Facing a Real Catastrophe With a Pretend President Facing a Real Catastrophe With a Pretend President
With Trump AWOL and Biden keeping a low profile, there is no national leadership.
May 18, 2020 / Jeet Heer
How Do You Organize Students Without a Campus? How Do You Organize Students Without a Campus?
Student climate activists across the country are quickly learning how to organize in an atomized world—because even after the pandemic, they’re worried about their future.
May 18, 2020 / StudentNation / Jacob Wallace
Democracy Dies in Dysfunction Democracy Dies in Dysfunction
There are clear steps we can take now to ensure fair and functional elections in November—but time is quickly running out.
May 18, 2020 / John Nichols for The Nation
How Covid-19 Is Affecting Military Families How Covid-19 Is Affecting Military Families
A cofounder of the Costs of War Project writes about living through this pandemic.
May 16, 2020 / Andrea Mazzarino
Can Britain Survive Boris Johnson? Can Britain Survive Boris Johnson?
After Corbyn, after Covid, the Labour Party struggles to break through.
May 16, 2020 / Gary Younge
Pelosi Sends a Message Pelosi Sends a Message
The House passed the HEROES Act, which is a good start, but our new normal demands a bold progressive agenda.
May 15, 2020 / Robert L. Borosage
Gaza Holds Its Breath as the Threat of Coronavirus Looms Gaza Holds Its Breath as the Threat of Coronavirus Looms
The besieged territory has been starved of basic resources for years, its health sector eroded. What will happen if Covid-19 comes?
May 15, 2020 / Ahmed Abu Artema
Lame-Duck Injustice: Wisconsin’s Latest Political Horror Story Lame-Duck Injustice: Wisconsin’s Latest Political Horror Story
A Supreme Court justice who was rejected by voters last month cast the deciding vote against maintaining protections against the spread of Covid-19.
May 15, 2020 / John Nichols
If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists… If They Walk Like Fascists and Talk Like Fascists…
Attacking science, forcing people back to work, closing the border, suppressing the vote—the Trump/GOP strategy looks increasingly like white nationalist accelerationism.
May 15, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
The Virus, the Press, and the Comfortable Class The Virus, the Press, and the Comfortable Class
Liberal and conservative elites aren’t grappling with the pandemic’s toll on working-class people—and the impossible choices they’re forced to make.
May 15, 2020 / Michael Massing