Politics

Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) in an interview with Bloomberg News

Student Deportations Spark a Rift Between Ritchie Torres and Former Backers Student Deportations Spark a Rift Between Ritchie Torres and Former Backers

The pro-Israel New York congressman denounces protester detentions and faces blowback from former funders who are aiding them.

Apr 10, 2025 / Jacqueline Sweet

Scott Bessent speaks to the press outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2025.

Scott Bessent Is Doing a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Job Scott Bessent Is Doing a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Job

The treasury secretary’s pronouncements keep missing the mark—wildly, weirdly, and dangerously.

Apr 10, 2025 / John Nichols

Call for Help

Call for Help Call for Help

We the people are in distress.

Apr 10, 2025 / OppArt / Judy Polstra

Samuel Alito Jr., associate justice of the US Supreme Court, from left, Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the US Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, associate justice of the US Supreme Court, and John Roberts, chief justice of the US Supreme Court, during the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2025.

Here’s What the Supreme Court’s Recent Rubber-Stamp Rulings Are All About Here’s What the Supreme Court’s Recent Rubber-Stamp Rulings Are All About

The spate of recent Supreme Court decisions overturning Trump administration losses in the lower courts are all about saving face—and securing power.

Apr 10, 2025 / Elie Mystal

Despite the Harris-Walz campaign’s slogans, 2024 was marked by a precipitous drop in Democratic turnout.

The Democrats’ Lost Millions The Democrats’ Lost Millions

The people who really decided the 2024 election are the ones who didn’t vote at all—and they could hold the key to a Democratic comeback.

Apr 10, 2025 / Feature / Kali Holloway

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. departs after US President Donald Trump signs executive orders imposing tariffs on imported goods during a “Make America Wealthy Again” trade announcement event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge Trump and RFK Jr. Are Destroying a Generation of Knowledge

The gutting of the administrative state, of the universities, and of expertise is like something out of the Cultural Revolution.

Apr 10, 2025 / Gregg Gonsalves

ICE’s Illegal Detentions and Deportations

ICE’s Illegal Detentions and Deportations ICE’s Illegal Detentions and Deportations

Trump’s attack on legal protests.

Apr 9, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A poster protests the arrest of pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil for leading demonstrations at Columbia University on March 13, 2025, in New York City.

The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals The New McCarthyism Was Started by Liberals

As with earlier Red Scares, Democrats laid the groundwork for the current crackdown on dissent.

Apr 9, 2025 / Column / Jeet Heer

Tesla Takedown Day

Tesla Takedown Day Tesla Takedown Day

Signs and scenes from the Tesla Showroom, NYC, 2/29/25.

Apr 8, 2025 / Steve Brodner

A man holding up a US flag and a sign that reads,

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

x