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A TV reporter braces against the wind as Hurricane Irma approaches in Miami, Florida, on September 10, 2017.

The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion The Media Is Complicit in the Climate Confusion

The vast majority of people want their governments to take climate action—but most wrongly think they’re in the minority. The media is partly to blame.

Nov 5, 2025 / Amy Westervelt

Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the 35th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC, on Thursday, February 7, 2008.

Dick Cheney Paved the Way for Donald Trump Dick Cheney Paved the Way for Donald Trump

Though he would eventually condemn Trump, the former vice president rejected transparency, the rule of law, and constitutional principles.

Nov 5, 2025 / John Nichols

Yoko Ono, 1967.

Why Is Yoko Ono Still Misunderstood? Why Is Yoko Ono Still Misunderstood?

A recent biography helps shed light on her life before and after John Lennon—making a case for the primacy of her art and its lasting influence.

Nov 5, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Quinn Moreland

Zohran Mamdani campaigns in Brooklyn on Election Day.

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

Former vice president Dick Cheney

His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies

As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in US history.

Nov 4, 2025 / Spencer Ackerman

White nationalist Nick Fuentes speaks during a rally at the Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, November 2020.

Nick Fuentes Has Officially Breached the MAGA Gates Nick Fuentes Has Officially Breached the MAGA Gates

How the right’s crisis over US support for Israel has provided the white nationalist with the opening he needs to be welcomed into the MAGA fold.

Nov 4, 2025 / Ben Lorber

Sunbonnet Truths

Sunbonnet Truths Sunbonnet Truths

Revealing American traditions.

Nov 4, 2025 / OppArt / Jane Pearlmutter

President Donald Trump at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Trump announced he would host the Kennedy Center Honors this year.

Trump Knows That Political Power Is Not Enough Trump Knows That Political Power Is Not Enough

He’s abusing his office to force cultural institutions to bend the knee, too—to let MAGA install its version of our American story at museums, universities, and media companies.

Nov 4, 2025 / Column / Kali Holloway

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), right, and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), left, brief members of the press during a news conference on the government shutdown at the US Capitol on October 16, 2025, in Washington, DC.

The Latest Centrist Memo to Democrats Is Bad News for the Party and the Planet The Latest Centrist Memo to Democrats Is Bad News for the Party and the Planet

To win back power, Democrats must organize themselves against oligarchy—and that means rejecting the latest shoddy centrist recommendations.

Nov 4, 2025 / Aaron Regunberg

Zohran Mamdani (L) holds hands with US Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during a campaign rally at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City on October 26, 2025.

Bernie Sanders Says a Mamdani Win Can Transform American Politics Bernie Sanders Says a Mamdani Win Can Transform American Politics

In an exclusive interview with The Nation, Sanders says Mamdani can show Democrats how to campaign—and govern—for the working class.

Nov 4, 2025 / John Nichols

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