A $2,000 Check Is a Good Start, but Struggling Americans Need $2,000 Every Month A $2,000 Check Is a Good Start, but Struggling Americans Need $2,000 Every Month
Dr. King taught us that direct cash payments are a smart response to poverty and mass unemployment. In this crisis, we need to heed that call.
Jan 18, 2021 / John Nichols
Pack Your Bags Pack Your Bags
What part of “Leave” don’t you understand?
Jan 16, 2021 / OppArt / Bill Bramhall, Ron Hauge, and Clay Bennett
Nixon’s Ghost Haunts the Impeachment—and American Culture Nixon’s Ghost Haunts the Impeachment—and American Culture
Trump hates to be compared to earlier disgraced presidents, but he lives under Nixon’s shadow along with the rest of us.
Jan 15, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Is It Curtains for Donald Trump? Is It Curtains for Donald Trump?
He’s about to metamorphose from world’s most powerful human to financially and legally challenged pariah. His only ally? The mob.
Jan 15, 2021 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
Now Is Not the Time for Unity Now Is Not the Time for Unity
If Joe Biden stakes his presidency on compromise and comity, his presidency will be a failure.
Jan 15, 2021 / Richard Kreitner
These Progressives Helped Keep Hope Alive in 2020—and Prepare Us for 2021 These Progressives Helped Keep Hope Alive in 2020—and Prepare Us for 2021
The Nation’s annual honor roll recognizes progressive activists and leaders who helped keep hope alive and set the groundwork for transformational change in 2021.
Jan 15, 2021 / Feature / John Nichols
The Capitol, Fortified The Capitol, Fortified
One week on from Trump’s riot, heavy fencing surrounds the Capitol complex and a swath of Washington is locked down tight.
Jan 14, 2021 / Andrew McCormick
There Can Be No ‘Unity’ With Seditious Republicans There Can Be No ‘Unity’ With Seditious Republicans
There can only be accountability from them.
Jan 14, 2021 / Elie Mystal
Trump’s Congressional Co-Conspirators Are Just As Guilty as the President Trump’s Congressional Co-Conspirators Are Just As Guilty as the President
Congressional Republicans continue to embrace Donald Trump’s lies and, for the most part, refuse to sanction him.
Jan 13, 2021 / John Nichols
In a Shocker, Bill Belichick Spurns Trump’s Medal of Freedom In a Shocker, Bill Belichick Spurns Trump’s Medal of Freedom
There is no way Belichick could have avoided a jagged scar on his legacy if he had bent the knee for Trump at this moment in history.
Jan 13, 2021 / Dave Zirin