![Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, greet supporters.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/harris-veep-getty.jpg)
In “We’re Not Going Back!” Dems Find an Antidote to the Politics of Nostalgia In “We’re Not Going Back!” Dems Find an Antidote to the Politics of Nostalgia
Underneath the cliché that “we’re all in this together” lie harder truths that will need to be faced if Harris and Walz want to rally the nation for real change.
Aug 27, 2024 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan
![Former US president Donald Trump speaks to members of the media after testifying in his civil fraud trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City on November 6, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GettyImages-1767722197.jpg)
Trump Sues the Justice Department for $100 Million Trump Sues the Justice Department for $100 Million
Déjà vu all over again.
Aug 27, 2024 / James D. Zirin
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The Mass Movement That Never Came The Mass Movement That Never Came
Four years after the “Summer of George Floyd,” the political climate has cooled.
Aug 27, 2024 / Column / Adolph Reed Jr.
![John Russell during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday, August 22, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-2167172733.jpg)
The Speech That Brought the Class War to the DNC The Speech That Brought the Class War to the DNC
John Russell told Democrats that they must “create a political home for working Americans fighting for control over their government, their workplaces, and their planet.”
Aug 27, 2024 / John Nichols
![New York Stock Exchange, 1895.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Moyn-NYSE-getty.jpg)
The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality
A series of new books unearth the long history of egalitarian politics. They also ask whether equality, instead of another political ideal, should be at the center of our politics...
Aug 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
![Delegates hold “Coach Walz” signs during the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on August 21, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/coach-walz-getty.jpg)
The Dark Side of the Democratic Party’s Embrace of Football The Dark Side of the Democratic Party’s Embrace of Football
The hypermasculinity and violence of football connects to Kamala Harris’s bellicose convention speech. It could repel young voters.
Aug 26, 2024 / Dave Zirin
![Kamala Harris, Wisdom](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1440_FEAT-20.jpg)
Kamala Harris, Wisdom Kamala Harris, Wisdom
“Can you think of any laws that give government the power to make decisions about the male body?” is a quote from Kamala Harris during Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing in 201...
Aug 26, 2024 / OppArt / Hooked Hands
![Then–US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifying before the Senate Budget Committee in 2009.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Kunkel-growth-Geithner-getty.jpg)
The Intractable Puzzle of Growth The Intractable Puzzle of Growth
For more than a century, the key measure of a healthy economy has been its capacity to grow and yet if production and consumption continues to expand at their current rate we migh...
Aug 26, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel
![Visitors walk near a “Stop Extreme Heat Danger” sign in Badwater Basin salt flats.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Extreme-Heat-Global-Temperatures.jpg)
As Global Temperatures Rise, So Does the Potential for Violence As Global Temperatures Rise, So Does the Potential for Violence
Hotter temperatures can increase aggressive behaviors, making violence more likely during the accelerating climate crisis.
Aug 26, 2024 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen and Thea Sebastian