This Week

War Week 1

Died for low ratings.

Support The Nation’s June Fundraising Campaign

With the midterm elections now firmly upon us, the question is whether Democratic candidates will do more than merely occupy ballot lines as mild alternatives to the red-hot crisis that is Donald Trump.

As Trump spends over $1 billion a day on a globally destabilizing war on Iran and admits that he doesn’t “think about Americans’ financial situation,” millions across the country are struggling with the surging costs of essentials. Democrats must seize this moment and advance bold, small-“d” populist ideas—not settle for cynical caution that once again snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.

The Nation elevates progressive ideas, movements, and elected officials achieving real change across the country into the national conversation. At the same time, our journalists are exposing how crypto and AI-funded super PACs are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to knock out candidates they oppose, reporting on the devastating impact of the Supreme Court’s evisceration of the Voting Rights Act, and sounding the alarm on attempts by red states to quickly redraw electoral maps, disenfranchising Southern Black voters.

We can play this critical role because of support from readers like you. This June, we’re raising $20,000 to power The Nation’s independent journalism in the run-up to November’s immensely consequential elections.

It’s in our power to build a more just society, and your support at this critical moment brings us closer to that bold vision. I hope you’ll donate today.

Onward,

Katrina vanden Huevel
Editor and Publisher, The Nation

Steve Brodner

Steve Brodner is an award-winning graphic artist/journalist and the winner of the 2024 Herb Block Prize for editorial cartooning.

More from The Nation

Systemic Racism

Systemic Racism Systemic Racism

Impression.

OppArt / André Carrilho

Donald Trump speaks with the press aboard Air Force One as he flies from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, June 5, 2026.

Vengeance Is the Only Thing Trump Has Left Vengeance Is the Only Thing Trump Has Left

Everything else is going wrong. So the president is turning to his favorite project: settling scores with his many enemies.

Chris Lehmann

Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth depart Union Station after meeting with federal law enforcement officers on August 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Trumpworld’s Global War on Multiracial Democracy Trumpworld’s Global War on Multiracial Democracy

White House officials and Elon Musk are now openly promoting blood-and-soil politics across Europe.

Column / Sasha Abramsky

SpaceX's Starship 39 rocket launches from Starbase during the 12th test flight as seen from South Padre Island, Texas, on May 22, 2026.

Today a Welfare Trillionaire Is Born Today a Welfare Trillionaire Is Born

SpaceX goes public today. Bubbles and public assets are creating the first trillionaire in human history.

Corbin Trent

Bio: Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO

Bio: Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO Bio: Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO

AI data centers are stealing our water.

OppArt / Peter Kuper

Attendees pack a hotel ballroom at Turning Point USA’s 2026 Women’s Leadership Conference in San Antonio, Texas.

Inside the Conference Where Conservative Women Let Loose Inside the Conference Where Conservative Women Let Loose

The mainstreaming of brazen sexism in the conservative movement left the attendees at Turning Point’s women’s summit looking for a soft place to land.

Amy Littlefield