President Biden Is Our Chance to End the Federal Death Penalty President Biden Is Our Chance to End the Federal Death Penalty
Trump’s execution spree laid bare some of the death penalty’s fundamental flaws.
Feb 8, 2021 / Editorial / Sister Helen Prejean
Even in Death, Sheldon Adelson Will Keep Undermining Democracy Even in Death, Sheldon Adelson Will Keep Undermining Democracy
Wherever the casino magnate went, corruption—be it moral, legal, political, or cultural—was never far behind.
Feb 8, 2021 / Editorial / Eric Alterman
Representative Jamie Raskin Is Going to Prosecute the Hell Out of Donald Trump Representative Jamie Raskin Is Going to Prosecute the Hell Out of Donald Trump
The lead impeachment manager’s letter demanding that Trump testify is a masterstroke that signals Raskin will pull no punches.
Feb 5, 2021 / John Nichols
Republicans Have the Biden Presidency Caught in a Unity Trap Republicans Have the Biden Presidency Caught in a Unity Trap
While fake unity just means doing whatever Republicans want, authentic unity requires marginalizing the promoters of lies and racism in the interest of creating a more genuinely eq...
46 and Done: Why Joe Biden Should Be Our Last President 46 and Done: Why Joe Biden Should Be Our Last President
Parliamentary democracies give their citizens tuition-free college, state-subsidized child care, generous paid leave, socialized medicine. We get “Hail to the Chief.”
Feb 5, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Alexis Grenell
If Senators Won’t Kill the Filibuster, They Should at Least Sweat for It If Senators Won’t Kill the Filibuster, They Should at Least Sweat for It
The current version of the filibuster demands nothing of senators other than the desire to gum up democracy. That has to change.
Feb 4, 2021 / Editorial / Elie Mystal for The Nation
Biden Doesn’t Need and Shouldn’t Want the Votes of the Sedition Caucus or the Obstructionists Biden Doesn’t Need and Shouldn’t Want the Votes of the Sedition Caucus or the Obstructionists
The presidents and the Democrats have a mandate to govern.
Feb 3, 2021 / John Nichols
Biden Should Reject the Latest GOP Bipartisan Fantasy Biden Should Reject the Latest GOP Bipartisan Fantasy
A cynical Republican push for a bipartisan stimulus bill makes clear why Democrats have to go it alone.
Feb 1, 2021 / Jeet Heer
Cutting $2,000 Payments, and Limiting Who’s Eligible for Them, Is Bad Economics and Loser Politics Cutting $2,000 Payments, and Limiting Who’s Eligible for Them, Is Bad Economics and Loser Politics
Biden’s under pressure from deficit hawks to slash his stimulus plan. Ro Khanna warns that doing so would be a “terrible” idea.
Feb 1, 2021 / John Nichols
Will the ‘Tokyo Olympics’ Further Wreck Florida? Will the ‘Tokyo Olympics’ Further Wreck Florida?
Eighty percent of Tokyo residents don’t want the Olympics in their city—and Ron DeSantis now wants Florida to host the super-spreader event instead.
Feb 1, 2021 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff