Politics / February 27, 2026 In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores how Trump’s State of the Union turned authoritarian violence into a titillating event. Plus Kansas’s vile ban on driving-while-trans and XBox’s depressing AI turn. Ad Policy Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address on February 24, 2026.(Kenny Holston-Pool […]
Our Back Pages / February 27, 2026 The candidate may have started as a long-shot contender, but The Nation always took him—and his impact on political history—seriously. Ad Policy Jesse Jackson, 1983. (Owen Franken / Corbis via Getty Images) In the spring of 1983, as the Democratic Party searched for a path out of the […]
Politics / February 26, 2026 In his majority ruling in a sleeper case about mail delivery, Thomas opened the door to a new way for Republicans to suppress the Black vote. Ad Policy Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images) Clarence Thomas […]
February 25, 2026 How winning people’s trust involves listening to their challenges, ambition, ideas, and stories. Ad Policy Striking Kaiser Permanente nurses and healthcare workers in the rain outside the Anaheim hospital, on February 16, 2026.(Mindy Schauer / MediaNewsGroup / Orange County Register via Getty Images) Donald Trump is tanking in the polls. But that […]
Politics / February 24, 2026 The progressive representative from Pennsylvania will speak truth to Trump’s power tonight. Ad Policy Summer Lee (D-PA) participates in a public forum on the violent use of force by Department of Homeland Security agents, at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 3, 2026. (Aaron Schwartz / […]
Politics / February 23, 2026 Remarkably, Trump seems on the verge of outdoing George W. Bush in reckless, stupid militarism. Ad Policy Donald Trump waves as he leaves passing a portrait of former President George W. Bush in the Grand Foyer of the White House during the Congressional Ball, Thursday, December 11, 2025. (Alex Brandon […]
Politics / February 20, 2026 The president went on a wild rant alleging that the justices who struck down his tariffs were part of a vast global conspiracy to destroy him. Ad Policy Donald Trump answers questions during a press briefing at the White House on February 20, 2026. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images) In […]
They told me they were custodians at the nearby university dorms. “Must be a tough job,” I said, to which they replied by nodding emphatically. As we continued to wait, the one who spoke the best English agreed to an interview with me. She requested a pseudonym—Maria—because her supervisor had restricted how often she and […]
Politics / February 20, 2026 The president wants you to know he had a Black friend, sort of. Ad Policy Donald Trump and Jesse Jackson on June 27, 1988. (Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) Donald Trump enjoys speaking ill of the dead. He is instinctively boorish and hates to be tied […]
Activism / February 19, 2026 Jackson’s lessons for today’s Democrats. Ad Policy Reverend Jesse Jackson addresses supporters in the lead-up to the 1988 Iowa Democratic Presidential Caucuses, on February 1, 1988. (Jean-Louis Atlan / Sygma via Getty Images) In 2000, I got to spend some intense hours with Jesse Jackson, when he and his son […]
