Politics

JD Vance and Tim Walz during the first and likely only 2024 vice presidential debate, in New York City on October 1, 2024.

Tim Walz’s Long Game Will Pay Off Tim Walz’s Long Game Will Pay Off

JD Vance is a skillful liar, but the vice-presidential debate produced enough bad clips to damage Trump’s campaign.

Oct 2, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Ignoring Mental Health Is a Crime

Ignoring Mental Health Is a Crime Ignoring Mental Health Is a Crime

Prisons aren’t the answer to our mental health crisis.

Oct 2, 2024 / OppArt / Hector Manuel Rodriguez

Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Governor Tim Walz participate in a debate at the CBS Broadcast Center on October 1, 202,4 in New York City.

Walz Defended Reality—Even as Vance Took Full Advantage of CBS’s Failure to Fact-Check Walz Defended Reality—Even as Vance Took Full Advantage of CBS’s Failure to Fact-Check

In a debate where JD Vance lied and lied and lied, Tim Walz did double duty. In addition to making his own case, Walz had to defend the truth.

Oct 2, 2024 / John Nichols

Wind and Solar Energy Use Surpasses Gas and Coal…

Wind and Solar Energy Use Surpasses Gas and Coal… Wind and Solar Energy Use Surpasses Gas and Coal…

The fossil fuel industry laments.

Oct 1, 2024 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Sen. J.D. Vance onstage at a rally, surrounded by Trump/Vance signs.

Abortion Bans—and Shaming—Aren’t Boosting Fertility Rates. What Does? Abortion Bans—and Shaming—Aren’t Boosting Fertility Rates. What Does?

Not only are abortion bans actively harmful to women and their families—they also don’t work to recreate the past as conservatives want them to.

Oct 1, 2024 / Elizabeth Gregory

Jimmy Carter in Washington, DC, on November 28, 2006.

Jimmy Carter, at 100, Is Best Honored by Listening to His Advice About the Middle East Jimmy Carter, at 100, Is Best Honored by Listening to His Advice About the Middle East

In interviews with The Nation over the years, the former president outlined an approach to foreign policy that respects Palestinian rights and charts a course toward peace.

Oct 1, 2024 / Q&A / John Nichols

A split-screen image of Governor Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance.

Extremist, Hypocritical, Weird: JD Vance Offers a Whole Array of Targets for Tim Walz Extremist, Hypocritical, Weird: JD Vance Offers a Whole Array of Targets for Tim Walz

With so many things to pounce on during the vice-presidential debate, where does Walz even begin?

Oct 1, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Republican vice presidential nominee US Senator JD Vance visits

JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated JD Vance Is Working Hard to Be Hated

For the Republican candidate, riling up the right-wing base outweighs alienating everyone else.

Sep 30, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Chris Swanson, Sheriff of Genesee County, Michigan, speaks onstage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 22, 2024, in Chicago.

The #Resistance Is Back. Be Afraid. The #Resistance Is Back. Be Afraid.

Democratic partisans are cheering for cops and war criminals, tweeting nonsense, and trying to crush dissent. How are we back here?

Sep 30, 2024 / Katherine Krueger

Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris Kamala Harris

“We must protect the freedom that unlocks all other freedoms: our sacred right to vote.”

Sep 30, 2024 / OppArt / Sylvia Hernández

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