![Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, speaks during a debate on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, and Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks during a debate on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AP24216604258749.jpg)
How to Debate Donald Trump How to Debate Donald Trump
There’s almost no way to “win” a debate against a serially unserious liar like Trump, but if Harris can knock him off his vibe, she might stand a chance.
Sep 6, 2024 / Elie Mystal
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The Right-Wing Influencers Cashing Checks From Russia The Right-Wing Influencers Cashing Checks From Russia
A DOJ indictment charges MAGA-loyal media figures with delivering talking points furnished by Russian state media.
Sep 6, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
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The Powell Memo Helped Create Project 2025 The Powell Memo Helped Create Project 2025
A new investigative podcast shows the toxic legacy of the founding father of modern American plutocracy.
Sep 6, 2024 / Jeet Heer
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How Wisconsin Democrats Easily Defeated 2 Conservative Constitutional Amendments How Wisconsin Democrats Easily Defeated 2 Conservative Constitutional Amendments
The August partisan primary marked the second time since 1996 that voters in the state rejected a constitutional amendment.
Sep 6, 2024 / StudentNation / Liam Beran
![A mother holds her son as he receives his daily injection while being treated for mpox at the Kavumu health center in Kabare territory, South Kivu region, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/GettyImages-2169643545.jpg)
The Mpox Outbreak Is a Damning Indictment of the Global Health System The Mpox Outbreak Is a Damning Indictment of the Global Health System
The inequalities and injustices in our medical infrastructure have made the outbreak so much worse than it could have been.
Sep 6, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves
![JD Vance shops for donuts at Holt's Sweet Shop in Valdosta, Georgia.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Vancedonut.jpg)
For Democrats, JD Vance Is the Gift that Keeps On Giving For Democrats, JD Vance Is the Gift that Keeps On Giving
Donald Trump wanted a political heir. Instead, he got an anchor dragging him down.
Sep 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Supporters of former president Trump hold a rally on April 6, 2024, in Bedminster, New Jersey.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/proud-boys-trump-election.jpg)
Is Trump Building an Army of Modern Blackshirts? Is Trump Building an Army of Modern Blackshirts?
The proliferation of pro-Trump militia groups across the country eerily echoes the rise of Hitler’s SA and Mussolini’s squadristi.
Sep 5, 2024 / Bob Dreyfuss
![An interfaith peace delegation in the West Bank.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/peace-delegation.jpg)
An Interfaith Dispatch From the West Bank An Interfaith Dispatch From the West Bank
Rabbis for Ceasefire and Hindus for Human Rights make a peace pilgrimage.
Sep 5, 2024 / Sunita Viswanath
![Audre Lorde, 1983.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/GettyImages-129594565.jpg)
Audre Lorde Has More to Tell Us Than a Handful of Quotes Audre Lorde Has More to Tell Us Than a Handful of Quotes
A conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, one of the world's foremost experts on the Black feminist writer, on her biography Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde...
Sep 5, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Marian Jones
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After an Agreement to Divest From Israel, What’s Next for Trinity College Dublin? After an Agreement to Divest From Israel, What’s Next for Trinity College Dublin?
The school’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment ended in just five days. But the path to divestment began before the encampment—and stretches far beyond.
Sep 5, 2024 / StudentNation / Aaron Boehmer