The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within
What old-school civics taught us about checks and balances isn’t working. The absence of a will to fight, to defend the institutions of liberal democracy, is breathtaking.
Apr 8, 2025 / Jodi Dean for The Nation
Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration
The ongoing internal witch hunt led by the far-right provocateur is a sign of a GOP crack-up.
Apr 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer
What’s Kat Abughazaleh’s Deal? What’s Kat Abughazaleh’s Deal?
She’s a 26-year-old social media star challenging a progressive stalwart in a congressional district she doesn’t live in yet. We asked her why.
Apr 7, 2025 / Elsie Carson-Holt
A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy A Cowardly Congress Is Letting Trump Crash the Economy
The president’s tariff war is also a constitutional crisis.
Apr 4, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump
The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism.
Apr 3, 2025 / Ellen Schrecker
Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again Trump’s Academic Purge Will Make America Stupid and Provincial Again
The administration’s targeting of international students is a return to a disgraced tradition of xenophobic anti-intellectualism.
Mar 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Wisconsin’s AG Sues Over Musk’s Scheme to Distribute Checks Before a State Supreme Court Vote Wisconsin’s AG Sues Over Musk’s Scheme to Distribute Checks Before a State Supreme Court Vote
On the eve of a crucial election, Musk stirred huge controversy with the promise of $1 million payments to backers of his crusade against “activist judges.”
Mar 28, 2025 / John Nichols
All Vance Is Saying Is Give Peace a Chance All Vance Is Saying Is Give Peace a Chance
The vice president has doubts about the Yemen war, but will Democrats find the courage to oppose it? The GOP’s fractures offer a chance to push for an anti-interventionist agenda....
Mar 28, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is Shuttering a Little-Known Labor-Management Agency That Supports Collective Bargaining Donald Trump Is Shuttering a Little-Known Labor-Management Agency That Supports Collective Bargaining
The administration’s latest assault on independent agencies is also an attack on working people.
Mar 28, 2025 / Lynn Rhinehart