![President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference during the NATO Summit in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Biden-nato-press-conference-getty.jpg)
Biden’s “Big Boy Press Conference” Went Fine, but It Won’t Quiet Doubters Biden’s “Big Boy Press Conference” Went Fine, but It Won’t Quiet Doubters
The president started with a flub but ended strong. It may not matter.
Jul 11, 2024 / Joan Walsh
![President Joe Biden stumbles while walking on stage](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-17231005401.jpg)
The Democrats Are Slow-Walking Into Fascism The Democrats Are Slow-Walking Into Fascism
Is doubling down on a candidate who is almost certainly going to lose really the best the left can do?
Jul 11, 2024 / Van Gosse
![Asian elephants eating bamboo in the wild.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-1539892061.jpg)
An Open Letter to the President of the United States An Open Letter to the President of the United States
There are worse things in life than a comfortable retirement.
Jul 10, 2024 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky
![Exterior of the US Supreme Court Building the statue is titled “Authority of Law.”](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/joe-biden-watch-getty.jpg)
In a Democracy, No Leader Is Indispensable In a Democracy, No Leader Is Indispensable
As Joe Biden flirts with the Samson Option—threatening to bring his party to ruin in November—he needs to realize that the election isn’t just about him.
Jul 8, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Joe Biden delivers remarks at a campaign rally at Sherman Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin, on July 5, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2160124924.jpg)
Biden Won’t Win With This Kind of Campaign Biden Won’t Win With This Kind of Campaign
The president says he won’t bow out. But his efforts to renew his candidacy are risk-averse, uninspired, and dangerously misguided.
Jul 8, 2024 / John Nichols
![President Joe Biden speaks with George Stephanopoulos on July 5, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. The president sat down with Stephanopoulos while on the campaign trail, a few days after a debate with former president Donald Trump.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/biden-interview-abc-getty.jpg)
Biden Did Not Save His Presidency on ABC Biden Did Not Save His Presidency on ABC
An uneven interview with George Stephanapoulos was too little, too late—and maybe a bit too churlish.
Jul 6, 2024 / Joan Walsh
![US President Joe Biden has an important decision to make.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/biden-sad-getty.jpg)
Biden’s Patriotic Duty—and Ours Biden’s Patriotic Duty—and Ours
The United States of America is not—yet—a family business. The future of our democracy is too important to be left to one man, his relatives, or his major donors.
Jul 4, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan
![Saving Candidate Biden](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/biden-tired-getty.jpg)
Saving Candidate Biden Saving Candidate Biden
To rescue the president’s faltering campaign, Democrats need to send in their A team.
![Do July Jitters Mean a Nightmare in November?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2158941477-scaled.jpg)
Do July Jitters Mean a Nightmare in November? Do July Jitters Mean a Nightmare in November?
The center may have held in the EU elections, but Americans are starting to tug their shirt collars.
Jul 2, 2024 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan
![As Childish Old Men Bickered, America Lost the Debate](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/trump-biden-debate-bar.jpg)
As Childish Old Men Bickered, America Lost the Debate As Childish Old Men Bickered, America Lost the Debate
The debate was a hard-to-watch 90-minute infomercial for the political shit show that lies ahead.
Jun 28, 2024 / Alyssa Oursler