![Elizabeth Warren Learns That Being a Front-Runner Isn’t All Fun and Games](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/elizabeth-warren-spin-room-ap-img.jpg)
Elizabeth Warren Learns That Being a Front-Runner Isn’t All Fun and Games Elizabeth Warren Learns That Being a Front-Runner Isn’t All Fun and Games
The emerging 2020 leader has the bruises to prove it after Tuesday’s debate. But nobody else grabbed the spotlight.
Oct 16, 2019 / Joan Walsh
![On a Crowded Stage, Democrats Divide Into 2 Tribes](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/warren-buttigieg-rtr-img.jpg)
On a Crowded Stage, Democrats Divide Into 2 Tribes On a Crowded Stage, Democrats Divide Into 2 Tribes
The divide between the left and the moderates now defines the party.
Oct 16, 2019 / Jeet Heer
![William Barr Is Neck-Deep in Extremist Catholic Institutions](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/trump-barr-ukraine-ap-img.jpg)
William Barr Is Neck-Deep in Extremist Catholic Institutions William Barr Is Neck-Deep in Extremist Catholic Institutions
His troubles don’t only involve his obeisance to Donald Trump. He’s a paranoid right-wing Catholic ideologue who won’t respect the separation of church and state.
Oct 15, 2019 / Joan Walsh
![Sanders and Warren Are Widening the Democratic Party’s Left Lane](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-rtr-img.jpg)
Sanders and Warren Are Widening the Democratic Party’s Left Lane Sanders and Warren Are Widening the Democratic Party’s Left Lane
They’ve dominated the discourse and upended our traditional politics.
Oct 15, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
![The Halle Synagogue Attack Is an Ominous Sign of the German Far Right’s Growing Prominence](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/halle-synagogue-shooting-rtr-img.jpg)
The Halle Synagogue Attack Is an Ominous Sign of the German Far Right’s Growing Prominence The Halle Synagogue Attack Is an Ominous Sign of the German Far Right’s Growing Prominence
Halle, a bustling university town an hour’s train ride from Berlin, has become a kind of hub for the country’s New Right.
Oct 14, 2019 / Carol Schaeffer
![Trump, Pompeo, and Pence](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Trump-Pompeo-Pence-AP-img.jpg)
In the Ukraine Scandal, Trump Won’t Be Taking the Fall Alone In the Ukraine Scandal, Trump Won’t Be Taking the Fall Alone
Administration stalwarts Mike Pence, Mick Mulvaney, William Barr, and Mike Pompeo are all implicated, too.
Oct 11, 2019 / Joan Walsh
![The Bronx May Send a Homophobic Democrat to Congress](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ruben-diaz-bronx-cc-img.jpg)
The Bronx May Send a Homophobic Democrat to Congress The Bronx May Send a Homophobic Democrat to Congress
Rubén Díaz Sr. is a socially conservative City Council member whose district neighbors AOC’s. In a crowded Democratic primary, he may just win.
Oct 11, 2019 / Ross Barkan
![Debate Night Live Chat](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/democratic-debate-stage-2020-rtr-img.jpg)
Debate Night Live Chat Debate Night Live Chat
Tonight you get to see what usually only Nation editors see on our Election 2020 chat: our writers’ instant reactions to the Democratic debate.
Oct 10, 2019 / The Nation
![Senator Bernie Sanders](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Bernie-Iowa-2019-ap-img.jpg)
Bernie Sanders Spoke Today About His Heart Attack—and His Purpose Bernie Sanders Spoke Today About His Heart Attack—and His Purpose
In poignant and powerful language, the senator is making the connection between his recent hospitalization and the fight for Medicare for All.
Oct 10, 2019 / John Nichols
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Elizabeth Warren Shows Us How to Fight a Smear Elizabeth Warren Shows Us How to Fight a Smear
But Democrats shouldn’t have to keep refuting garbage stories, especially sexist ones.
Oct 10, 2019 / Joan Walsh