Jeet Heer

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent at The Nation and the author of In Love with Art: Francoise Mouly’s Adventures in Comics with Art Spiegelman (2013) and Sweet Lechery: Reviews, Essays and Profiles (2014).

ReligionYesterday 12:00 pm

The Last Temptation of Jerry

A scandal at Liberty University proves that white evangelicals are starting to copy Trump.

Jeet Heer
August 7, 2020

A Biden Administration Will Have to Confront Trump’s Corruption

If Biden wins the presidency, he’ll face strong pressure to move on in the name of national unity. He’ll have to resist.

Jeet Heer
Election 2020August 5, 2020

There Will Be No Return to Normality

Nostalgia might help Joe Biden win the presidency, but the crisis he’ll face will require boldness.

Jeet Heer
EconomyAugust 3, 2020

Bipartisan Support for Wall Street, Crumbs for Main Street

Democratic votes to make the Federal Reserve the silent partner in big business plunder in March make it easier for Republicans to stiff the unemployed in August.

Jeet Heer
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PoliticsJuly 24, 2020

Can Trump Win in November by Reviving Willie Horton?

The president is betting his reelection on a racist demonization of urban America.

Jeet Heer
PoliticsJuly 22, 2020

When Will the Media Stop Grading Trump on a Curve?

The claim that Trump has adopted a somber new tone is plausible only if we completely ignore what he is actually saying.

Jeet Heer
PoliticsJuly 20, 2020

Trump Has Destroyed the Fauci Protocol

For decades, the venerated physician had a successful formula for balancing politics with science. Then he met Donald Trump.

Jeet Heer
PoliticsJuly 17, 2020

Trump Unleashes His Secret Police in Portland

In a dangerous authoritarian move, federal agents in camouflage and without badges are rounding up American citizens.

Jeet Heer
SocietyJuly 15, 2020

Cannibalism Is No Cure for Covid-19

Rush Limbaugh’s praise of the Donner Party is part of an old tradition of exalting unnecessary suffering rather than offering solutions.

Jeet Heer
SocietyJuly 13, 2020

Why Do All These Racists Keep Working for Tucker Carlson?

Fox News wants to portray a recently fired writer as a bad apple, but he was part of an influential white nationalist social network within the American right.

Jeet Heer

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ReligionYesterday 12:00 pm

A scandal at Liberty University proves that white evangelicals are starting to copy Trump.

August 7, 2020

If Biden wins the presidency, he’ll face strong pressure to move on in the name of national unity. He’ll have to resist.

Election 2020August 5, 2020

Nostalgia might help Joe Biden win the presidency, but the crisis he’ll face will require boldness.

EconomyAugust 3, 2020

Democratic votes to make the Federal Reserve the silent partner in big business plunder in March make it easier for Republicans to stiff the unemployed in August.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

PoliticsJuly 24, 2020

The president is betting his reelection on a racist demonization of urban America.

PoliticsJuly 22, 2020

The claim that Trump has adopted a somber new tone is plausible only if we completely ignore what he is actually saying.

PoliticsJuly 20, 2020

For decades, the venerated physician had a successful formula for balancing politics with science. Then he met Donald Trump.

PoliticsJuly 17, 2020

In a dangerous authoritarian move, federal agents in camouflage and without badges are rounding up American citizens.

SocietyJuly 15, 2020

Rush Limbaugh’s praise of the Donner Party is part of an old tradition of exalting unnecessary suffering rather than offering solutions.

SocietyJuly 13, 2020

Fox News wants to portray a recently fired writer as a bad apple, but he was part of an influential white nationalist social network within the American right.