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Who Will Win Big at the Oscars? 

Who Will Win Big at the Oscars?  Who Will Win Big at the Oscars? 

A Nation reader from American Fiction to The Zone of Interest

Mar 8, 2024 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

Abdullah Hammoud, the mayor of Dearnborn, stands with a microphone on stage and speaks at an election night gathering

The Message From Michigan Couldn’t Be More Clear The Message From Michigan Couldn’t Be More Clear

With "Uncommitted" taking over 100,000 votes in Michigan and nearly 20 percent in Minnesota's Democratic primary, President Biden must listen—and change course on Israel and Gaza....

Mar 7, 2024 / Editorial / Rep. Ro Khanna for The Nation

US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on February 16, 2024.

How Biden Can Win How Biden Can Win

The key play is to make the race about Trump’s utter contempt for the core values of the American experiment.

Feb 19, 2024 / Editorial / John Nichols for The Nation

The crowd at a rally for Joe Biden, then running for president, in Detroit, Michigan, in 2020.

Welcome to 2024, the Year We Stop Trump’s Rolling Insurrection Welcome to 2024, the Year We Stop Trump’s Rolling Insurrection

January 6, 2021, never ended. We can halt it this year. If we don’t, we may never.

Jan 5, 2024 / Editorial / Joan Walsh for The Nation

The Media Monopoly Crisis

The Media Monopoly Crisis The Media Monopoly Crisis

Our new special issue takes on the out-of-control consolidation that is squeezing out independent voices and controlling what we read.

Dec 11, 2023 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan for The Nation

To Stop the Slaughter in Gaza, We Need the Broadest Coalition Possible

To Stop the Slaughter in Gaza, We Need the Broadest Coalition Possible To Stop the Slaughter in Gaza, We Need the Broadest Coalition Possible

People with very different visions of what a just peace looks like must work together to stop this war.

Nov 22, 2023 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan for The Nation

An Arab American voter at a poll site.

Biden’s Quagmire: Israel, Gaza, and Those Really Scary Polls Biden’s Quagmire: Israel, Gaza, and Those Really Scary Polls

The data shows that 66 percent of voters—and 80 percent of Democrats—want the president to call for a cease-fire. The longer he waits, the more voters will stay home next November...

Nov 8, 2023 / Editorial / James Zogby for The Nation

Demonstrators protest the bombing on Gaza on October 20, 2023.

A Cease-Fire in Gaza Is Just the First Step A Cease-Fire in Gaza Is Just the First Step

We must end the slaughter. And then comes the hard part.

Oct 26, 2023 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan for The Nation

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters at a press conference on government funding in the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2023.

Democrats Can Win Big in 2024. But They Have to Fight for It. Democrats Can Win Big in 2024. But They Have to Fight for It.

Republican chaos may help Democrats some in 2024. But if they want to win, they really need to help themselves.

Oct 12, 2023 / Editorial / John Nichols for The Nation

Members of the United Auto Workers Local 230 walk the picket line in front of the Chrysler Corporate Parts Division in Ontario, California, on September 26.

What’s at Stake in the UAW Strike What’s at Stake in the UAW Strike

With so much riding on the outcome, it's time for labor and its supporters—from the White House to the grass roots—to play for keeps.

Sep 28, 2023 / Editorial / Jane McAlevey for The Nation

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