Wisconsin’s In-Person Voting Threatens Health and Democracy Wisconsin’s In-Person Voting Threatens Health and Democracy
Officials can protect voters by adopting a plan for extended absentee balloting.
Apr 6, 2020 / John Nichols
On the Need for Dissent and Debate in These Urgent Times On the Need for Dissent and Debate in These Urgent Times
Congress has to figure out how to debate and vote remotely. We can’t accept government by “unanimous consent.”
Mar 31, 2020 / John Nichols
Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Mess Cuomo Helped Get New York Into This Mess
The governor’s position on health care spending looked starkly different a couple of months ago.
Mar 30, 2020 / Ross Barkan
How to Win in Wisconsin How to Win in Wisconsin
Democrats have a shot to win the state in the November presidential election, but the 2020 strategy has to speak directly to Wisconsinites’ needs.
Mar 30, 2020 / Feature / John Nichols
This Is What an Opposition Party Is Supposed to Sound Like This Is What an Opposition Party Is Supposed to Sound Like
Bernie Sanders’s moral outrage and devastating sarcasm struck back against a GOP assault on poor and low-income workers.
Mar 27, 2020 / John Nichols
If the UK Can Protect Workers From Covid-19 Layoffs, Why Not the US? If the UK Can Protect Workers From Covid-19 Layoffs, Why Not the US?
House members Rosa DeLauro and Mark Pocan have a plan to keep Americans working.
Mar 21, 2020 / John Nichols
Right Now Congressional Dems Are to the Right of the GOP Right Now Congressional Dems Are to the Right of the GOP
The party’s leadership is failing the test posed by the coronavirus.
Mar 19, 2020 / Jeet Heer for The Nation
Progressives, There’s Reason to Hope. Really! Progressives, There’s Reason to Hope. Really!
While the world grapples with the coronavirus, it’s important to remember how much the progressive movement has moved the ball.
Mar 19, 2020 / Leah Hunt-Hendrix
‘Today, the United States of America Failed to Live Up to Our Democratic Ideals’ ‘Today, the United States of America Failed to Live Up to Our Democratic Ideals’
Postponements and disruptions characterized a primary day when voting rights activists saw states failing the Covid-19 “stress test.”
Mar 18, 2020 / John Nichols
Sanders Must Now Choose His Battlefield Sanders Must Now Choose His Battlefield
The insurgent has to decide whether to keep fighting in the primaries—or push for a radical economic program in Congress.
Mar 18, 2020 / Jeet Heer