Election 2024

Donald Trump, Kid Rock, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pose for a photo as they attend UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, in November 2024.

Somehow, Americans Are Liking Trump Better Every Day Somehow, Americans Are Liking Trump Better Every Day

The incoming administration's cabinet appointments are a bizarre disaster. So why are the president-elect's approval ratings going up?

Nov 26, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Scott Bessent speaks at the National Conservative Conference in Washington, DC, July 10, 2024.

Only a Working-Class Party Can Challenge Donald Trump’s Corruption Only a Working-Class Party Can Challenge Donald Trump’s Corruption

GOP plutocracy thrives as long as Democrats remain beholden to Wall Street.

Nov 26, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Where Do We Go From Here?

Where Do We Go From Here? Where Do We Go From Here?

Thinkers, activists, and writers share their ideas on how to respond to the coming Trump era.

Nov 26, 2024 / Nation Contributors

Some Post-Election Reminders

Some Post-Election Reminders Some Post-Election Reminders

We’re all still processing Harris’s defeat. Here are some points to keep in mind before the infighting gets too venomous.

Nov 26, 2024 / Robert L. Borosage for The Nation

Harris gets cozy with Liz Cheney.

Reckoning With the Election Results Reckoning With the Election Results

What went wrong—and what we have to do now.

Nov 26, 2024 / D.D. Guttenplan

Black and white photo of people waving to a train.

America Has Done Mass Deportation Before America Has Done Mass Deportation Before

From the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to the deportation of Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, Trump can easily find precedents for his policy. None of them ended well.

Nov 25, 2024 / Eric Foner

Republican presidential nominee, former president Donald Trump, takes the stage for his last rally of the election year at Van Andel Arena on November 5, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

What Explains Trumpism? What Explains Trumpism?

It’s capitalism, and it’s global.

Nov 25, 2024 / Stephen Crowley

Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man

Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man Wall Street Embraces MBS’s Money Man

After the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, business leaders made a show of shunning Saudi Arabia, doing deals only behind closed doors. Now it’s all out in the open.

Nov 25, 2024 / Jonathan Guyer

A residential building is damaged by Russian rocket fire in Odesa, Ukraine, on November 18, 2024.

Biden’s Mindless Escalation Is a Final Betrayal of Ukraine Biden’s Mindless Escalation Is a Final Betrayal of Ukraine

Instead of preparing for inevitable negotiations, the outgoing president adds fuel to the fire.

Nov 22, 2024 / Jeet Heer

The Red Wave Didn’t Hit Statehouses in This Election

The Red Wave Didn’t Hit Statehouses in This Election The Red Wave Didn’t Hit Statehouses in This Election

State-level Democrats largely held their ground, even scoring key victories in battleground states—and under Trump, that’s going to matter.

Nov 21, 2024 / Heather Williams

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