![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Joe Biden hold a joint press conference at the Masseria San Domenico on the sidelines of the G7 Summit hosted by Italy on June 13, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2156801592-1.jpg)
10 Questions for the Candidates 10 Questions for the Candidates
On US foreign policy, the war in Ukraine, and US-Russia relations.
Jun 27, 2024 / James Carden and Katrina vanden Heuvel
![Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton shares a moment with then–Vice President Joe Biden during a portrait unveiling ceremony for then–Senate minority leader Senator Harry Reid on December 8, 2016.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-628632954-1.jpg)
Young People See “a Dying Empire” Because They’re Paying Attention Young People See “a Dying Empire” Because They’re Paying Attention
For decades, the Democratic Party has conducted low-grade generational warfare against young Americans.
May 30, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
![Former president Donald Trump speaks to the media during a break in his criminal trial on May 29, 2024, in New York City.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2154631395.jpg)
Why the Election Is the Trump Verdict That Really Matters Why the Election Is the Trump Verdict That Really Matters
How the trials, tactics, and verdicts are a sideshow.
May 30, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
![Sarah Lloyd works on her farm in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1228115177-1.jpg)
Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like Here’s What a 21st-Century Rural New Deal Looks Like
A strategy for building a rural-urban working-class coalition.
Apr 23, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
![Trump Campaign Launches](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GettyImages-1197368531-1.jpg)
Donald Trump’s Christian Soldiers Donald Trump’s Christian Soldiers
The MAGA church and white evangelical Christian voters.
Apr 15, 2024 / Peter Dreier
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The Goodwins and Their “Unfinished Love Story” The Goodwins and Their “Unfinished Love Story”
A personal history of the 1960s.
Apr 5, 2024 / Michele Willens
![Former US president Donald Trump attends the wake of slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller on March 28, 2024, in Massapequa, N.Y.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-2120576302-1.jpg)
Do We Face the Gravest Threat to Our Democracy Since the Cold War? Do We Face the Gravest Threat to Our Democracy Since the Cold War?
Our liberties have been trampled more by the unity of elites than by the divisions of people.
Apr 1, 2024 / Robert L. Borosage
![Former US president Donald Trump stands on stage during a campaign event on January 27, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nev., ahead of the state's Republican presidential caucuses.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-1965959342.jpg)
The True Threat of Donald Trump’s “Bloodbath” Speech The True Threat of Donald Trump’s “Bloodbath” Speech
Deplatforming the former president hasn’t worked, so America needs to rediscover his depravity.
Mar 18, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Republican presidential candidate and former US president Donald Trump speaks to guest at a cam](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/trump-waterloo-getty.jpg)
More Democracy, Not the Courts, Will Defeat Trump’s Authoritarianism More Democracy, Not the Courts, Will Defeat Trump’s Authoritarianism
The pursuit of legal liberalism is a distraction from mobilizing a majority coalition against a would-be dictator.
Dec 29, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GettyImages-1730513965.jpg)
Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward Gaza, Biden, and a Path Forward
The president’s approach to Gaza has been a moral and political catastrophe that has made Trump’s return to the White House much more likely. What can be done about that?
Dec 1, 2023 / Max Elbaum and Bill Fletcher Jr.