Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialist—Zohran Mamdani? Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialist—Zohran Mamdani?
By demeaning the mayoral candidate’s agenda, Andrew Cuomo offends the Black tradition of community care.
Jun 10, 2025 / Anthony Conwright
Trump’s Tax Bill Helps the Rich, Hurts the Poor, and Adds Trillions to the Deficit Trump’s Tax Bill Helps the Rich, Hurts the Poor, and Adds Trillions to the Deficit
The “big, beautiful bill” has reaffirmed that a pledged golden age is really just a windfall for the über-wealthy.
Jun 3, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
I’m Very Glad That New York Has Ranked-Choice Voting I’m Very Glad That New York Has Ranked-Choice Voting
I can vote for two candidates—Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander—who’ve made climate a cornerstone of their campaigns, with real hopes that one or the other will prevail.
Jun 3, 2025 / Bill McKibben
A Huge Democratic Victory in Omaha Offers a Lesson for the Party A Huge Democratic Victory in Omaha Offers a Lesson for the Party
The Nebraska city swung by 43 points to elect John Ewing Jr. Democrats should study the model he embraced.
May 22, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump’s Big and Ugly Crypto Con Trump’s Big and Ugly Crypto Con
Why are 16 Democrats abetting this great sting?
May 22, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage
Jean-Luc Mélenchon Explains How His Party Took Down a Right-Wing Government Jean-Luc Mélenchon Explains How His Party Took Down a Right-Wing Government
The head of the left-wing France Insoumise wants to break his country out of a binary contest between the neoliberal center and a rising far right.
May 14, 2025 / Q&A / David Broder
Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation” Mayor Ras Baraka Talks to “The Nation”
On his arrest, the private prison company GEO, and why he believes we’re heading into authoritarianism—but democracy will prevail.
May 13, 2025 / Anthony Conwright
Nostalgia for the American Logger? Nostalgia for the American Logger?
Reflections on Gentlemen of the Woods: Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack.
May 13, 2025 / Erik Loomis
Will the Creative Class Go MAGA? Will the Creative Class Go MAGA?
It may be hard to resist the lure of power and patronage.
May 13, 2025 / D.D. Guttenplan
The Many Lives of Joshua Clover (1962–2025) The Many Lives of Joshua Clover (1962–2025)
How the militant, poet, political theorist, organizer, and giver of gifts refused to die.
May 6, 2025 / Obituary / Juliana Spahr