The Trump Spectacle Is Overshadowing the More Urgent Scandals of This Administration The Trump Spectacle Is Overshadowing the More Urgent Scandals of This Administration
To truly hold the president accountable, there has to be more distinction between news that affects people’s lives and the daily outrages that often distract from the issues.
Jun 12, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bernie Sanders Is to Deliver a Commonsense Plan to Save the Postal Service Bernie Sanders Is to Deliver a Commonsense Plan to Save the Postal Service
The senator is calling on the Trump administration to strengthen the agency, not sell it off.
Jun 7, 2018 / Jake Bittle
The Democratic Wave Won’t Crest Without Progressive Insurgents The Democratic Wave Won’t Crest Without Progressive Insurgents
The progressive base of the Democratic Party is revolting against the centrist, big-money politics that have proved so ruinous.
May 22, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Watch: Bernie Sanders Hosts a Live Town Hall on the Iran Deal Watch: Bernie Sanders Hosts a Live Town Hall on the Iran Deal
At 7 pm EST, Sanders will discuss the aftermath of Trump's decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement.
May 14, 2018 / Sen. Bernie Sanders
There Is an Alternative to Brutal Austerity in Puerto Rico There Is an Alternative to Brutal Austerity in Puerto Rico
Bernie Sanders has proposed a Marshall Plan for the islands, instead of an inhumane and antidemocratic oversight board.
May 1, 2018 / John Nichols
Will Democrats Have an Antidote to Trump’s Fake Populism? Will Democrats Have an Antidote to Trump’s Fake Populism?
The old ideas have failed, big-money politics has been exposed as corrupted, and the battle on what comes next is joined.
Apr 24, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
American Hubris, or, How Globalization Brought Us Donald Trump American Hubris, or, How Globalization Brought Us Donald Trump
It was “free trade” mania, pushed by both major political parties, that destroyed working-class prosperity and laid the groundwork for his triumph.
Apr 19, 2018 / William Greider
Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap
For our national security, we need self-control more than we need arms-control talks.
Mar 27, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence
The Saudi Crown Prince Auditions for Trump as ‘Policeman of the Middle East’ The Saudi Crown Prince Auditions for Trump as ‘Policeman of the Middle East’
But with friends like this—a repressive monarch, a war criminal, and a sectarian ideologue—who needs enemies?
Mar 20, 2018 / Juan Cole
Bernie Sanders Wants to Tell the Story That Corporate Media Fail to Tell Bernie Sanders Wants to Tell the Story That Corporate Media Fail to Tell
Frustrated with the media’s neglect of economic issues that matter to the working class, the senator tells The Nation how he’ll use live-streaming to force the issue.
Mar 18, 2018 / John Nichols