This Maine Initiative Could Shake Up the Two-Party System

Ranked-choice voting opens up elections to a broader, more diverse range of candidates and ideas.

Hendrik Hertzberg

The Real Election Fraud

The danger to American democracy stems from Republican efforts to suppress the vote.

The Nation

Tom Hayden Remembered

Personal recollections from Mike Davis, Dick Flacks, Phyllis Bennis, Mark Rudd, Victor Navasky, and many others.

Various Contributors

Tom Hayden and the Unfinished Business of Democracy

Though an irreplaceable voice for peace has been silenced, his vision will live on.

The Nation

Alternative Explanation

Calvin Trillin

Note to America: Don’t Be So Sure You’ve Put Trump Behind You

Take it from a Brit, right-wing populism will thrive until you deal with it genuinely.

Gary Younge

How Trump’s Media Cheerleaders Turned Campaign Coverage Into a Total Disaster

Journalists and media moguls have disgraced themselves in pursuit of ratings and ideological goals.

Eric Alterman

Letters From the November 14, 2016, Issue

The art of words… Words are her matter… Live by shame, die by shame… Carré’d away…

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