Editorial

“Bidenomics” vs. “Reaganomics”

“Bidenomics” vs. “Reaganomics” “Bidenomics” vs. “Reaganomics”

What will it take for Biden’s economic agenda to transform the political landscape the way to Reagan’s did?

Jul 21, 2023 / Mike Konczal

Residents oppose anti-trans policy at a New Jersey public school board meeting

The Anti-Trans Crusade Comes to New Jersey The Anti-Trans Crusade Comes to New Jersey

I returned to my New Jersey middle school to watch the school board support a dangerous anti-trans policy.

Jul 21, 2023 / S. Baum

Kathy Eason, a worker at the Center for Highland Falls, stands outside the organization's storefront after being trapped inside by floodwaters the previous day, Monday, July 10, 2023, in Highland Falls, N.Y.

The Left Must Adapt or Die The Left Must Adapt or Die

This new era of climatic instability desperately demands a strategy based on the facts of today, not some imagined future.

Jul 20, 2023 / Samuel Miller McDonald for The Nation

We’ve Entered a New Era of Tiered Constitutional Rights

We’ve Entered a New Era of Tiered Constitutional Rights We’ve Entered a New Era of Tiered Constitutional Rights

In a string of cases, the US Supreme Court’s conservative justices have elevated rights of religious liberty, free speech, and guns over other rights.

Jul 18, 2023 / Katherine Franke

young people hold colorful posters that read: our generation our choice

Is It Useful to Analyze Politics in Terms of Generations? Is It Useful to Analyze Politics in Terms of Generations?

Keir Milburn argues that generational analysis can provide clues to the operation of class while Adolph Reed Jr. writes that it can obscure historically specific social relations.

Jul 14, 2023 / The Debate / Keir Milburn and Adolph Reed Jr.

Republican Presidential Candidates Speak At The Moms For Liberty Summit

Donald Trump Goes Apocalyptic Donald Trump Goes Apocalyptic

Confronted with a long-overdue legal reckoning, the former president's rhetoric has only gotten more extreme.

Jul 11, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Cornel West

Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat Cornel West Should Run as a Democrat

If he wants to go beyond preaching to the converted, he needs to take his socialist politics into the Democratic primaries.

Jul 6, 2023 / D.D. Guttenplan and Bhaskar Sunkara

A protester holds a sign reading

The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier. The Supreme Court Has Killed Affirmative Action. Mediocre Whites Can Rest Easier.

The court ended one of our most effective social justice policies because anything that isn’t seen to primarily benefit white people is anathema to this country.

Jun 29, 2023 / Elie Mystal for The Nation

Students for Life President Kristan Hawkins

The Anti-Abortion Movement Gets a Dose of Post-“Roe” Reality The Anti-Abortion Movement Gets a Dose of Post-“Roe” Reality

A year after the Dobbs decision, some leaders in the movement are contending with the fact that abortion bans are more unpopular, and far less effective, than they expected.

Jun 28, 2023 / Amy Littlefield

How the Supreme Court Got This Powerful

How the Supreme Court Got This Powerful How the Supreme Court Got This Powerful

It goes all the way back to Marbury v. Madison.

Jun 27, 2023 / Stan Mack

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