Politics / The Mamdani Beat / January 29, 2026 The mayor publicizes a $12 billion hole in New York’s budget over the next two years—and draws some political battle lines. Ad Policy Zohran Mamdani gives a press conference on New York’s preparations for last week’s snowstorm. (Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images) The […]
Politics / January 28, 2026 The gospel of affordability is not bold enough to convince voters that the Democrats care about them. To build a lasting majority, Democrats must embrace populism. Ad Policy Shoppers browse the bread aisle at a grocery store on January 23, 2026, in Lenexa, Kansas. Bread prices have increased by more […]
Politics / January 27, 2026 ICE has lowered standards to facilitate a massive hiring spree. Many of the new recruits are plainly unqualified. Are some also white supremacists or domestic terrorists? Ad Policy An ICE recruitment poster displayed in Arlington, Texas, amid a major recruitment event in that city. (Ron Jenkins / Getty Images) The […]
Politics / January 26, 2026 After the murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents, the least national Democrats can do is dismantle ICE. Ad Policy House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer depart a news conference at the US Capitol on January 8, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch / Getty […]
Activism / January 25, 2026 The 37-year-old ICU nurse was killed helping another ICE victim. We must honor his sacrifice. Ad Policy Flowers are left at a makeshift memorial in the area where Alex Pretti was shot dead a day earlier by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 25, 2026. (Octavio Jones / […]
Politics / January 23, 2026 Smith performed honorably, but no one person or investigation can protect America from Trump. Ad Policy Former US special counsel Jack Smith is sworn in before he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations into President Donald Trump. (Alex Wroblewski / AFP via Getty Images) The New York […]
Politics / January 23, 2026 In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent reminds us why government matters—and why ICE has nothing to do with actual government. Plus, Hawai’i’s brilliant legal maneuver. Ad Policy Protesters stand outside the Henry Bishop Whipple Federal building in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Jim Vondruska / Getty Images) This is […]
The court’s conservatives appear likely to block Trump from firing Lisa Cook—not because they care about principle but because they care about the Fed. Ad Policy A woman protested outside the Supreme Court as it heard oral arguments in Trump v. Cook, about’s Trump’s attempt to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board of […]
Politics / January 21, 2026 Nothing says “I care about working people” like a speech to an audience of billionaires at an exclusive Swiss ski resort. Ad Policy Donald Trump attends the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21, 2026. (Harun Ozalp / Anadolu via Getty Images) As President Donald Trump […]
Books & the Arts / January 20, 2026 What are the politics of free speech? A new history explores the political limits as well as possibilities of freedom of speech. Ad Policy Angelo Herndon, whose conviction for a crime related to free speech was overturned in 1935, arrives at NYC’s Penn Station. (Getty) This article […]
