Yes, That Debate Was a Shit Show Yes, That Debate Was a Shit Show
If the election goes anything like the first debate, Trump will cheat brazenly—but maybe not get away with it.
Sep 30, 2020 / Joan Walsh
‘My People Are Being Hunted’ ‘My People Are Being Hunted’
Latinos, Covid, and the rising brown tide driving Arizona’s blue wave.
Sep 30, 2020 / James E. Garcia
White Mob Violence Is Back Thanks to Trump White Mob Violence Is Back Thanks to Trump
White mobs have once again moved out of the shadows and into the limelight during this Trump moment.
Sep 30, 2020 / John Feffer
With Help From Chris Wallace, Trump Attacked American Democracy With Help From Chris Wallace, Trump Attacked American Democracy
Enabled by the weak moderation, the president used the debate to legitimize a hate group and threaten intimidation at the polling station.
Sep 30, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Will Someone Please Wake Me Up? Will Someone Please Wake Me Up?
The first presidential debate made unmistakably plain: Voting is just the beginning of this fight. Anyone who tells you otherwise is dreaming.
Sep 30, 2020 / D.D. Guttenplan
Watch the First Presidential Debate With ‘The Nation’ Watch the First Presidential Debate With ‘The Nation’
Our editor D.D. Guttenplan and correspondents Elie Mystal, Jane McAlevey, Jeet Heer, Joan Walsh, John Nichols, Katha Pollitt, and Sasha Abramsky respond in real time to the first h...
Sep 29, 2020 / The Nation
Trump Threatens America: Reelect Me, or Else Trump Threatens America: Reelect Me, or Else
His plan, aided by the GOP, is to use any means necessary to remain in power despite having lost popular legitimacy.
Sep 29, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky
Joe Biden Should Propose a $750 Tax Credit Tonight—Then Drop the Mic Joe Biden Should Propose a $750 Tax Credit Tonight—Then Drop the Mic
Tonight’s debate gives the Democrat a chance to make Trump’s tax avoidance the Republican’s albatross.
Sep 29, 2020 / John Nichols
Trump Paid Less in Taxes Than a Schoolteacher or a Nurse Trump Paid Less in Taxes Than a Schoolteacher or a Nurse
What’s most shocking about the president’s taxes are the things that are legal.
Sep 29, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Is Chris Wallace Thinking? What Is Chris Wallace Thinking?
If he can ask about Trump’s taxes, he can probe the president’s climate denial.
Sep 29, 2020 / Mark Hertsgaard