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 most recent 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.

Wilbur Ross

Wilbur Ross, Trump’s Most Corrupt Cabinet Official, Has Got To Go Wilbur Ross, Trump’s Most Corrupt Cabinet Official, Has Got To Go

Ordering weather service officials to falsely back up the president’s claim that Dorian was headed to Alabama should force Ross’s resignation—or impeachment.

Sep 10, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Joe Biden

Do Joe Biden’s Mistakes Matter? Do Joe Biden’s Mistakes Matter?

The Democratic front-runner insists conflating the stories of two brave soldiers is not a problem in the post-truth age of Trump. That’s a little scary.

Sep 3, 2019 / Joan Walsh

gillibrand

Kirsten Gillibrand Leaves the 2020 Race With No Apologies Kirsten Gillibrand Leaves the 2020 Race With No Apologies

The candidate who ran on being “brave” had the courage to see that she had no path to the nomination. Here’s hoping some of the men with similar poll numbers soon do the same.

Aug 29, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Donald Trump

Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever

From his G-7 Doral heist to Bill Barr’s Christmas Party to steering wall-building contracts to GOP cronies, it’s grift all the way down.

Aug 28, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name

Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name

Activists mobilized by this grassroots group had one thing in common: They wanted to fight Trump. Can they agree on what comes next?

Aug 27, 2019 / Feature / Joan Walsh

The New York Times Building

I Don’t Want ‘The New York Times’ to Join the Resistance. I Want It to Tell the Truth. I Don’t Want ‘The New York Times’ to Join the Resistance. I Want It to Tell the Truth.

I’m not trying to drive a boycott. I’m trying to get the paper of record to listen.

Aug 16, 2019 / Joan Walsh

After the Mass Shooting in El Paso, Beto O’Rourke Asks the Right Question: WTF, Media?

After the Mass Shooting in El Paso, Beto O’Rourke Asks the Right Question: WTF, Media? After the Mass Shooting in El Paso, Beto O’Rourke Asks the Right Question: WTF, Media?

Trump is fomenting a climate of racial violence. We’ve got to stop acting like he wants to fix it.

Aug 5, 2019 / Joan Walsh

This Is What Happens When More Than One Woman Is Running for President

This Is What Happens When More Than One Woman Is Running for President This Is What Happens When More Than One Woman Is Running for President

When Kirsten Gillibrand and Kamala Harris teamed up to push Joe Biden on his stands on women’s issues, it was uncomfortable. But it was long past time.

Aug 1, 2019 / Joan Walsh

July 30 Democratic Debates

The Debates Won’t Fully Matter Until Everyone’s on the Same Stage The Debates Won’t Fully Matter Until Everyone’s on the Same Stage

These two-night spectacles make it impossible to take stock of the Democratic presidential field.

Jul 31, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Kamala Harris 2020

Kamala Harris Has Been Here Before Kamala Harris Has Been Here Before

Her toughness, her political shrewdness, and her caution were evident from early on.

Jul 29, 2019 / Joan Walsh

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