New Mexico Is Providing Free Childcare for All. It’s Time for Others to Do the Same New Mexico Is Providing Free Childcare for All. It’s Time for Others to Do the Same
The state is setting a powerful example with its first-in-the-nation plan. But the policy has support across the US.
Oct 14, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
We Defeated McCarthyism Before. We Can Do It Again. We Defeated McCarthyism Before. We Can Do It Again.
It’s easy to feel despair about what looks like a new age of government censorship. But being around for 160 years gives you perspective.
Oct 13, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation
The Trump Regime Intensifies Its War on Activism—but Dissent Is Always Possible The Trump Regime Intensifies Its War on Activism—but Dissent Is Always Possible
The president is presiding over suppression unseen in the US for decades.
Sep 29, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will the US Continue to Aid, Abet, and Arm Genocide in Gaza? Will the US Continue to Aid, Abet, and Arm Genocide in Gaza?
Every leader should move now to end our complicity.
Sep 15, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democrats Have No More Excuses on Gaza Democrats Have No More Excuses on Gaza
The American people want their leaders to stop supporting Netanyahu’s murderous inhumanity.
Sep 11, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols for The Nation
What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.) What Was the Cracker Barrel Skirmish Really About? (Hint: Distracting From Real Crises Facing the Heartland.)
Trump is repaying rural voters’ loyalty by shafting them.
Sep 9, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What the Democrats Can Learn From Gavin Newsom’s Trump Mockery What the Democrats Can Learn From Gavin Newsom’s Trump Mockery
As Democrats sharpen their online game, Gavin Newsom’s Trump-style jabs reveal both the risks and rewards of fighting fire with fire in an attention economy built for bluster.
Sep 3, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
In Trump’s America, Vaccination Rates are Declining and Measles Is Spreading In Trump’s America, Vaccination Rates are Declining and Measles Is Spreading
Trump and RFK Jr. have made every effort to undermine one of the major civilizing advances of the 20th century—our public health infrastructure
Aug 13, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani “The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani
New York's Democratic mayoral nominee shares his views on the city's affordability crisis, the new media landscape—and how Democrats need to stand up for what they believe.
Aug 12, 2025 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols
A New Report Exposes How Major American Corporations Have Been All Too Eager to Aid Israeli’s Atrocities in Gaza A New Report Exposes How Major American Corporations Have Been All Too Eager to Aid Israeli’s Atrocities in Gaza
It also reveals our nation’s now undeniable complicity in what has been described as the worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century.
Jul 29, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel