Politics

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks the US District Courthouse in Washington, DC, on August 15, 2025.

Does DC Have a Vichy Mayor? Does DC Have a Vichy Mayor?

It’s still unclear—and that’s the problem.

Sep 5, 2025 / Dave Zirin

Don’t Let Trump Bury The #Epstein Files!

Don’t Let Trump Bury The #Epstein Files! Don’t Let Trump Bury The #Epstein Files!

Just put these letters together with friends—photograph and post!

Sep 4, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Introducing “Oligarch Watch”

Introducing “Oligarch Watch” Introducing “Oligarch Watch”

A new monthly column from The Nation takes on the plutocrats wielding their wealth and power at the expense of the rest of us.

Sep 4, 2025 / Press Room

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

RFK Jr., American Psycho RFK Jr., American Psycho

He needs to go. Now.

Sep 4, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

Representative Ro Khanna speaks during a news conference with alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein outside the Capitol on September 3. Khanna and Representative Thomas Massie have introduced the Epstein List Transparency Act to force the federal government to release all unclassified records from the cases of Epstein and his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Sisterhood Could Be Powerful Sisterhood Could Be Powerful

The victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell’s sex-trafficking scheme are increasingly banding together—and could wind up outing more famous Epstein customers on their own....

Sep 3, 2025 / Joan Walsh

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends the 2025 New York City Pride March in June.

What Makes Democrats So Afraid of Zohran Mamdani? What Makes Democrats So Afraid of Zohran Mamdani?

With Trump’s power grabs escalating, the Democratic establishment is still taking the time to fret over a rising star in its own party.

Sep 3, 2025 / Chris Lehmann

Tidy Bowl

Tidy Bowl Tidy Bowl

Royal flush.

Sep 3, 2025 / OppArt / Mark Kaplan

Stephen Miller Interviews with CNN

Stephen Miller Calls Democrats a “Domestic Extremist Organization” Stephen Miller Calls Democrats a “Domestic Extremist Organization”

Congressional Democrats should demand that he retract his grotesque claims or resign.

Sep 3, 2025 / Anthony Barnett

California Governor Gavin Newsom greets Donald Trump at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California

What the Democrats Can Learn From Gavin Newsom’s Trump Mockery What the Democrats Can Learn From Gavin Newsom’s Trump Mockery

As Democrats sharpen their online game, Gavin Newsom’s Trump-style jabs reveal both the risks and rewards of fighting fire with fire in an attention economy built for bluster.

Sep 3, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Here Comes the Sun—Plus, “Our Fragile Freedoms”

Here Comes the Sun—Plus, “Our Fragile Freedoms” Here Comes the Sun—Plus, “Our Fragile Freedoms”

On this episode of Start Making Sense, Bill McKibben explains why solar power makes him optimistic, and Eric Foner talks about Trump and history.

Sep 3, 2025 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

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