![Israeli police raid the Jerusalem office of Al Jazeera on May 5, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151030966.jpg)
Biden Must Condemn Israel’s Attack on Al Jazeera—Now Biden Must Condemn Israel’s Attack on Al Jazeera—Now
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government shut down the network’s operations in Israel. Press freedom advocates are raising an outcry, and Americans should back them up.
May 7, 2024 / John Nichols
![Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) gives closing remarks during the Hill and Valley Forum on AI Security on May 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151017761.jpeg)
The House Antisemitism Bill Is an Amalgam of “Pointless Gestures and Posturing” The House Antisemitism Bill Is an Amalgam of “Pointless Gestures and Posturing”
The bill, which Speaker Mike Johnson described as an attempt “to crack down on antisemitism on college campuses,” was met with fierce criticism from leading Democrats in Congress....
May 3, 2024 / John Nichols
![Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) listens during a news conference following a Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol on March 20, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2100037716.jpg)
Republican Senators Are a Bigger Threat to the Constitution Than Trump Republican Senators Are a Bigger Threat to the Constitution Than Trump
Senators who are supposed to check Trump’s abuses are supporting his immunity claims instead.
May 1, 2024 / John Nichols
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Nikki Haley’s Zombie Campaign Is Drawing Swing-State Republicans Away from Trump Nikki Haley’s Zombie Campaign Is Drawing Swing-State Republicans Away from Trump
Haley is not campaigning, but she just won almost 158,000 GOP primary votes in the critical state of Pennsylvania. Democrats think they can swing many of them to Biden.
Apr 26, 2024 / John Nichols
![Representative Summer Lee (D-PA), speaks during a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on April 21, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2149375706.jpg)
Summer Lee Proves That “Opposing Genocide Is Good Politics and Good Policy” Summer Lee Proves That “Opposing Genocide Is Good Politics and Good Policy”
Last week, the Pennsylvania representative voted against unconditional military aid for Israel. This week, she won what was supposed to be a tough primary by an overwhelming margi...
Apr 24, 2024 / John Nichols
![Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1247112367.jpg)
It Just Might Be That Democrats Know How to Win Michigan It Just Might Be That Democrats Know How to Win Michigan
A pair of special-election landslides proves that the party is doing something right.
Apr 22, 2024 / John Nichols
![Shawn Fain testifying before Congress on March 14, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2076697714.jpg)
“Nation” Interview: Shawn Fain on Volkswagen and the UAW's Southern Strategy “Nation” Interview: Shawn Fain on Volkswagen and the UAW's Southern Strategy
“These companies are more profitable than the Big Three ever dreamed of being, and the workers are paid even less.”
Apr 18, 2024 / Q&A / John Nichols
![Bob Graham, former US senator from Florida, cochairs a hearing of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling in Washington, DC, on August 25, 2010.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-103631385.jpg)
Bob Graham Knew Iraq Would Be a Quagmire Even as Most Democrats Fell for Cheney’s Lies Bob Graham Knew Iraq Would Be a Quagmire Even as Most Democrats Fell for Cheney’s Lies
The former Senate Intelligence Committee chair saw through Republican efforts to manipulate Congress into authorizing a war that should never have been fought.
Apr 17, 2024 / John Nichols
![Capitol Police arrest demonstrators with Christians for a Free Palestine for protesting inside a U.S. Senate cafeteria for a ceasefire and aid for Gaza, Washington, DC, April 9, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-2144492213.jpg)
Christian Peacemakers Are Ramping Up Their Faith-Based Call for a Cease-fire Christian Peacemakers Are Ramping Up Their Faith-Based Call for a Cease-fire
Dozens of Christians for a Free Palestine activists were arrested in Washington last week, in a burgeoning effort to save famine-threatened Gaza.
Apr 15, 2024 / John Nichols
![Bishop William J. Barber II speaks onstage during the Clinton Global Initiative September 2023 Meeting at New York Hilton Midtown on September 19, 2023, in New York City.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1690921521.jpg)
The Rev. Barber and Other Faith Leaders Issue a Bold Call to Reject Christian Nationalism The Rev. Barber and Other Faith Leaders Issue a Bold Call to Reject Christian Nationalism
The Rev. Dr. William Barber II and allies reject “divisive cultural wedge issues” in favor of “a public theology that is good news for all people.”
Apr 11, 2024 / John Nichols