Democrats

Despite the Harris-Walz campaign’s slogans, 2024 was marked by a precipitous drop in Democratic turnout.

The Democrats’ Lost Millions The Democrats’ Lost Millions

The people who really decided the 2024 election are the ones who didn’t vote at all—and they could hold the key to a Democratic comeback.

Apr 10, 2025 / Feature / Kali Holloway

A poster protests the arrest of pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil for leading demonstrations at Columbia University on March 13, 2025, in New York City.

The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals

As with earlier Red Scares, Democrats laid the groundwork for the current crackdown on dissent.

Apr 9, 2025 / Column / Jeet Heer

A man holding up a US flag and a sign that reads,

The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within

What old-school civics taught us about checks and balances isn’t working. The absence of a will to fight, to defend the institutions of liberal democracy, is breathtaking.

Apr 8, 2025 / Jodi Dean for The Nation

President Donald Trump holds a reciprocal tariffs poster during a tariff announcement in the White House on April 2, 2025.

A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy

The president’s tariff war is also a constitutional crisis.

Apr 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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Apr 4, 2025 / Steve Brodner

Senator Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor on April 1, 2025. The New Jersey senator broke the record for the longest Senate floor speech by holding the floor for more than 25 hours.

Cory Booker Makes History. Donald Trump Will Never Erase It. Cory Booker Makes History. Donald Trump Will Never Erase It.

The New Jersey senator broke Strom Thurmond’s record for speaking on the Senate floor. May Booker break the back of the neo-segregationism that Trump represents.

Apr 2, 2025 / Joan Walsh

A student walks past the Rotunda, under renovation, on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville.

Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again

The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.

Mar 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer

All Vance Is Saying Is Give Peace a Chance

All Vance Is Saying Is Give Peace a Chance All Vance Is Saying Is Give Peace a Chance

The vice president has doubts about the Yemen war, but will Democrats find the courage to oppose it? The GOP’s fractures offer a chance to push for an anti-interventionist agenda....

Mar 28, 2025 / Jeet Heer

View through Montana ranch entrance to rangeland with a view of central Montana shows snow covered Crazy Mountains in the background. The Crazy Mountains rise to over 11,000 feet and are located north of Interstate-90 between Billings and Bozeman Montana; they can be seen for many miles along this stretch of Interstate.

Welcome to Bozangeles! Welcome to Bozangeles!

The greater Bozeman, Montana, region has become ground zero for rampant luxury development that is taking the “public” out of public lands.

Mar 27, 2025 / Erica Etelson

Pramila Jayapal: “We Have to Stand Up and Fight Back”

Pramila Jayapal: “We Have to Stand Up and Fight Back” Pramila Jayapal: “We Have to Stand Up and Fight Back”

The former leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus discusses her recently launched “Resistance Lab,” where Democratic leadership is failing, and what must be done.

Mar 27, 2025 / Q&A / Joan Walsh

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