![Michigan’s “Uncommitted” Campaign Is Challenging Biden. It Could Also Save Him.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/michigan-primary-campaign-ceasefire-1.jpg)
Michigan’s “Uncommitted” Campaign Is Challenging Biden. It Could Also Save Him. Michigan’s “Uncommitted” Campaign Is Challenging Biden. It Could Also Save Him.
Rashida Tlaib, Andy Levin, and others are urging Michigan Democrats to send a message to the president about Gaza by voting “uncommitted” in the state’s February 27 primary.
Feb 20, 2024 / John Nichols
![US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One before departing from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on February 16, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-2008835074.jpg)
How Biden Can Win How Biden Can Win
The key play is to make the race about Trump’s utter contempt for the core values of the American experiment.
Feb 19, 2024 / Editorial / John Nichols for The Nation
![Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer speaks to members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union during a rally in Detroit, Michigan, on September 15, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1668661761.jpg)
Michigan Just Became the First State in 6 Decades to Scrap an Infamous Anti-Union Law Michigan Just Became the First State in 6 Decades to Scrap an Infamous Anti-Union Law
Democrats, empowered by voters in 2022, overturned a “right to work” law as part of a sweeping pro-labor agenda that’s a model for other states.
Feb 16, 2024 / John Nichols
![Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is seen in the U.S. Capitol after the senate voted against advancing a border security deal on Wednesday, February 7, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1986204905.jpg)
“I Will Be Damned if I’m Going to Give Another Nickel to the Netanyahu Government” “I Will Be Damned if I’m Going to Give Another Nickel to the Netanyahu Government”
Bernie Sanders and two Senate colleagues defined a new standard for foreign aid packages: No more complicity with Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Feb 13, 2024 / John Nichols
![Joe Biden answers questions about Israel after speaking about the Special Counsel report in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 8, 2024](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1988741573.jpg)
Biden Can No Longer Avoid Questions About His Fitness for a Second Term Biden Can No Longer Avoid Questions About His Fitness for a Second Term
A long-simmering debate has boiled to the surface with the special counsel’s report. How the president responds will determine whether he is reelected.
Feb 9, 2024 / John Nichols
![Former US President Donald Trump departs after speaking to the press after attending the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization in New York State Supreme Court, in New York City on January 11, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1918188290.jpg)
The Only Way Trump Stays on the Ballot Is if the Supreme Court Rejects the Constitution The Only Way Trump Stays on the Ballot Is if the Supreme Court Rejects the Constitution
It’s simple: Amendment 14, Section 3 bars Trump from the ballot. The question today is whether the justices will accept this reality.
Feb 8, 2024 / John Nichols
![UAW President Shawn Fain speaks to the media in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Monday, December 18, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/AP23352794631635.jpg)
The UAW Is Organizing the South The UAW Is Organizing the South
The union announced that more than half the workers at a VW plant in Tennessee have signed union cards. And it’s vowing that this is only the beginning.
Feb 7, 2024 / John Nichols
![Annie Lennox performing at the 2024 Grammy Awards.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1978661936.jpg)
And the Winner Is... Annie Lennox and Artists for Cease-Fire And the Winner Is... Annie Lennox and Artists for Cease-Fire
The singer’s call for an end to the killing in Gaza politicized the Grammys, which is fantastic.
Feb 6, 2024 / John Nichols
![A pro-Palestinian protester holds a handmade placard paying tribute to Palestinian journalists at a rally in Whitehall to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Israel's occupation on February 3, 2024, in London, United Kingdom.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1978427240.jpg)
An Essential Intervention on Behalf of Embattled Palestinian Journalists An Essential Intervention on Behalf of Embattled Palestinian Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists has just committed $300,000 to an emergency fund to aid journalists working in Gaza.
Feb 5, 2024 / John Nichols
![California Representatives Katie Porter, Adam Schiff, and Barbara Lee, Democratic candidates for the US Senate, participate in the National Union of Healthcare Workers Senate Candidate Forum in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., on Sunday, October 8, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1713423358.jpg)
Adam Schiff’s “Brazenly Cynical” Campaign Strategy Boosts a Republican Adam Schiff’s “Brazenly Cynical” Campaign Strategy Boosts a Republican
The California Senate candidate’s latest TV ad could help a Republican elbow aside fellow Democrat Katie Porter and Barbara Lee in an open primary on March 5.
Feb 2, 2024 / John Nichols