Elections

Why Trump’s Second Victory Would Be Worse

Why Trump’s Second Victory Would Be Worse Why Trump’s Second Victory Would Be Worse

There’s now a real, organized effort to transform his resentments and impulses into policy. It’s called Project 2025.

Jun 4, 2024 / Feature / Robert L. Borosage

Under a Second Trump Term, the DHS Will Be Even Harsher Than Before

Under a Second Trump Term, the DHS Will Be Even Harsher Than Before Under a Second Trump Term, the DHS Will Be Even Harsher Than Before

Project 2025 lays out a vision of a new immigration enforcement agency that will be more effective than ever in deporting, detaining, and denying entry to immigrants.

Jun 4, 2024 / Feature / Gaby Del Valle

President Joe Biden looks back over his shoulder and smiles while leaving a press conference.

Donald Trump Is a Convicted Felon. Democrats Must Shout It From the Rooftops. Donald Trump Is a Convicted Felon. Democrats Must Shout It From the Rooftops.

Pundits and pearl-clutchers are warning Joe Biden to campaign on his record and leave Trump’s legal troubles alone. That would be political malpractice.

Jun 3, 2024 / Joan Walsh

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Introducing “See How They Run,” a New “Nation” Podcast on the 2024 Horse Race Introducing “See How They Run,” a New “Nation” Podcast on the 2024 Horse Race

Hosted by editor D.D. Guttenplan, the weekly show will be your guidebook to this year’s election cycle—for the left, from the left, on the most important election of our lifetime....

Jun 1, 2024 / Press Room

Grab Him by the Law

Grab Him by the Law Grab Him by the Law

Red lines.

May 31, 2024 / Steve Brodner

Trump after guilty verdict

With Trump’s Conviction, the 2024 Presidential Election Is Finally Launched With Trump’s Conviction, the 2024 Presidential Election Is Finally Launched

The Manhattan court case clarifies the stakes—and gives a chance for a Biden reboot.

May 31, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump holds up a fist outside the Trump Building after his conviction.

The Greatest Liar of All Time Gets a Criminal Conviction The Greatest Liar of All Time Gets a Criminal Conviction

All of Trump’s—and his lawyer’s—projection failed, and he was convicted of all 34 felony counts.

May 30, 2024 / Joan Walsh

Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton shares a moment with then–Vice President Joe Biden during a portrait unveiling ceremony for then–Senate minority leader Senator Harry Reid on December 8, 2016.

Young People See “a Dying Empire” Because They’re Paying Attention Young People See “a Dying Empire” Because They’re Paying Attention

For decades, the Democratic Party has conducted low-grade generational warfare against young Americans.

May 30, 2024 / Chris Lehmann

Former president Donald Trump speaks to the media during a break in his criminal trial on May 29, 2024, in New York City.

Why the Election Is the Trump Verdict That Really Matters Why the Election Is the Trump Verdict That Really Matters

How the trials, tactics, and verdicts are a sideshow.

May 30, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa campaigning at an ANC rally in Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal.

In the Face of Broad Disillusionment, the ANC Makes a Big Push to Gain Majority Support in South Africa’s Election In the Face of Broad Disillusionment, the ANC Makes a Big Push to Gain Majority Support in South Africa’s Election

For the first time since the end of apartheid, the party may be forced into a coalition government. Decades of broken promises have left many former supporters disillusioned.

May 29, 2024 / Louis Freedberg

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