Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job. Mamdani Is the Right Leader for NYC. I Should Know—I Had the Job.
We have an unprecedented chance to elect a mayor who can prioritize the needs of working people.
Sep 9, 2025 / Bill de Blasio
Introducing “Oligarch Watch” Introducing “Oligarch Watch”
A new monthly column from The Nation takes on the plutocrats wielding their wealth and power at the expense of the rest of us.
Sep 4, 2025 / Press Room
The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis
Prime Minister François Bayrou is gambling his political survival on a confidence vote, in a probably doomed attempt to force France’s hung parliament to accept an austerity budge...
Sep 3, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
Trump’s Attempt to Fire Lisa Cook From the Fed Is a Naked Power Play Trump’s Attempt to Fire Lisa Cook From the Fed Is a Naked Power Play
The president’s targeting the Federal Reserve governor over a technicality is blatantly politically motivated.
Aug 28, 2025 / Chris Lehmann
How China Engineered the Next Century How China Engineered the Next Century
Dan Wang argues that the battle between China and the United States is simply a conflict between engineers and lawyers. The situation is much more complicated than that.
Aug 26, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Rollin Hu
Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands Shocking: The Trump Administration Grabs the Third Rail With Both Hands
Our grandparents would urge us all to defend and strengthen Social Security.
Aug 19, 2025 / June Hopkins, Henry Scott Wallace, and James Roosevelt Jr.
Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For Montana Doesn’t Need Any More Rural Ghost Towns, but That’s What Republicans Voted For
Across the country, rural hospitals will close, and the empty towns will mirror the quiet halls where doctors and nurses once rushed to heal.
Aug 19, 2025 / Steve Bullock
MAGA Conservatives Are Terrified of the Future MAGA Conservatives Are Terrified of the Future
Trump and his followers don’t just want to halt progress. They want to turn back the clock.
Aug 18, 2025 / Column / Chris Lehmann
To Make Democracy Work, Give More of It to Workers To Make Democracy Work, Give More of It to Workers
The fight to reclaim American democracy has to begin with our oligarchic political economy.
Aug 14, 2025 / Osita Nwanevu
The Case Against E.J. Antoni The Case Against E.J. Antoni
Opposing his nomination to head the Bureau of Labor Statistics is the one thing the left and right can agree on.
Aug 14, 2025 / Chris Lehmann