Monuments to Migration and Labor Monuments to Migration and Labor
In the face of escalating ICE raids, how can we honor and give voice to immigrant laborers?
Aug 19, 2025 / Ánh Adams and Andy Urban
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
Chris Smalls Speaks Out After His Journey to Gaza Chris Smalls Speaks Out After His Journey to Gaza
In an interview, the union organizer talks about joining the Freedom Flotilla, confronting Israeli forces, and solidarity between Palestine and the US labor movement.
Aug 15, 2025 / Ella Fanger
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
How Seattle’s Katie Wilson Launched Her Mayoral Campaign as a Social Movement How Seattle’s Katie Wilson Launched Her Mayoral Campaign as a Social Movement
The precariat is rising.
Aug 12, 2025 / John Burbank
“The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani “The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani
New York's Democratic mayoral nominee shares his views on the city's affordability crisis, the new media landscape—and how Democrats need to stand up for what they believe.
Aug 12, 2025 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Nichols
Democrats Keep Misreading the Working Class Democrats Keep Misreading the Working Class
Many in the party see workers as drifting rightward. But new data show they’re more progressive than ever on economic issues—if Democrats are willing to meet them there.
Aug 11, 2025 / Bhaskar Sunkara
The Trump Economy? Some Reagan Parallels The Trump Economy? Some Reagan Parallels
In contrast with the now sober-seeming Reaganites, Trump has taken credit for the economy from day one.
Aug 7, 2025 / James K. Galbraith