Political Figures

‘What You’re Seeing From Mitch McConnell Is Disgusting’

‘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 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

Mick Mulvaney and Trump

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 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

Stain on the Country

Stain on the Country Stain on the Country

Rorschach to the system.

Dec 26, 2019 / OppArt / Rob Rogers

President Scrooge and His Dickensian Cabal

President Scrooge and His Dickensian Cabal President Scrooge and His Dickensian Cabal

The administration’s holiday greeting is a plan to slash food stamp benefits for roughly 700,000 unemployed Americans.

Dec 25, 2019 / John Nichols

10 Stories From 2019 That Might Just Renew Your Faith in Politics

10 Stories From 2019 That Might Just Renew Your Faith in Politics 10 Stories From 2019 That Might Just Renew Your Faith in Politics

From funding for the Census to Stacey Abrams’s persistence, progressives did score some victories this year.

Dec 24, 2019 / Steve Phillips

True Religious Faith Demands an Unwavering Rebuke of Trumpism

True Religious Faith Demands an Unwavering Rebuke of Trumpism True Religious Faith Demands an Unwavering Rebuke of Trumpism

Prophetic Christianity insists that faith must speak up for the vulnerable. To revive the heart of democracy, this nation needs a revolution of values.

Dec 23, 2019 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

The Democratic Leadership’s Strategy on Impeachment Is Doomed and Dangerous

The Democratic Leadership’s Strategy on Impeachment Is Doomed and Dangerous The Democratic Leadership’s Strategy on Impeachment Is Doomed and Dangerous

It’s hard to take the charge that Trump is a threat to national security seriously when Democrats in Congress are happy to help him shovel more money at the military.

Dec 19, 2019 / Aaron Maté

Live Chat: Watch the Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’

Live Chat: Watch the Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’ Live Chat: Watch the Democratic Debate With ‘The Nation’

Our stellar cast of blogging heads is analyzing and commenting on tonight’s heated Democratic debate.

Dec 19, 2019 / The Nation

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