Democrats Must Keep Their Eyes on the Supreme Court Democrats Must Keep Their Eyes on the Supreme Court
While court reform is off the table until at least 2023, Democrats must use the next two years to figure out how best to fix the court.
Nov 16, 2020 / Column / Elie Mystal
What Bernie Sanders Could Do as Secretary of Labor What Bernie Sanders Could Do as Secretary of Labor
If Biden were to embrace the idea, Sanders and a team of visionary leaders could forge a new New Deal for working Americans.
Nov 16, 2020 / John Nichols
Where’s Plan B? Where’s Plan B?
Keeping your head. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of November 9.
Nov 13, 2020 / Steve Brodner
Trump’s Final Dereliction of Duty Trump’s Final Dereliction of Duty
In the twilight of his presidency, Donald Trump has retreated into fantasy, leaving Biden with a big mess.
Nov 13, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Has Never Understood the Military—and He’s Not Going to Be Able to Co-opt It for a Coup Donald Trump Has Never Understood the Military—and He’s Not Going to Be Able to Co-opt It for a Coup
He can consolidate power in the Pentagon, but the military men and women I know aren’t going to subvert democracy.
Nov 13, 2020 / Andrew McCormick
Joe Biden’s Presidency Depends on Georgia Joe Biden’s Presidency Depends on Georgia
A pair of runoff elections in the state could end Mitch McConnell’s destructive tenure as Senate majority leader.
Nov 13, 2020 / John Nichols and Joan Walsh
We’ll Be Living In Trump’s America Long After He’s Gone We’ll Be Living In Trump’s America Long After He’s Gone
Trumpism has split America in two in a way that hasn’t been imaginable since the Civil War.
Nov 12, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt
Donald Trump Has Suffered a Defeat of Historic Proportions Donald Trump Has Suffered a Defeat of Historic Proportions
The president may deny reality, but he cannot change the fact that he is now losing the popular vote and the Electoral College by momentous margins.
Nov 12, 2020 / John Nichols
Working People Dragged Joe Biden Over the Finish Line Working People Dragged Joe Biden Over the Finish Line
But winning the election is like gaining recognition for a union. Now the real work starts.
Nov 12, 2020 / Jane McAlevey for The Nation
Donald Trump’s Deadly Last Stand Donald Trump’s Deadly Last Stand
The Republican delay in acknowledging defeat and facilitating the transition will be literally fatal to thousands of Americans.
Nov 12, 2020 / Gregg Gonsalves