![Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AP24143840789003.jpg)
Samuel Alito’s Opinions Are Just As Upside-Down as His Flag Samuel Alito’s Opinions Are Just As Upside-Down as His Flag
In a majority opinion rubber-stamping South Carolina’s racist congressional map, Alito made it effectively impossible to contest racial gerrymanders.
May 24, 2024 / Elie Mystal
![Members of UAW 4811 join protesters at the University of California, Santa Cruz, campus on May 20, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/palworkers.jpg)
The Next Front in Palestine Solidarity: Worker Strikes The Next Front in Palestine Solidarity: Worker Strikes
The symbiotic relationship between universities and the military puts higher education workers in a position of significant structural power.
May 23, 2024 / Jonathan Rosenblum
![Joe Biden tries on a pair of sunglasses on in Nashua, New Hampshire.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/AP24142660378491.jpg)
Biden’s Desperate Bid to Reclaim the Youth Vote Is Missing the Point Biden’s Desperate Bid to Reclaim the Youth Vote Is Missing the Point
Recent policies regarding student debt and cannabis seem like naked appeals to a crucial demographic that cares most about US involvement in Israel’s war on Gaza.
May 23, 2024 / Chris Lehmann
![Black MAGA Is Still MAGA to the Core](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1297451685-scaled.jpg)
Black MAGA Is Still MAGA to the Core Black MAGA Is Still MAGA to the Core
Trump’s strategy for the Black vote has been high on empty symbolism and low on specific policy benefits for the Black community.
May 22, 2024 / Clarence Lusane
![Wildwood, New Jersey](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FEAT_Edel-Rodriguez-Wildwood-NJ-1.jpg)
Wildwood, New Jersey Wildwood, New Jersey
Scenes from a Trump rally.
May 22, 2024 / OppArt / Edel Rodriguez
![UAW Mercedes](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/UAW-Mercedes.jpg)
Learning the Right Lessons From the UAW Loss in Alabama Learning the Right Lessons From the UAW Loss in Alabama
Mercedes put on an “A-level boss fight.” Which was only to be expected. So how can the union win next time?
May 21, 2024 / Jane McAlevey
![Can Biden Become a Pugilist for Populism?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2152927548-1.jpg)
Can Biden Become a Pugilist for Populism? Can Biden Become a Pugilist for Populism?
Why it’s time to take Adam Tooze’s advice and “re-politicize the economy.”
May 21, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
![Joe Biden in academic regalia, in front of a crowd of university faculty and staff, giving the commencement address at Morehouse College.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/biden-morehouse-gt-img.jpg)
Biden Fared Well at Morehouse. So You Didn’t Hear About It. Biden Fared Well at Morehouse. So You Didn’t Hear About It.
Biden’s speech wasn’t groundbreaking. But he did not take these talented 20-somethings for granted.
May 20, 2024 / Joan Walsh
![Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/supreme-court-justice-alito-and-thomas.jpg)
Impeach Samuel Alito! Impeach Clarence Thomas! Impeach Samuel Alito! Impeach Clarence Thomas!
Corrupt insurrectionists have no place on the Supreme Court.
May 20, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![The GOP Platform 1-5](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/FEAT_5-15-24-Platform-1-Abortion.jpg)
The GOP Platform 1-5 The GOP Platform 1-5
Ask my wife.
May 17, 2024 / The Greater Quiet / Steve Brodner