Jon Stewart as a Debate Moderator? Yes, Please! Jon Stewart as a Debate Moderator? Yes, Please!
We need more primary and general election debates, featuring more candidates, more issues and bolder moderators.
Aug 21, 2015 / John Nichols
No Surprise: Trump Is a Union Buster at His Own Hotel No Surprise: Trump Is a Union Buster at His Own Hotel
Amid the buffoonery of Donald Trump’s campaign, workers at his Vegas hotel are demanding justice.
Aug 21, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Lincoln Chafee Keeps Ripping ‘Delusional’ Neocons and Democrats Who Compromise With Them Lincoln Chafee Keeps Ripping ‘Delusional’ Neocons and Democrats Who Compromise With Them
This Democratic contender is skeptical about wars, enthusiastic about diplomacy. And he has a disruptive sense of history.
Aug 20, 2015 / John Nichols
Even the GOP’s ‘Serious’ Candidates Are Way Out of Step With Mainstream Americans Even the GOP’s ‘Serious’ Candidates Are Way Out of Step With Mainstream Americans
Republicans are advocating a future that will drag us back to the failed policies of the past.
Aug 18, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Gals, the GOP Wants Your Vote! Gals, the GOP Wants Your Vote!
Because every party needs some ladies.
Aug 18, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
How to Add Politics to Our Protest How to Add Politics to Our Protest
The case for a new, open-source party of unified progressive movements.
Aug 17, 2015 / Kate Aronoff and Max Berger
Letters From the August 31-September 7, 2015, Issue Letters From the August 31-September 7, 2015, Issue
Sanders Speaks Is The Nation so anxious to sell Bernie Sanders to its readers that it publishes John Nichols’s interview with him in its July 20/27 issue [“Bernie Sanders Speaks”]…
Aug 13, 2015 / Our Readers and Richard Kreitner
Trump Speaks His Mind Trump Speaks His Mind
He speaks his mind, but, truth be told, he Should not have dissed that Megyn Kelly. What that made clear to any viewer: The problem’s that his mind’s a sewer.
Aug 13, 2015 / Calvin Trillin
What Roger Ailes Really Thinks of Donald Trump What Roger Ailes Really Thinks of Donald Trump
Fox News set Trump up to fail at the first GOP debate. So why is he still on top?
Aug 13, 2015 / Eric Alterman
The Rebirth of Black Rage The Rebirth of Black Rage
From Kanye to Obama, and back again.
Aug 13, 2015 / Feature / Mychal Denzel Smith