Political Figures

Jesse Jackson campaigning

The End of the Campaign Is Not the End of the Movement The End of the Campaign Is Not the End of the Movement

What Sanders and Warren supporters can learn from the long tail of Jesse Jackson’s presidential runs.

Apr 28, 2020 / Steve Phillips

Tom Tomorrow cartoon 4/28/20

Yup, Trump Endorses Bleach Yup, Trump Endorses Bleach

Just when you think Trump’s handling of the coronavirus couldn’t get worse, he surprises us.

Apr 28, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

Bigger Than Bernie

Bigger Than Bernie Bigger Than Bernie

Sanders won’t let the people who power the movement he started waste their votes.

Apr 23, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage

Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Representative Jamie Raskin

Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Representative Jamie Raskin Conversations With ‘The Nation’: Representative Jamie Raskin

The Maryland representative and Nation editorial director/publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel and national affairs correspondent John Nichols for our weekly virtual series.

Apr 22, 2020 / The Nation

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Right to Get Our Hair Cut The Right to Get Our Hair Cut

Give me liberty or give me death by dry cleaning pickup.

Apr 21, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow

A Brief History of the Cuomo–de Blasio Feud

A Brief History of the Cuomo–de Blasio Feud A Brief History of the Cuomo–de Blasio Feud

The bad blood between New York City’s mayor and the state’s governor over how to handle the pandemic is the latest chapter in their years-long rivalry.

Apr 17, 2020 / Ross Barkan

None of Us Knows How to Pivot Between Crises, and Online Agitation Doesn’t Feel like Enough

None of Us Knows How to Pivot Between Crises, and Online Agitation Doesn’t Feel like Enough None of Us Knows How to Pivot Between Crises, and Online Agitation Doesn’t Feel like Enough

Scenes from a pandemic: 3

Apr 15, 2020 / Tristan Call

Man wearing mask

No, Italy Is Not the Case Against Medicare for All No, Italy Is Not the Case Against Medicare for All

The Americanization of Italian health care plays a part in the country’s disastrous coronavirus outbreak.

Apr 14, 2020 / Vale Disamistade

The Calvary Cemetery

Undercounting Covid-19 Deaths Is a Deadly Mistake Undercounting Covid-19 Deaths Is a Deadly Mistake

Keeping the toll of Covid-19 deaths artificially low makes it easier for Trump to push for a premature end to the lockdown.

Apr 13, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Bernie Sanders rally

Joe Biden, Here’s How to Earn Our Support Joe Biden, Here’s How to Earn Our Support

The presumptive Democratic nominee says he understands “the urgency of this moment.” Young people need him to prove he means it.

Apr 10, 2020 / Waleed Shahid

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