Editorial

A young girl receives a vaccination shot in New York City, c. 1970s.

Vaccines Work! Vaccines Work!

Want an easy way to protect yourself, your loved ones, and your community? Make sure you get your shots.

Sep 26, 2024 / Gregg Gonsalves

In 2024, the Pundits Are Wronger Than Ever

In 2024, the Pundits Are Wronger Than Ever In 2024, the Pundits Are Wronger Than Ever

Most of the predictions, advice, and scolding emanating from the glow of TV news this year have proved flat-out wrong. Democrats should stop listening once and for all.

Sep 25, 2024 / Column / Chris Lehmann

A wide-angle view of Kamala Harris sitting on a stage with a microphone, with a camera and screen in the foreground.

The Election Is Getting Down to the Wire The Election Is Getting Down to the Wire

It seems increasingly likely is that we’re headed for a tight race that, as in 2020, will be decided by voters in a handful of states.

Sep 24, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.

“The Nation” Endorses Kamala Harris “The Nation” Endorses Kamala Harris

In her own right, and because we oppose Donald Trump’s reactionary agenda.

Sep 23, 2024 / The Nation

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris.

Students Deserve Better Than Active-Shooter Drills Students Deserve Better Than Active-Shooter Drills

Until lawmakers decide that protecting our children is more important than protecting access to guns, we’ll continue to see students and their teachers die too soon.

Sep 20, 2024 / Kimberly Lawson

Assassination Nation

Assassination Nation Assassination Nation

The Nation magazine was founded in the startled wake of Abraham Lincoln’s murder—the first presidential assassination in the country. It wouldn’t be the last.

Sep 3, 2024 / Richard Kreitner

Riot police hold back anti-immigrant protesters near a burning police vehicle in Southport, England.

The Recent Riots in the UK Should Be a Warning to Kamala Harris The Recent Riots in the UK Should Be a Warning to Kamala Harris

Like the Tories, the new Labour government wants to blame immigration for Britain’s current troubles, but these have less to do with immigration than with deprivation.

Aug 29, 2024 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Governor Tim Walz gets a huge hug from students at Webster Elementary in Minneapolis, after he signed into law a bill that guarantees free school meals for every student in Minnesota's public schools.

The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools The Harris-Walz Vision for Public Schools

Their agenda breaks with decades of Democratic thinking about education.

Aug 28, 2024 / Jennifer C. Berkshire

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, greet supporters.

In “We’re Not Going Back!” Dems Find an Antidote to the Politics of Nostalgia In “We’re Not Going Back!” Dems Find an Antidote to the Politics of Nostalgia

Underneath the cliché that “we’re all in this together” lie harder truths that will need to be faced if Harris and Walz want to rally the nation for real change.

Aug 27, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

Locals carry out search and rescue efforts after an Israeli attack on the Ridwan family home in Rafah, Gaza, on April 20, 2024.

“I Couldn’t Ask if She Was Still Alive”: A Girl, Her Mother, and a Bloody Night in Gaza “I Couldn’t Ask if She Was Still Alive”: A Girl, Her Mother, and a Bloody Night in Gaza

“I felt something warm on my hand. I couldn’t see what it was in the darkness. Then I realized it was blood.”

Aug 26, 2024 / Lujayn

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