D.D. Guttenplan

Editor

@ddguttenplan

D.D. Guttenplan is editor of The Nation and host of The Nation Podcast. His books include American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone, The Nation: A Biography and The Next Republic: The Rise of a New Radical Majority.

US Vice President Kamala Harris

How Harris Can Make America Democratic Again How Harris Can Make America Democratic Again

Biden wisely passed the torch to someone who can counter the MAGA call.

Jul 30, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the American Federation of Teachers' 88th National Convention on July 25, 2024, in Houston, Texas.

Joe’s Out. Kamala’s In. What Now? Joe’s Out. Kamala’s In. What Now?

On this episode of See How They Run, Joan Walsh and Jeet Heer join the podcast to discuss week that changed everything about the 2024 election.

Jul 27, 2024 / Podcast / D.D. Guttenplan

Trump on Stage at the RNC

What’s Next for Trump and Biden After This Wild Week? What’s Next for Trump and Biden After This Wild Week?

On this episode of See How They Run, D.D. Guttenplan and John Nichols on seven unprecedented days in US political history.

Jul 20, 2024 / Podcast / D.D. Guttenplan

Kamala Harris for President

Kamala Harris for President Kamala Harris for President

Democrats deserve a candidate who can lift the whole ticket, not drag it down to defeat.

Jul 20, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

J.D. Vance, his wife, Usha (in the blue dress), and his family on stage in Milwaukee. His mother Bev, a former addict whom Vance described last night as “10 years clean and sober,” is on the left.

J.D. Vance Is the Perfect Troll J.D. Vance Is the Perfect Troll

The Republican vice-presidential candidate’s speech last night was a guided missile aimed at working-class voters. Countering it will take a lot more than not being Donald Trump.

Jul 18, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

Former US president Donald Trump during the Republican National Convention at the FiServ Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday, July 15, 2024.

Revenge of the Normies Revenge of the Normies

The theme at the 2024 Republican convention is restoration, not revolution. And the mood, at least last night, was confident.

Jul 17, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

Voters fill out vote-by-mail ballots at the Orange County Supervisor of Elections office in October of 2020 in Orlando, Florida.

What We Talk About When We Talk About the “Black Vote” What We Talk About When We Talk About the “Black Vote”

On this episode of See How They Run, a wide-ranging conversation with Christina Greer, Steve Phillips, and Adolph Reed Jr.

Jul 13, 2024 / Podcast / D.D. Guttenplan

Jane McAlevey and her horse, Jalapeno.

From the Moment She Joined a Fight, Jane McAlevey Was in It to Win From the Moment She Joined a Fight, Jane McAlevey Was in It to Win

A bitter foe of “pretend politics,” she always said she wanted “to teach people: Can we have the confidence to win?”

Jul 9, 2024 / Obituary / D.D. Guttenplan

What Should the Democrats Do Now?

What Should the Democrats Do Now? What Should the Democrats Do Now?

On this episode of See How They Run, Jeet Heer and John Nichols discuss President Biden's post-debate crisis and where the Democratic Party goes from here.

Jul 4, 2024 / Podcast / D.D. Guttenplan, Jeet Heer, and John Nichols

US President Joe Biden has an important decision to make.

Biden’s Patriotic Duty—and Ours Biden’s Patriotic Duty—and Ours

The United States of America is not—yet—a family business. The future of our democracy is too important to be left to one man, his relatives, or his major donors.

Jul 4, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

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