Politics

Donald Trump

Note to America: Don’t Be So Sure You’ve Put Trump Behind You Note to America: Don’t Be So Sure You’ve Put Trump Behind You

Take it from a Brit, right-wing populism will thrive until you deal with it genuinely.

Oct 31, 2016 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge

Mark Kirk Squish

Meet the Trumpkins: ‘Mainstream’ Republican Senators Who Sound a Lot Like Their Presidential Nominee Meet the Trumpkins: ‘Mainstream’ Republican Senators Who Sound a Lot Like Their Presidential Nominee

Embattled senators like Mark Kirk try to distance themselves from Trump, but keep parroting what is worst about his politics.

Oct 28, 2016 / John Nichols

Donald Trump and Bill O'Reilly

How Trump’s Media Cheerleaders Turned Campaign Coverage Into a Total Disaster How Trump’s Media Cheerleaders Turned Campaign Coverage Into a Total Disaster

Journalists and media moguls have disgraced themselves in pursuit of ratings and ideological goals.

Oct 28, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman

Donald Trump Thumbs

November 1: Media Malpractice and Election 2016 November 1: Media Malpractice and Election 2016

Tune in for a livestream featuring Joan Walsh, Farai Chideya, Katha Pollitt, and Rinku Sen, moderated by Laura Flanders.

Oct 27, 2016 / Video / The Nation

Grace Hardison

North Carolina Republicans Tried to Disenfranchise a 100-Year-Old African-American Woman North Carolina Republicans Tried to Disenfranchise a 100-Year-Old African-American Woman

With early voting underway in North Carolina, black and Democratic voters are being wrongly purged from the rolls.

Oct 27, 2016 / Ari Berman

Russ Feingold Wisconsin

The Billionaire Class Is Terrified That Russ Feingold Will Return to the Senate The Billionaire Class Is Terrified That Russ Feingold Will Return to the Senate

The very rich are spending very heavily to prevent the return of a very serious reformer to the Senate.

Oct 27, 2016 / John Nichols

Prison Barbed Wire

ICE Plans to Reopen the Very Same Private Prison the Feds Just Closed ICE Plans to Reopen the Very Same Private Prison the Feds Just Closed

Advocates cheered when the Justice Department began shuttering its private prisons. But immigration officials saw an opportunity.

Oct 27, 2016 / Seth Freed Wessler

Heroin needle preparation

The United States of Anxiety, Episode 6: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Other Suburban Problems The United States of Anxiety, Episode 6: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Other Suburban Problems

What does all of that have to do with Trump’s appeal?

Oct 27, 2016 / Audio / Kai Wright

Ballot Box Hand

The Progressive Candidates Who Are Shaking Up This Election The Progressive Candidates Who Are Shaking Up This Election

John Nichols on the best candidates, plus Katrina vanden Heuvel on Tom Hayden, and the environmental journalist arrested for doing her job.

Oct 27, 2016 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Donald Trump

Alternative Explanation Alternative Explanation

Trump rejects accusations of groping that match the Access Hollywood video.—News reports They lie, he says, and they will soon be sued. He didn’t do that groping most frenetic. Tho…

Oct 27, 2016 / Column / Calvin Trillin

x