The Left Must Build Its Infrastructure The Left Must Build Its Infrastructure
We need to look not at what it will take to win the next election, but what it’ll take to win the next 10 elections.
Nov 12, 2025 / Amanda Litman
Zadie Smith: "I Say What I See" Zadie Smith: "I Say What I See"
A conversation with the acclaimed author about her new essay collection, Dead and Alive.
Nov 7, 2025 / Q&A / Edna Bonhomme
Mayor to Mayor: Some Advice for Zohran Mayor to Mayor: Some Advice for Zohran
Keep it simple and focused amid the daily challenges of leading New York City.
Nov 7, 2025 / Bill de Blasio
From Mission Impossible to Mister Mayor From Mission Impossible to Mister Mayor
If Zohran Mamdani governs as he campaigned, he will prove that the people have the power to shape their own future.
Nov 4, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation
Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree
The president’s unprecedented and lawless attacks supposedly target drug cartels, but serve a far more troubling political agenda.
Oct 21, 2025 / Greg Grandin
The Supreme Court Left No Doubt: It Will Gut the Voting Rights Act The Supreme Court Left No Doubt: It Will Gut the Voting Rights Act
The ruling, when it comes, will be disastrous for Black voters and for Democrats.
Oct 16, 2025 / Elie Mystal
We Defeated McCarthyism Before. We Can Do It Again. We Defeated McCarthyism Before. We Can Do It Again.
It’s easy to feel despair about what looks like a new age of government censorship. But being around for 160 years gives you perspective.
Oct 13, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation
The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping. The Right Wants to Exterminate Trans People. Liberals Are Helping.
After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the conservative movement has accelerated its war against trans people. And too many centrist Democrats have kept up their trans bashing.
Sep 24, 2025 / Jack Mirkinson
Nepal’s Revolution Wasn’t Televised, but It Was on Discord Nepal’s Revolution Wasn’t Televised, but It Was on Discord
The country’s Gen Z uprising illustrates both the promise and limitations of online-brokered protest
Sep 22, 2025 / Corey Pein
Kafka-land at UC Berkeley Kafka-land at UC Berkeley
The 160 members of the university notified that their names were forwarded to the DOE’s Office for Civil Rights were not informed of any specific allegations against them.
Sep 16, 2025 / Judith Butler