Post-Truth and Its Consequences: What a 25-Year-Old Essay Tells Us About the Current Moment Post-Truth and Its Consequences: What a 25-Year-Old Essay Tells Us About the Current Moment
“We are rapidly becoming prototypes of a people that totalitarian monsters could only drool about in their dreams,” a Nation writer said in 1992.
Nov 30, 2016 / Richard Kreitner
Workers Don’t Need Trump to Give Them a Voice. They Need Unions. Workers Don’t Need Trump to Give Them a Voice. They Need Unions.
The key to rebuilding the working class is labor organizing, not scapegoating people of color and immigrants.
Nov 18, 2016 / David Madland
The Radical Ghost We Need to Fight Fascism The Radical Ghost We Need to Fight Fascism
Clark Fitzgerald fought fascism before Trump won, and died one day before his election—but he’s with us still.
Nov 11, 2016 / Natasha Lennard
The Sexual Predator Who Would Be King The Sexual Predator Who Would Be King
Trump seeks to impose on America a strongman politics that even Republicans note—and fear.
Oct 12, 2016 / John Nichols
France’s National Front Draws Strength From Brexit France’s National Front Draws Strength From Brexit
The party has long shrouded racism in the language of “self-determination”—now, they feel vindicated.
Aug 5, 2016 / Richard Wolin
Why Dutch Far-Right Extremist Geert Wilders Has Come to Cleveland to Cheer On Donald Trump Why Dutch Far-Right Extremist Geert Wilders Has Come to Cleveland to Cheer On Donald Trump
Making the rounds at the Republican National Convention, the virulent critic of Islam embraces the Republican nominee’s message and candidacy.
Jul 20, 2016 / John Nichols
Spaniards Confront the Legacy of Civil War and Dictatorship Spaniards Confront the Legacy of Civil War and Dictatorship
Four decades after the transition to democracy, families victimized by Francoist repression have organized in a quest for justice.
Jul 18, 2016 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
The Liberal Catechism The Liberal Catechism
The allegory in the latest installment of The Purge is pretty clear: Election 2016.
Jul 8, 2016 / Joshua Clover
As Long as We’re Taking Note of Trump’s Anti-Semitic Tweeting, Shall We Address His Mussolini Messaging? As Long as We’re Taking Note of Trump’s Anti-Semitic Tweeting, Shall We Address His Mussolini Messaging?
This is not the first time that Trump has been called out for promulgating neo-Nazi and fascist themes.
Jul 6, 2016 / John Nichols
Neo-Nazis and Leftists Brawl in Sacramento Neo-Nazis and Leftists Brawl in Sacramento
Trump has unleashed demons on the land, and his demagoguery thrives on this kind of violent chaos.
Jun 27, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky