Live Chat: Watch the 7th Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’ Live Chat: Watch the 7th Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’
Our stellar cast of blogging heads is back again, analyzing and commenting on tonight’s heated Democratic debate.
Jan 14, 2020 / The Nation
The Real Argument Between Warren and Sanders Is About How to Win the Election The Real Argument Between Warren and Sanders Is About How to Win the Election
Friction between the two candidates highlights a divide over the best strategy to defeat Trump.
Jan 13, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Dream Running Mate’ Is Teddy Roosevelt Elizabeth Warren’s ‘Dream Running Mate’ Is Teddy Roosevelt
But she might want to take a closer look at some of the early 20th century president’s policies that run counter to the message and spirit of her campaign.
Jan 10, 2020 / Jerome Karabel
Elizabeth Warren Has Made Disability Rights Central to Her Campaign Elizabeth Warren Has Made Disability Rights Central to Her Campaign
The candidate’s engagement with #CripTheVote is a sign that disability politics has finally gone mainstream.
Jan 10, 2020 / Sara Luterman
What Is ‘National Doom’? In Taiwan, It Depends on Whom You Ask What Is ‘National Doom’? In Taiwan, It Depends on Whom You Ask
The candidates in this week’s election have radically different ideas of how Taiwan should relate to China—and what the worst-case scenario would be.
Jan 9, 2020 / Brian Hioe and Wen Liu
If Trump Is Going to Take the Off-Ramp From War, He Needs a Push If Trump Is Going to Take the Off-Ramp From War, He Needs a Push
The president has no idea what he’s doing in the Middle East, which makes it imperative for an anti-war opposition to have a clear agenda.
Jan 8, 2020 / Jeet Heer
‘What You’re Seeing From Mitch McConnell Is Disgusting’ ‘What You’re Seeing From Mitch McConnell Is Disgusting’
The Senate majority leader has abandoned his constitutional duty. Democrats should not let him live it down.
Jan 7, 2020 / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders Is the Anti-War Candidate Bernie Sanders Is the Anti-War Candidate
The candidate is trying to chart a bold alternative to Trump’s foreign policy—but are voters ready for his message?
Jan 6, 2020 / Jeet Heer
The Impeachment Deadlock Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize The Impeachment Deadlock Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize
The longer Senate Republicans block a fair Senate trial, the more Democrats can hammer home how the scandal implicates Trump’s defenders.
Dec 31, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Thank You, Comrade Greider Thank You, Comrade Greider
Bill Greider spared no one his incisive political criticism—on the left or the right. “I think this country needs to start over,” he once wrote me.
Dec 30, 2019 / Karen Rothmyer