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Elizabeth Warren's Plan for a Revived Democratic Party

Elizabeth Warren's Plan for a Revived Democratic Party Elizabeth Warren's Plan for a Revived Democratic Party

The Massachusetts senator argues that, in order to prevail in the midterms, the party needs to recover its populist roots—and fighting spirit

Jan 12, 2026 / Elizabeth Warren

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news briefing in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on January 8, 2026.

Renee Good’s Killing Has Unleashed MAGA's Misogyny Renee Good’s Killing Has Unleashed MAGA's Misogyny

To defend the indefensible, the right is going after white women as race traitors.

Jan 12, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Lights Out

Lights Out Lights Out

Oil mine.

Jan 12, 2026 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes

The Grand Delusions of “Marty Supreme”

The Grand Delusions of “Marty Supreme” The Grand Delusions of “Marty Supreme”

Josh Safdie’s first solo effort, an antic sports movie, revels in a darker side of the American dream.

Jan 12, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

Despite Themselves, Democrats Look Well Positioned for the Midterms

Despite Themselves, Democrats Look Well Positioned for the Midterms Despite Themselves, Democrats Look Well Positioned for the Midterms

An otherwise inert opposition party may well clean up on Donald Trump's destructive and hubristic governing record.

Jan 12, 2026 / David Faris

A protester waves an anti-fascist flag at the Oregon statehouse on March 28, 2021, in Salem, Oregon.

Liberals Think Antifa Isn’t Real. But It Is—and It Knows How to Win. Liberals Think Antifa Isn’t Real. But It Is—and It Knows How to Win.

To protect us all from the violence of the Trump administration, we must defend antifa.

Jan 12, 2026 / Christopher Mathias

John Updike, Letter Writer

John Updike, Letter Writer John Updike, Letter Writer

A brilliant prose stylist, confident, amiable, and wonderfully lucid when talking about other people’s problems, Updike rarely confessed or confronted his own.

Jan 12, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk down a street during a multi-agency targeted enforcement operation in Chicago, Illinois.

Deportation and the Silence That Follows Deportation and the Silence That Follows

When ICE abducted my father without cause, something strange filled his vacancy.

Jan 10, 2026 / Taiwo Adepetun

Abolish ICE or GTFO

Abolish ICE or GTFO Abolish ICE or GTFO

In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent makes the case to get rid of ICE, explores George Conway’s congressional campaign—and shares his New Year’s resolutio...

Jan 9, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Renee Lives!

Renee Lives! Renee Lives!

“I never died,” says she.

Jan 9, 2026 / Steve Brodner

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