The president’s war is an ever-escalating disaster. He is increasingly reviled. And his speech won’t change either of those things. Ad Policy Donald Trump walks from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.(Alex Brandon / Pool / AP) Narcissist that […]
April 1, 2026 The real estate gluttony of the superrich is truly eye-popping. Ad Policy Billionaires have accumulated vast tracts of real estate across the country, including in Indian Creek Village, Florida, pictured here.(Zak Bennett / Bloomberg via Getty Images) On Sunday, Bernie Sanders brought his tax-the-rich road show to the Bronx, attracting another large […]
March 31, 2026 Letter to friends, students, colleagues, and collaborators. Ad Policy A San Fernando city worker covers a mural of labor leader and civil rights activist Cesar Chavez at the Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Park in San Fernando, California, on March 20, 2026.(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) Last Wednesday, I was confronted with a […]
Politics / March 30, 2026 Somehow, they’ve managed to top themselves in the crisis over TSA funding. Who knew that was even possible? Ad Policy Mike Johnson holds a press conference in the US Capitol on March 27, 2026. (Samuel Corum / Getty Images) It’s a bit too on the nose, metaphorically speaking, that the […]
Politics / March 27, 2026 The No Kings movement needs to become a mass anti-war movement. Ad Policy (Jim West / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images) This Saturday, millions of Americans and people all over the world will gather under the slogan “No Kings.” The previous two No Kings rallies, held last […]
Even before February 28, the reasons for Donald Trump’s imploding approval rating were abundantly clear: untrammeled corruption and personal enrichment to the tune of billions of dollars during an affordability crisis, a foreign policy guided only by his own derelict sense of morality, and the deployment of a murderous campaign of occupation, detention, and deportation […]
Politics / March 27, 2026 In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent explores Trump’s stunning incompetence. Plus: Baseball is back—for now. Ad Policy This is a preview of Nation Justice Correspondent Elie Mystal’s new weekly newsletter. Click here to receive this newsletter in your inbox each Friday. People wait in long security lines at […]
Politics / March 26, 2026 The president is experiencing the Iran War almost entirely through misleading video clips—and that’s very bad news for all of us. Ad Policy Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday, March 26, 2026. (Will Oliver / EPA / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Everything about America’s […]
Politics / March 24, 2026 Despite his denying the legitimacy of Biden’s election and making violent threats, Markwayne Mullin breezed through his Senate confirmation to become the new head of the DHS. Ad Policy Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) takes the oath during his confirmation hearing for secretary of Homeland Security on March 18, 2026, in […]
The French left managed to hold on to key cities, but the far right and mainstream right also won key victories—and the intra-left bickering shows no signs of subsiding. Ad Policy Officials empty a ballot box while taking part in the counting process during the second round of France’s 2026 municipal elections at a polling […]
