Democrats Need to Understand Why the Rust Belt’s White Workers Still Support Trump Democrats Need to Understand Why the Rust Belt’s White Workers Still Support Trump
D.D. Guttenplan on working-class Ohio, plus Katha Pollitt on abortion politics and Ari Berman on voting in Texas.
Mar 16, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Letters From the April 3, 2017, Issue Letters From the April 3, 2017, Issue
A note on words and images… New Jersey state of mind… The Dreyfusses reply… Birthing equality…
Mar 16, 2017 / Our Readers and Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
America’s Oldest Weekly Wins Again America’s Oldest Weekly Wins Again
Several Nation writers take home new awards for fearless journalism.
Mar 16, 2017 / The Nation
Can Words Be Violent? Can Words Be Violent?
On Milo Yiannopoulos, the First Amendment, and words that have consequences.
Mar 16, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands
How many times in the last two months have we all woken up and wondered what the hell Trump is going on about now?
Mar 15, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Trumpcare Isn’t Health Care. It’s a Tax Cut for the Wealthy. Trumpcare Isn’t Health Care. It’s a Tax Cut for the Wealthy.
And maybe that’s the whole point of the bill.
Mar 15, 2017 / The Nation
Can California Achieve Universal Health Care in the Age of Trump? Can California Achieve Universal Health Care in the Age of Trump?
The country’s biggest state has a very interesting idea.
Mar 15, 2017 / David Dayen
While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding
“Kremlin-puppet” allegations against Trump are said to have crippled Trump’s ability to initiate cooperative relations with Moscow—but have they?
Mar 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Trump’s Obsession With Cutting Regulations Will Make America Sick Trump’s Obsession With Cutting Regulations Will Make America Sick
If Republicans have their way, curbing air and water pollution will take a back seat to maximizing profits.
Mar 15, 2017 / Michelle Chen
How Democrats Can Win Back the Working Class How Democrats Can Win Back the Working Class
Regaining the trust of working-class voters who supported Trump will take more than opposition—it will take a real commitment to addressing the challenges that working people face.
Mar 15, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel