Joan Walsh

National Affairs Correspondent

@joanwalsh

Joan Walsh, a national affairs correspondent for The Nation, is a coproducer of The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show and the author of What’s the Matter With White People? Finding Our Way in the Next America. Her new book (with Nick Hanauer and Donald Cohen) is Corporate Bullsh*t: Exposing the Lies and Half-Truths That Protect Profit, Power and Wealth In America.

New America Media Is Closing—and That’s Bad News for All American Media

New America Media Is Closing—and That’s Bad News for All American Media New America Media Is Closing—and That’s Bad News for All American Media

A Bay Area news service that grew out of the Vietnam War endured to cover a changing America, but foundered in today’s bottom-line culture.

Nov 3, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Everything Just Got Worse for Donald Trump

Everything Just Got Worse for Donald Trump Everything Just Got Worse for Donald Trump

But don’t plan any impeachment parties just yet.

Oct 30, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Meet the Black Woman Candidate Who’ll Talk to Men in Confederate-Flag T-Shirts

Meet the Black Woman Candidate Who’ll Talk to Men in Confederate-Flag T-Shirts Meet the Black Woman Candidate Who’ll Talk to Men in Confederate-Flag T-Shirts

In Virginia, Jennifer Carroll Foy is making an audacious run for the House of Delegates.

Oct 27, 2017 / Joan Walsh

What Would Women Be Doing if We Weren’t Constantly Dealing With Male Abuse?

What Would Women Be Doing if We Weren’t Constantly Dealing With Male Abuse? What Would Women Be Doing if We Weren’t Constantly Dealing With Male Abuse?

The torrent of #MeToo stories reveals just how much time we spend dealing with this shit.

Oct 16, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump Just Threatened to Leave Puerto Ricans to Die

Donald Trump Just Threatened to Leave Puerto Ricans to Die Donald Trump Just Threatened to Leave Puerto Ricans to Die

As FEMA warns of massive food shortages, Trump says the island has “survived” the hurricanes and shouldn’t expect help “forever.”

Oct 12, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Las Vegas shooting aftermath

The American Impulse to Equate Guns With Freedom and Masculinity With Violence Is Killing Us The American Impulse to Equate Guns With Freedom and Masculinity With Violence Is Killing Us

And Trump is exactly the wrong leader for this reality.

Oct 2, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Hillary Clinton: The GOP Keeps Playing to the ‘Racism and Sexism That Got Trump Elected’

Hillary Clinton: The GOP Keeps Playing to the ‘Racism and Sexism That Got Trump Elected’ Hillary Clinton: The GOP Keeps Playing to the ‘Racism and Sexism That Got Trump Elected’

Hillary Clinton takes questions on Trump, voter suppression, Russian interference, health care, the future of the Democratic Party, and more.

Sep 28, 2017 / Interview / Joan Walsh

LeBron James Is Right. Donald Trump Is a Bum.

LeBron James Is Right. Donald Trump Is a Bum. LeBron James Is Right. Donald Trump Is a Bum.

And his victim-blaming of Puerto Rico proves it.

Sep 26, 2017 / Joan Walsh

On Graham-Cassidy, Republicans Are Either Stupid or Dishonest

On Graham-Cassidy, Republicans Are Either Stupid or Dishonest On Graham-Cassidy, Republicans Are Either Stupid or Dishonest

GOP senators who support the bill either don’t know what’s in it, or are lying through their teeth about it.

Sep 21, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Debating ‘What Happened’

Debating ‘What Happened’ Debating ‘What Happened’

Our 2016 election correspondents take on Hillary Clinton’s controversial new memoir.

Sep 18, 2017 / Joan Walsh and D.D. Guttenplan

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