![Reflected on a mirror, then–Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event to unveil a report with analysis related to Recovery Act investments in innovation, science, and technology on August 24, 2010, at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/biden-mirror.jpg)
The Democrats Have a Two-Biden Problem The Democrats Have a Two-Biden Problem
And so does the president. As he decides his future, Joe Biden has to come to terms with the war within himself.
Jul 19, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Elon Musk speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 6, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/elon.jpg)
Elon Musk’s Creepy Workplace Is Techno-Feudalism in Action Elon Musk’s Creepy Workplace Is Techno-Feudalism in Action
Multiple harassment allegations illuminate why the tech mogul has embraced Trumpism.
Jun 14, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Joe Lieberman in 2010.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Lieberman1440x907.jpg)
Joe Lieberman and the Venality of Elite Bipartisanship Joe Lieberman and the Venality of Elite Bipartisanship
The late senator embodied a consensus of militarism and plutocracy.
Mar 28, 2024 / Jeet Heer
![Pat Robertson](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/pat-robertson-getty.jpg)
Pat Robertson’s Genocidal God Has Called Him Home Pat Robertson’s Genocidal God Has Called Him Home
The political preacher who made the religion look bad.
![Greg Becker, President and CEO of Silicon Valley Bank, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference on May 3, 2022.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/silicon-valley-bank-socialism-getty.jpg)
Silicon Valley Learns to Love Socialism for the Rich Silicon Valley Learns to Love Socialism for the Rich
The very people who eviscerated banking regulations now want to be shielded from the catastrophe they caused.
Mar 13, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![Charles Koch during an interview with the Washington Post at the Freedom Partners Summit on August 3, 2015.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/charles-koch-getty.jpg)
Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family Why the Media Just Can’t Stop Whitewashing the Koch Family
The political uses of the “poor little rich girl” narrative.
Feb 27, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![The Libertarian Party Goes Alt-Right](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/americanpulse.jpg)
The Libertarian Party Goes Alt-Right The Libertarian Party Goes Alt-Right
By embracing bigotry, Libertarians are poised to help reelect Trump.
Jun 6, 2022 / Highlights / Jeet Heer
![Senator Mike Gravel](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mike-gravel-press-club-gty.jpg)
Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent
Fifty years ago this week, the senator read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. He never stopped battling war and secrecy. Gravel died on Saturday.
Jun 28, 2021 / Obituary / John Nichols
![Democrats Can Win in Ohio. Will They Choose the Right Strategy?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ObamaJayz-gtty.jpg)
Democrats Can Win in Ohio. Will They Choose the Right Strategy? Democrats Can Win in Ohio. Will They Choose the Right Strategy?
They must recreate the multiracial coalition that succeeded last year in Georgia and Arizona—and twice won the Buckeye State for Obama.
Mar 4, 2021 / Steve Phillips
![Steve Cobble Waged a 50-Year Campaign for Justice and for Peace](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/steve-cobble-speech-cspan.jpg)
Steve Cobble Waged a 50-Year Campaign for Justice and for Peace Steve Cobble Waged a 50-Year Campaign for Justice and for Peace
The strategist who started with George McGovern, stood at Jesse Jackson’s side, and drafted Bernie Sanders into presidential politics has died.
Mar 1, 2021 / John Nichols