We Asked the 2020 Contenders How They Plan to Tackle Inequality We Asked the 2020 Contenders How They Plan to Tackle Inequality
A surging egalitarian current is shifting the Democratic Party’s policy mainstream—so we asked the presidential candidates about it.
Nov 19, 2019 / Feature / Sam Pizzigati
The EU’s Shame Is Locked Away in Libya The EU’s Shame Is Locked Away in Libya
Incarcerated refugees wrote on mattresses with tomato paste: “We condemn EU policy on innocent detainee refugees in Libya.”
Nov 13, 2019 / Jérôme Tubiana
The Democratic Wins in Virginia Are What Happens When You Have a Smart Ground Game—and Fair Elections The Democratic Wins in Virginia Are What Happens When You Have a Smart Ground Game—and Fair Elections
Democrats flipped both chambers of the state legislature thanks to years of hard work, diverse and inspiring candidates—and district maps that didn’t discriminate against black vot...
Nov 6, 2019 / New Politics of Abortion / Joan Walsh
Trump Has Gone to War Against California Trump Has Gone to War Against California
In his vengeful, mob-style way, Trump is attacking the Golden State both rhetorically and through policy measures. No matter where we live, we all have a dog in this fight.
Oct 15, 2019 / Editorial / Sasha Abramsky
Bernie Sanders Spoke Today About His Heart Attack—and His Purpose Bernie Sanders Spoke Today About His Heart Attack—and His Purpose
In poignant and powerful language, the senator is making the connection between his recent hospitalization and the fight for Medicare for All.
Oct 10, 2019 / John Nichols
Washington’s Struggling Medical Residents Need a Raise Washington’s Struggling Medical Residents Need a Raise
How bullying, depression, debt, and 90-hour weeks pushed members of the University of Washington Housestaff Association to walk out of the job.
Oct 9, 2019 / Jennifer Bernstein
The ‘Public Option’ on Health Care Is a Poison Pill The ‘Public Option’ on Health Care Is a Poison Pill
Some Democratic candidates are pushing it as a free-choice version of Medicare for All. That’s good rhetoric but bad policy.
Oct 7, 2019 / Feature / David U. Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler
With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Roundups of the homeless, destruction of environmental and housing safeguards, collusion with foreign despots to savage reproductive rights—the president is an outlaw.
Sep 20, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
‘Dream Big, Fight Hard’: Ady Barkan Will Inspire You ‘Dream Big, Fight Hard’: Ady Barkan Will Inspire You
The dying activist tells The Nation how he wants to be remembered.
Sep 13, 2019 / Editorial / Christopher Shay
Democrats Need Litmus Tests on Health Care Democrats Need Litmus Tests on Health Care
But that doesn’t necessarily mean Medicare for All.
Aug 30, 2019 / Joshua Holland