Politics

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rapper Michael “Killer Mike” Render

What Bernie Sanders Taught Democrats About Labor Solidarity What Bernie Sanders Taught Democrats About Labor Solidarity

The senator is back on the front lines—rallying this time with Amazon workers in Alabama. And lots of top Democrats are joining him.

Mar 29, 2021 / John Nichols

What’s Up in DC: Jamie Raskin and AOC are Running the House’s Most Dynamic Subcommittee

What’s Up in DC: Jamie Raskin and AOC are Running the House’s Most Dynamic Subcommittee What’s Up in DC: Jamie Raskin and AOC are Running the House’s Most Dynamic Subcommittee

Attention to the US House of Representatives tends to focus on big votes and, occasionally, on big floor debates. But a lot of the hard work of Congress takes place at the subcommi…

Mar 29, 2021 / John Nichols

Hostage Situation

Hostage Situation Hostage Situation

America and the Second Amendment.

Mar 29, 2021 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

The NRA Can’t Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time

The NRA Can’t Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time The NRA Can’t Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time

Weakened and bankrupt, the NRA is no longer the insurmountable wall it once was.

Mar 29, 2021 / Shannon Watts

Echo Park Protest

The Olympic Battle for Echo Park The Olympic Battle for Echo Park

An LAPD crackdown on an encampment of the unhoused augurs more conflicts in the lead-up to the 2028 Olympics.

Mar 26, 2021 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

Chloe Maxmin

VIDEO Senator Chloe Maxmin Talks About the Powerful of Radical Honesty VIDEO Senator Chloe Maxmin Talks About the Powerful of Radical Honesty

Senator Chloe Maxmin, a progressive activist who unseated the GOP minority leader in November, joined The Nation for an intimate conversation about building political power in a Tr…

Mar 26, 2021 / The Nation

Spring Fascions

Spring Fascions Spring Fascions

Unhappy Kempers. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of March 22.

Mar 26, 2021 / Steve Brodner

Richard Nephew

Biden’s New Foreign Policy Hire Considers Sanctions an Art Form Biden’s New Foreign Policy Hire Considers Sanctions an Art Form

While progressives urge the administration to curb punitive sanctions, its new deputy Iran envoy was an architect of Obama-era sanctions policy.

Mar 26, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Yemen war destruction

In Yemen, 6 Years of Suffering and Death in an Ill-Fated War In Yemen, 6 Years of Suffering and Death in an Ill-Fated War

Biden must do more to force Saudi Arabia to end its cruel blockade.

Mar 26, 2021 / William D. Hartung

Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press

Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press Biden Meets, and Defeats, the Press

The president should postpone future news conferences. Not because he can’t handle them—but because the White House press corps can’t.

Mar 25, 2021 / Joan Walsh

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