![The MAGA Congress—and Its New BFFs (Best Fascist Friends)](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/mtg-gala-AP.jpg)
The MAGA Congress—and Its New BFFs (Best Fascist Friends) The MAGA Congress—and Its New BFFs (Best Fascist Friends)
No signs of moderation at the recent New York gala of the Republican far right.
Dec 16, 2022 / Jeet Heer
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When It Comes to Crime, the Left Has a Messaging Problem When It Comes to Crime, the Left Has a Messaging Problem
Progressives must do a better job speaking to people’s fears and presenting an affirmative case for our workable, effective policies on public safety.
Dec 16, 2022 / Jumaane D. Williams
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Drag Queens Were Targeted by the Proud Boys. Whom Did the Police Support? Drag Queens Were Targeted by the Proud Boys. Whom Did the Police Support?
Telegram messages from the Columbus Proud Boys suggest that defenders of the extremist hate group exist within the local police department.
Dec 16, 2022 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope
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’Tis the Season to Talk About Student Debt Cancellation ’Tis the Season to Talk About Student Debt Cancellation
If your family has questions about Biden’s student loan debt relief over the holidays, here’s how you can respond.
Dec 15, 2022 / StudentNation / Ian Franza and Sean Tonra
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Will Biden Shut Down Guantánamo? Will Biden Shut Down Guantánamo?
After 7,627 nightmarish days of torture, cruel treatment, legal limbo, and injustice, it’s time for Biden to make good on his word: Shut it down.
Dec 14, 2022 / Karen J. Greenberg
![Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Law-aging_in_prison-ftr.jpg)
Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars. Democrats Got Tough on Crime. Now There’s a Crisis of Aging Behind Bars.
California and New York legislators are trying to undo the damage caused since the 1994 Crime Bill. But elder parole isn’t working as hoped.
Dec 14, 2022 / Feature / Victoria Law
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“I Walk Into a Room and I Make People Cry”: 10 Years After Sandy Hook “I Walk Into a Room and I Make People Cry”: 10 Years After Sandy Hook
Joan Walsh spoke with Nelba Márquez-Greene, mother of slain student Ana, about the extraordinary depths of grief, love, and bravery Sandy Hook families have summoned in the decade ...
Dec 13, 2022 / Q&A / Joan Walsh
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If Merrick Garland Had the Courage of His Convictions… If Merrick Garland Had the Courage of His Convictions…
Donald Trump would already be on his way to prison.
Dec 9, 2022 / Ben Gerson
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Herschel Walker and the Failure of the GOP’s Diversity Pitch Herschel Walker and the Failure of the GOP’s Diversity Pitch
The Georgia runoff result proves that insulting tokenism is not the same as outreach.
Dec 9, 2022 / Jeet Heer
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Democrats Dodged a Bullet in the Midterms, but the Culture War Is Far From Won Democrats Dodged a Bullet in the Midterms, but the Culture War Is Far From Won
A functioning democracy requires the consent, if not the votes, of a good deal more than half the country.
Dec 9, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich