Politics / January 3, 2026 Senators and House members accuse Trump and his aides of disregarding the Constitution and lying to Congress. Ad Policy President Donald Trump, alongside deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of […]
Politics / January 2, 2026 Mayor Zohran Mamdani defies the cold and the calls to move to the center with the promise of a New York that belongs to the people who live in it. Ad Policy Mayor Zohran Mamdani stands alongside his wife, Rama Duwaji, after concluding his address to the crowd at the […]
Politics / Authoritarian Watch / January 2, 2026 Looking at how the Trump administration fits into a pattern of authoritarian governance can empower people to think about how to best resist the country’s slide to autocracy. Ad Policy Demonstrators rally against President Donald Trump during a protest, dubbed “Resist the Dictator,” to mark President’s Day […]
There are many ways a progressive politician can fail. They can fail to be elected. They can fail to deliver on their platform once in office. And they can also fail to build up the left’s power in a way that outlasts their administration. This third possibility has often been overlooked by commentary around Zohran […]
Jon Wiener: From The Nation magazine, this is Start Making Sense. I’m Jon Wiener. This is our year-in-review show: later in the hour, the year in court: David Cole, who stepped down this year as National Legal Director of the ACLU, will comment on the 150 rulings against Trump in federal courts this past year, […]
Politics / December 22, 2025 Plutocrats, pundits, and government officials joined together in a racist smear campaign against a queer Palestinian student at Brown University. Ad Policy Candles are lit by framed photos of mass shooting victims Mukhammad Aziz Amurzokov and Ella Cook at a makeshift memorial near Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on […]
Politics / December 23, 2025 Under the Trump administration’s anti-DEI directives, colleges would be forced to abandon gender balancing, disadvantaging men. Ad Policy President Donald Trump in the White House in January 2025. (Hu Yousong / Xinhua via Getty Images) One of the best-kept secrets about DEI is that it helps men—that includes white men—get […]
In this time of unrelenting, often unprecedented cruelty and lawlessness, I’m grateful for Nation readers like you. So many of you have taken to the streets, organized in your neighborhood and with your union, and showed up at the ballot box to vote for progressive candidates. You’re proving that it is possible—to paraphrase the legendary […]
Activism / December 26, 2025 Why we need a freedom agenda. Ad Policy TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE – Catelina Cespedes, Carlos Alcaide and Teodolo Torres greet Florita Galvez, who is on the other side. The family came from Santa Monica Cohetzala in Puebla to meet at the wall. Meetings like this takes place every Sunday […]
In this time of unrelenting, often unprecedented cruelty and lawlessness, I’m grateful for Nation readers like you. So many of you have taken to the streets, organized in your neighborhood and with your union, and showed up at the ballot box to vote for progressive candidates. You’re proving that it is possible—to paraphrase the legendary […]
