Political Ideologies

Bernie Sanders & Kristin Gillibrand Medicare for All

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

Donald Trump

Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever Trump’s Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever

From his G-7 Doral heist to Bill Barr’s Christmas Party to steering wall-building contracts to GOP cronies, it’s grift all the way down.

Aug 28, 2019 / Joan Walsh

Z portrait

Black Socialists of America Is Putting Anti-Capitalism on the Map Black Socialists of America Is Putting Anti-Capitalism on the Map

Z, the co-founder of BSA, talks with The Nation about building alternatives to capitalism.

Aug 28, 2019 / Q&A / Teddy Ostrow

Republican white woman

The Republican Party’s White Women Problem The Republican Party’s White Women Problem

The Republican base that has coalesced around Trump has been increasingly characterized by “hostile sexism”—and women are turning away.

Aug 28, 2019 / Julie Kohler

Protest outside Chase

Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough? Big Business Is Suddenly Showing a Conscience. But Is That Enough?

Corporate America is worried. And that alone is a reason to be optimistic.

Aug 27, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name

Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name Indivisible Is Working Hard to Live Up to Its Name

Activists mobilized by this grassroots group had one thing in common: They wanted to fight Trump. Can they agree on what comes next?

Aug 27, 2019 / Feature / Joan Walsh

Portland Timbers soccer game protest

A Soccer Game Becomes an Anti-Fascist Demonstration in Portland A Soccer Game Becomes an Anti-Fascist Demonstration in Portland

The Portland Timbers soccer fans defied Major League Soccer, team ownership, and fascism in one glorious night. 

Aug 26, 2019 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

David Koch

Even David Koch’s Philanthropy Was Toxic Even David Koch’s Philanthropy Was Toxic

Like other plutocrats, from Andrew Carnegie to Jeff Bezos, the late billionaire used charity to legitimize inequality.

Aug 26, 2019 / Jeet Heer

David Koch Got What He Paid For

David Koch Got What He Paid For David Koch Got What He Paid For

The late Koch brother bought influence using PACs and other proxies. A prank call to Scott Walker revealed the truth about how the Kochs had their way with Republican politicians.

Aug 23, 2019 / John Nichols

Newt Gingrich

Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past

It turns out conservatives love history—unless it’s true.

Aug 21, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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