurricane Milton on October 7, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Image-10-28-24-at-12.35 PM.jpg)
How Weathercasters Became the Newest Targets of Conspiracy Theorists How Weathercasters Became the Newest Targets of Conspiracy Theorists
Weather forecasters used to be some of the most trusted people in the news business. Then they began speaking openly about climate change.
Oct 28, 2024 / Mark Hertsgaard
![Elon Musk (L) shakes hands with Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump backstage 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/musktrump-1.jpg)
Donald Trump’s Billionaire Boys Club Donald Trump’s Billionaire Boys Club
Even some actual billionaires are happy to betray democracy for Trump’s favors—and fear and greed help keep the rest in line.
Oct 28, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Former first lady Michelle Obama at a podium, speaking and holding up her hand in a gesture.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/michelle-obama-michigan-gt-img.jpg)
Michelle Obama Is Finally Ready to “Go Low” Against Donald Trump Michelle Obama Is Finally Ready to “Go Low” Against Donald Trump
The former first lady’s incandescent speech on Saturday night in Michigan centered women’s bodies and excoriated the man who gropes but won’t protect them.
Oct 28, 2024 / Joan Walsh
![Signs lie in the grass during a rally celebrating National School Choice Week.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/School-Choice-2024-Election.jpg)
These 3 States Could Use Millions in Public School Funding for Private Schools These 3 States Could Use Millions in Public School Funding for Private Schools
In Colorado, Kentucky, and Nebraska, referendums on “school choice” are on the ballot in the 2024 election.
Oct 28, 2024 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp
![A black-and-white photo of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on TV, speaking at a microphone.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/martin-luther-king-riverside-church-gt-img.jpg)
Who Is the Best Candidate to Support Our Democracy and Constitutional Right to Protest? Who Is the Best Candidate to Support Our Democracy and Constitutional Right to Protest?
If Kamala Harris is elected, we can continue to pressure her to end the war on Gaza. The other option for president, Donald Trump, is a threat to our right to protest.
Oct 28, 2024 / Rev. Dr. Bernice King
![Canary in a Coal Mine](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1440_FEAT-21.jpg)
Canary in a Coal Mine Canary in a Coal Mine
Ignore floods, hurricanes, wild fires! There are profits to be made!
Oct 25, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper
![Who’s the daddy? Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/GettyImages-2162353625-1.jpg)
Tucker Carlson’s Weird Spanking Fantasy Is Designed to Stir Up MAGA Misogyny Tucker Carlson’s Weird Spanking Fantasy Is Designed to Stir Up MAGA Misogyny
By extolling Trump as “Daddy” meting out corporal punishment, the disgraced TV host is pitching authoritarian patriarchy.
Oct 25, 2024 / Jeet Heer