Keep Digging, Donald. You’re Keeping the Epstein Scandal Alive. Keep Digging, Donald. You’re Keeping the Epstein Scandal Alive.
Trump’s bizarre claim that he fell out with the indicted child sex trafficker because Epstein “stole” workers from Mar-a-Lago only raises more lurid questions.
Jul 29, 2025 / Joan Walsh
What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan What We Can Learn About Immigration From an Unlikely Source: Ronald Reagan
Rather than deporting millions of migrants, this Republican president opted for the opposite strategy—legalizing them.
Jul 28, 2025 / Brad Swanson
“We Make All the Work Possible”: Home Care Workers Speak Out About Coming Medicaid Cuts “We Make All the Work Possible”: Home Care Workers Speak Out About Coming Medicaid Cuts
In-home care workers spoke to The Nation about their fears of ICE’s expansion and losing their jobs and healthcare coverage under the GOP’s shameful law.
Jul 25, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Punished for Playing by the Rules: the Deliberate Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Regime Punished for Playing by the Rules: the Deliberate Cruelty of Trump’s Deportation Regime
Migrants who show up for their court dates now routinely face arrest by ICE. But failing to appear triggers a deportation order.
Jul 24, 2025 / Eileen Markey
How CBS Decided It Couldn’t Afford to Let Stephen Colbert Speak His Mind How CBS Decided It Couldn’t Afford to Let Stephen Colbert Speak His Mind
The network claims it’s canceling The Late Show for financial reasons, but the real bottom line here is Trump appeasement.
Jul 21, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
Thank the Supreme Court for the Evisceration of the Federal Workforce Thank the Supreme Court for the Evisceration of the Federal Workforce
Progressive politicians must commit to expanding the court, or voters should pledge their support to other candidates who will.
Jul 18, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky
HHS Doesn’t Need an RFK Jr. It Needs a Lina Khan. HHS Doesn’t Need an RFK Jr. It Needs a Lina Khan.
Forget Kennedy’s faux-populist, anti-science approach. The former FTC chair provides the real model of an ideal HHS secretary.
Jul 18, 2025 / Abdullah Shihipar
Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid? Why Did This Farmworker Die in an Immigration Raid?
With Trump and Stephen Miller cheering on ICE’s terror tactics, Jaime Alanis Garcia’s fatal fall in the raid on Glass House Farms was the most recent example of a death foretold.
Jul 17, 2025 / David Bacon
The Supreme Court Just Crowned Trump King—Again The Supreme Court Just Crowned Trump King—Again
In ruling the president can decimate the Department of Education, the court took a key congressional power—and gave it to Trump.
Jul 16, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Militarism Has Long Worked to Shield Antisemitism Militarism Has Long Worked to Shield Antisemitism
From the Cold War till Donald Trump, there’s always been a special dispensation for hawkish bigots.
Jul 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer