Can Biden Finish What Obama Started With Cuba? Can Biden Finish What Obama Started With Cuba?
Here’s a smart blueprint for returning to normalized relations.
Dec 21, 2020 / Peter Kornbluh
Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19 Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19
Tens of millions are reeling under an unholy trinity of pandemic, US sanctions, and government misrule.
Dec 21, 2020 / Ahmad Jalalpour
Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue Are Campaigning Against Democracy Georgia Senators Loeffler and Perdue Are Campaigning Against Democracy
First, they embraced Trump’s scheme to nullify almost 5 million Georgia votes. Now, they’re trying to suppress absentee voting in their own runoffs.
Dec 19, 2020 / John Nichols
Is a Civil War Brewing Within the GOP? Is a Civil War Brewing Within the GOP?
Some Republicans are denouncing a “surrender caucus” within their party that has the temerity to accept the results of a democratic election.
Dec 18, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Unchecked Republican Lies Opened the Door for Trump Unchecked Republican Lies Opened the Door for Trump
Network executives need to decide which side they are on: democracy or fascist rebellion.
Dec 18, 2020 / Eric Alterman
Bernie Sanders: ‘Democracy Has Gotten a Reprieve With Biden’s Victory. That’s All It Is.’ Bernie Sanders: ‘Democracy Has Gotten a Reprieve With Biden’s Victory. That’s All It Is.’
Trump may have been defeated, but his extreme agenda poses an ongoing threat, the Vermont senator told Nation Festival attendees.
Dec 18, 2020 / Q&A / John Nichols
Biden’s Risky Peace Offering to Republicans Biden’s Risky Peace Offering to Republicans
The president-elect thinks he can work with an opposition that only partly acknowledges his victory. Progressives need to prepare a Plan B.
Dec 16, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Bye-Bye, Bill Barr: Trump’s Roy Cohn Impersonator Resigns Bye-Bye, Bill Barr: Trump’s Roy Cohn Impersonator Resigns
It turns out there were some things Barr wasn’t willing to do.
Dec 15, 2020 / Joan Walsh
The Madness of Kook Donald The Madness of Kook Donald
The Supreme Court ruling on Friday should finally have put a stop to Trump’s seditionist antics, but he and his sycophants only amped up the tension.
Dec 15, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
People Are Taking the Wrong Lesson From Trump’s Failed Coup People Are Taking the Wrong Lesson From Trump’s Failed Coup
Trump failed to steal the election because of incompetence, not because our robust institutions defeated him.
Dec 15, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal