Letters From the August 26-September 2, 2019, Issue Letters From the August 26-September 2, 2019, Issue
Eyes wide open… The other stain… Sanders’s exceptionalism?… Human rights v. propaganda (web only)…
Aug 13, 2019 / Our Readers and Omar Barghouti
How Indigenous Mexicans Took on Big Energy and Won How Indigenous Mexicans Took on Big Energy and Won
A natural gas pipeline was scheduled to go online in 2017, but TransCanada wasn’t counting on indigenous resistance.
Aug 12, 2019 / Martha Pskowski
The Myth of Resistance Inside the Trump Administration The Myth of Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
The adults in the room are complicit in a dangerous presidency.
Aug 9, 2019 / Jeet Heer
Brianna Wu Is Used to Fighting Bullies Brianna Wu Is Used to Fighting Bullies
The Gamergate veteran tells The Nation why she’s challenging a Democratic incumbent in the Massachusetts congressional primary.
Aug 9, 2019 / Q&A / John Nichols
The Democratic Debates Don’t Need to Be This Awful The Democratic Debates Don’t Need to Be This Awful
Progressive Democrats can and should demand deeper and sharper lines of questioning and more diverse moderators.
Aug 8, 2019 / John Nichols
Democratic Socialists of America Seize the Day Democratic Socialists of America Seize the Day
There was plenty of conflict at the DSA’s national convention, but delegates came out of it with a clear plan for the fight ahead.
Aug 7, 2019 / Eric Blanc
What Tiffany Cabán’s Concession Means for Queens What Tiffany Cabán’s Concession Means for Queens
“Four years from now there’s going to be a movement of people who are hungry for real, transformative criminal justice reform.”
Aug 7, 2019 / Ross Barkan
Beto O’Rourke Is Doing What Donald Trump Is Simply Incapable Of Beto O’Rourke Is Doing What Donald Trump Is Simply Incapable Of
The Texan is demonstrating real leadership in the wake of a horrific mass shooting by unequivocally condemning racism. And Americans are responding.
Aug 7, 2019 / John Nichols
The Battle for the Senate Demands Democrats’ Fierce Focus The Battle for the Senate Demands Democrats’ Fierce Focus
Their bold ideas will be dead on arrival if Trumpists keep the chamber.
Aug 6, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Netflix’s ‘Great Hack’ Gets Wrong About Cambridge Analytica What Netflix’s ‘Great Hack’ Gets Wrong About Cambridge Analytica
The British consulting firm didn’t steal the 2016 election, and it couldn’t have if it tried.
Aug 6, 2019 / Micah L. Sifry