Politics

Donald Trump at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on March 7, 2026.

Trump’s War Is Destroying the Global Economy Trump’s War Is Destroying the Global Economy

Spiraling financial chaos might be the only thing that can force the president to pull back from this conflict.

Mar 9, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Reproductive justice advocates rallied on the day that Representative Barbara Lee introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance (EACH) Act on July 8, 2015.

How the Abortion Rights Activists Found Their Radical Imagination How the Abortion Rights Activists Found Their Radical Imagination

A long-shot campaign to restore public funding for abortion turned into the movement’s biggest success in a generation.

Mar 9, 2026 / Amy Littlefield

Thousands are backed up and waiting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee and “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama, in 1965.

61 Years After Bloody Sunday, We Are Entering a New Era of Voter Suppression 61 Years After Bloody Sunday, We Are Entering a New Era of Voter Suppression

Two efforts underway threaten to erode the promise secured by the foot soldiers of Selma in 1965.

Mar 9, 2026 / Janai Nelson

An Argument Against Voting for the “Electable” Guy

An Argument Against Voting for the “Electable” Guy An Argument Against Voting for the “Electable” Guy

In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent shares his thoughts on the Texas primaries. Plus, a terrible Supreme Court decision and a bad play by Major League Ba...

Mar 6, 2026 / Elie Mystal

War Week 1

War Week 1 War Week 1

Died for low ratings.

Mar 6, 2026 / Steve Brodner

Screenshot from a White House video showing pastors praying over Donald Trump in the Oval Office on March 5, 2026.

A Conflict Without Reason Has Become a Dangerous Holy War A Conflict Without Reason Has Become a Dangerous Holy War

Lacking a clear rationale for the attack on Iran, Trumpists are increasingly talking like crusaders.

Mar 6, 2026 / Jeet Heer

RFK Jr.: America’s Snake Oil Salesman

RFK Jr.: America’s Snake Oil Salesman RFK Jr.: America’s Snake Oil Salesman

Raw truth: MAHA is NUTS.

Mar 6, 2026 / OppArt / Josh Gosfield

Celebrate Kristi Noem’s Firing. But Keep Protesting ICE.

Celebrate Kristi Noem’s Firing. But Keep Protesting ICE. Celebrate Kristi Noem’s Firing. But Keep Protesting ICE.

Finally, someone in the administration is paying for their cruelty and incompetence.

Mar 5, 2026 / Joan Walsh

Kamala Harris, campaigning in Washington, DC, faces protests from hundreds of people expressing disapproval of her administration's Gaza policy, on October 29, 2024.

We Don’t Need an Autopsy to Tell Us the Democrats Failed on Gaza We Don’t Need an Autopsy to Tell Us the Democrats Failed on Gaza

The DNC is allegedly hiding a report showing that Kamala Harris’s Gaza policy helped cost her the 2024 election. But that report won’t tell us anything we don’t already know.

Mar 5, 2026 / James Zogby

Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico at a March 2 rally in Houston

Texas’s Senate Primary Has Already Made History—and It’s Not Over Yet Texas’s Senate Primary Has Already Made History—and It’s Not Over Yet

Democratic nominee James Talarico is getting national media attention, but the real story is sky-high voter turnout, even amid GOP bids to suppress balloting

Mar 5, 2026 / Ana Marie Cox

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