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.

Who Will Stop Trump’s War on Iran?

Who Will Stop Trump’s War on Iran? Who Will Stop Trump’s War on Iran?

The assassination of a top Iranian military commander could cause the conflict to spiral out of control.

Jan 3, 2020 / Jeet Heer

Mick Mulvaney and Trump

The Impeachment Deadlock Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize The Impeachment Deadlock Is an Opportunity Democrats Should Seize

The longer Senate Republicans block a fair Senate trial, the more Democrats can hammer home how the scandal implicates Trump’s defenders.

Dec 31, 2019 / Jeet Heer

The Bernie Blackout Is Over

The Bernie Blackout Is Over The Bernie Blackout Is Over

The mainstream media and establishment Democrats are finally admitting Sanders has a shot. Now he has to hone the electability argument.

Dec 27, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Everybody Hates Pete

Everybody Hates Pete Everybody Hates Pete

For reasons of both ideology and youth, the Indiana mayor had a target on his back in the Democratic debate.

Dec 19, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Will the Sanders/Warren Truce Hold on Debate Night?

Will the Sanders/Warren Truce Hold on Debate Night? Will the Sanders/Warren Truce Hold on Debate Night?

The progressive champions see each other as allies—but the press and their own supporters are trying to gin up a fight.

Dec 18, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Impeachment Needs to Move to the Streets

Impeachment Needs to Move to the Streets Impeachment Needs to Move to the Streets

Only mass protests can turn a narrow Beltway scandal into a massive anti-Trump weapon.

Dec 16, 2019 / Feature / Jeet Heer

Where Is the Outrage Over the War in Afghanistan?

Where Is the Outrage Over the War in Afghanistan? Where Is the Outrage Over the War in Afghanistan?

A new Washington Post report proving the longest war in American history has been sold on lies for 20 years causes barely a ripple.

Dec 13, 2019 / Jeet Heer

William Barr’s Partisan Smears Hide a Real FBI Scandal

William Barr’s Partisan Smears Hide a Real FBI Scandal William Barr’s Partisan Smears Hide a Real FBI Scandal

The attorney general fosters a conspiracy theory, while the real abuse of the surveillance state goes unchallenged.

Dec 11, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Michael Bloomberg Has an Anti-Democratic Streak

Michael Bloomberg Has an Anti-Democratic Streak Michael Bloomberg Has an Anti-Democratic Streak

Far from being the only hope against Donald Trump, the former New York mayor embodies another strand of authoritarian politics.

Dec 9, 2019 / Jeet Heer

The Irishman

‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire ‘The Irishman’ Tells the Story of the Corruption of Empire

Scorsese’s gangster epic highlights the personal and political cost of counterrevolutionary violence.

Dec 6, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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