What’s Up in DC: Jamie Raskin and AOC are Running the House’s Most Dynamic Subcommittee What’s Up in DC: Jamie Raskin and AOC are Running the House’s Most Dynamic Subcommittee
Attention to the US House of Representatives tends to focus on big votes and, occasionally, on big floor debates. But a lot of the hard work of Congress takes place at the subcommi…
Mar 29, 2021 / John Nichols
VIDEO Senator Chloe Maxmin Talks About the Powerful of Radical Honesty VIDEO Senator Chloe Maxmin Talks About the Powerful of Radical Honesty
Senator Chloe Maxmin, a progressive activist who unseated the GOP minority leader in November, joined The Nation for an intimate conversation about building political power in a Tr…
Mar 26, 2021 / The Nation
Now Is Not the Time to Measure Success in Terms of Military Security Now Is Not the Time to Measure Success in Terms of Military Security
These are not good times for nuclear security. On the first day of spring, I turned to my Twitter feed (as I confess I do on too many mornings) and discovered this bracing tweet: “…
Mar 25, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What’s Up in DC: Special Elections Produce a New GOP House Member, and a Hot Runoff Between Two Democrats What’s Up in DC: Special Elections Produce a New GOP House Member, and a Hot Runoff Between Two Democrats
A New Republican Member of Congress The first special election for an open House seat to be decided in 2021 produced a new Republican member from a very Republican district. Julia…
Mar 22, 2021 / John Nichols
What’s Up in DC: The House Democratic Majority Is Getting Smaller What’s Up in DC: The House Democratic Majority Is Getting Smaller
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been quite successful in holding her caucus together to win close votes on major pieces of legislation in recent weeks. The highest-profil…
Mar 15, 2021 / John Nichols
VIDEO Ben Jealous Makes the Case for Immediate Democracy Reform VIDEO Ben Jealous Makes the Case for Immediate Democracy Reform
Ben Jealous, president of People For the American Way, joined The Nation for an intimate conversation about how democracy reform is fundamental to every other policy change he and…
Mar 12, 2021 / Conversations With ‘The Nation’ / The Nation
The Times Have Finally Caught Up With Shirley Chisholm The Times Have Finally Caught Up With Shirley Chisholm
When Representative Sheila Jackson Lee spoke on the floor of the House at the end of February, she began by asking, “Who would ever forget the Honorable Shirley Chisholm, the first…
Mar 10, 2021 / John Nichols
What’s Up in DC: Focus Is on the Legacy of John Lewis and the Renewal of Voting Rights What’s Up in DC: Focus Is on the Legacy of John Lewis and the Renewal of Voting Rights
President Joe Biden, fresh from a major victory with Senate approval of his $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act, started the new week in Washington by placing a major focus on voting…
Mar 8, 2021 / John Nichols
What’s Up in DC: Action Moves to the House on Campaign Reform and Racial Justice What’s Up in DC: Action Moves to the House on Campaign Reform and Racial Justice
The big DC action this week will be in the US Senate, where some version of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Act will pass. But what version? Will it include a minim…
Mar 1, 2021 / John Nichols
VIDEO Sister Helen Prejean Is ‘On Fire’ to End the Death Penalty VIDEO Sister Helen Prejean Is ‘On Fire’ to End the Death Penalty
Sister Helen Prejean joined The Nation on Wednesday, February 24, for an intimate conversation about the first execution she saw and how it lit an unquenchable fire in her to…
Feb 26, 2021 / Conversations With ‘The Nation’ / The Nation