A Warning About the Dangers of Executive Orders—From 40 Years Ago A Warning About the Dangers of Executive Orders—From 40 Years Ago
In 1983, as Ronald Reagan went on an executive-order spree, The Nation sounded the alarm about very kind of presidential overreach we’re seeing from Trump today.
Mar 7, 2025 / Richard Kreitner
Trump Abandons Ukraine, and Wages a War Against the Free Press Trump Abandons Ukraine, and Wages a War Against the Free Press
The White House's attacks on the media are starting to look remarkably similar to those waged in other countries that have embraced autocratic leaders in recent years.
Mar 7, 2025 / Sasha Abramsky
Columbia Expelled Student Protesters For the First Time in Over 50 Years. But Activists Won’t Back Down. Columbia Expelled Student Protesters For the First Time in Over 50 Years. But Activists Won’t Back Down.
On March 5, protesters were arrested after dozens formed a sit-in at Milstein Library to demand the reinstatement of three expelled students.
Mar 7, 2025 / StudentNation / Lara-Nour Walton
House Democrats’ Protest Whiplash House Democrats’ Protest Whiplash
Ten Democrats sided with the speaker’s censure of Representative Al Green. The shameful act was diminished by colleagues supporting him singing “We Shall Overcome” on the House fl...
Mar 6, 2025 / Joan Walsh
The Supreme Court Just Ruled Against Trump—but Don’t Get Too Excited The Supreme Court Just Ruled Against Trump—but Don’t Get Too Excited
Even as the court rejected Trump’s freeze on USAID, it effectively gave him another chance to delay sending life-saving money abroad.
Mar 6, 2025 / Elie Mystal
Will Scholars Take a Stand Against Scholasticide in Gaza? Will Scholars Take a Stand Against Scholasticide in Gaza?
The fight inside the historical profession heats up.
Mar 6, 2025 / Van Gosse
Trump Left No Doubt That He and Musk Are Coming for Social Security Trump Left No Doubt That He and Musk Are Coming for Social Security
Democrats should be shouting from the rooftops about the threat to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Mar 6, 2025 / John Nichols
The Democratic Leader You Did Not Know We Had The Democratic Leader You Did Not Know We Had
Oakland’s Lateefah Simon, following in Barbara Lee’s footsteps, “prebutted” Trump’s creepy Tuesday address.
Mar 5, 2025 / Joan Walsh
Why We Asked the ICC to Investigate Biden for Aiding and Abetting Genocide Why We Asked the ICC to Investigate Biden for Aiding and Abetting Genocide
The evidence that Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, and Lloyd Austin helped Israel commit war crimes is overwhelming.
Mar 5, 2025 / Sarah Leah Whitson