Jeet Heer

National Affairs Correspondent

@HeerJeet

Jeet Heer is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation and host of the weekly Nation podcast, The Time of Monsters. He also pens the monthly column “Morbid Symptoms.” 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), Heer has written for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, The American Prospect, The GuardianThe New Republic, and The Boston Globe.

Andrew Cuomo

Democrats Need to Hold Andrew Cuomo Accountable Democrats Need to Hold Andrew Cuomo Accountable

The New York governor’s alleged misdeeds may pale next to Trump’s and the GOP’s crimes, but a worry about double standards is no excuse to junk all standards.

Mar 3, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Trump CPAC

Trump Does a Victory Dance at CPAC Trump Does a Victory Dance at CPAC

The brief Republican civil war is over, as the former president uses the annual conference to reassert his dominance over the party.

Mar 1, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Black Lives Matter Protest

Reckoning With a Year of Shared Isolation, Pandemic, and Protest Reckoning With a Year of Shared Isolation, Pandemic, and Protest

The pandemic has energized collective action on both the left and right.

Feb 26, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook

Facebook Remains a Threat to Democracy Facebook Remains a Threat to Democracy

Resisting a push for regulation and protective of right-wing extremism, the social media giant is making fake concessions that only increase its power.

Feb 24, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Leo Brent Bozell IV

Meet the Bozells, America’s First Family of Right-Wing Violence Meet the Bozells, America’s First Family of Right-Wing Violence

From union busting and cross burning to the January 6 riot, the Buckley-Bozell clan is the embodiment of reactionary lawlessness.

Feb 22, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Senator Ted Cruz

Canuck Cruz Cuts and Runs to Cancún Canuck Cruz Cuts and Runs to Cancún

By fleeing his state during an emergency, the Texas senator betrayed the solidarity that holds society together. A decent man would resign. Instead, Cruz just keeps lying.

Feb 19, 2021 / Jeet Heer

The Trump-McConnell Death Match Is Good for Dems—and the Country

The Trump-McConnell Death Match Is Good for Dems—and the Country The Trump-McConnell Death Match Is Good for Dems—and the Country

The prospect of a fracturing Republican Party presents both opportunities and dangers.

Feb 17, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Impeachment Was Only the Beginning

Impeachment Was Only the Beginning Impeachment Was Only the Beginning

Trump’s two impeachments are just the start of a long struggle to turn the former president into a pariah.

Feb 15, 2021 / Editorial / Jeet Heer for The Nation

President Donald Trump

To Republican Senators, Donald Trump Is Still the Boogeyman To Republican Senators, Donald Trump Is Still the Boogeyman

Most GOP senators are cowards. But they have good reason to worry about their personal safety and their political future.

Feb 12, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Trump’s Lawyers Mocked Democracy and Reasoned Debate

Trump’s Lawyers Mocked Democracy and Reasoned Debate Trump’s Lawyers Mocked Democracy and Reasoned Debate

Rationality and demagoguery fought it out on Senate floor, but the better arguments won’t convince most Republicans.

Feb 10, 2021 / Jeet Heer

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