Trump’s Tariff Shock and the China Supply Chain Trump’s Tariff Shock and the China Supply Chain
We are now in a trade war with China, and the only question is: How long before Trump (and America) blink?
Apr 16, 2025 / James K. Galbraith
Why Bernie Sanders Went to Coachella Why Bernie Sanders Went to Coachella
The senator is building a movement, and he knows young voters are essential to making it work.
Apr 16, 2025 / John Nichols
Elon Musk Has No Idea How USAID Works. This Former Staffer Knows. Elon Musk Has No Idea How USAID Works. This Former Staffer Knows.
USAID programs demonstrate a moral commitment that Americans today urgently need to preserve, not destroy.
Apr 15, 2025 / Arnold Isaacs
We Must Save Public Media to Change It We Must Save Public Media to Change It
We need public media more than ever—it’s too precious to let Trump defund it. But to live up to its democratic promise, we must support public media to serve our needs.
Apr 15, 2025 / Victor Pickard
The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke” The Deadly Seriousness Behind Trump and Bukele’s “Joke”
The Trump administration is learning dangerous lessons from El Salvador’s president, but there’s also much that the US left can learn from Salvadoran antifascists.
Apr 14, 2025 / Roberto Lovato
The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering The People Are Resisting While the Elites Are Surrendering
The Ivy League is silently complicit in Trump’s war on international students.
Apr 14, 2025 / Jeet Heer
This Passover, We Must Examine the Indecent Betrayal by Our Own This Passover, We Must Examine the Indecent Betrayal by Our Own
I am livid over the Jewish Trump supporters who are upholding a set of values at odds with the principles that have sustained us.
Apr 11, 2025 / Dave Zirin
Agnes Callard and the Examined Life Agnes Callard and the Examined Life
In her new book, Callard makes the case that we should all live more philosophically but where does politics fit in?
Apr 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Olúfémi O. Táíwò
The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within The Epidemic of Capitulation Suggests the Liberal Order Has Been Rotting From Within
What old-school civics taught us about checks and balances isn’t working. The absence of a will to fight, to defend the institutions of liberal democracy, is breathtaking.
Apr 8, 2025 / Jodi Dean for The Nation
The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow” The Rev. William Barber II’s “Hands Off” Rally Speech: “We Cannot and Must Not Bow”
“We cannot be at ease in America. History is pushing us; the present is demanding us; the future is calling us.”
Apr 8, 2025 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II