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Kamala Harris for President Kamala Harris for President
Democrats deserve a candidate who can lift the whole ticket, not drag it down to defeat.
The GOP Is Pat Buchanan’s Party Now The GOP Is Pat Buchanan’s Party Now
J.D. Vance’s RNC speech signified a return to the blood-and-soil politics at the core of Buchanan’s failed presidential runs in the 1990s.
The Democrats Have a Two-Biden Problem The Democrats Have a Two-Biden Problem
And so does the president. As he decides his future, Joe Biden has to come to terms with the war within himself.
After Trump’s Speech, It’s Absurd to Suggest He Can’t Be Beaten After Trump’s Speech, It’s Absurd to Suggest He Can’t Be Beaten
Trump’s surreal, subdued, and unfocused address gave Democrats an opening to turn the tide of this campaign.
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What’s Next for Trump and Biden After This Wild Week? What’s Next for Trump and Biden After This Wild Week?
Jul 20, 2024 / Audio / D.D. Guttenplan
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UK and French Elections, “New Cold War” Arms Tension, and a Sahel Junta “Confederation” UK and French Elections, “New Cold War” Arms Tension, and a Sahel Junta “Confederation”
Jul 19, 2024 / American Prestige
Do People Think the Economy Is Bad Because the Media Failed, or Because the Economy Is Actually Bad? Do People Think the Economy Is Bad Because the Media Failed, or Because the Economy Is Actually Bad?
Jul 19, 2024 / The Debate / Dean Baker and Wesley Bignell
Will Trump’s Ear Decide the Election? Will Trump’s Ear Decide the Election?
Jul 19, 2024 / Sasha Abramsky
Inside the Fight to Bring Midwives Back to Massachusetts Inside the Fight to Bring Midwives Back to Massachusetts
Jul 19, 2024 / StudentNation / Annika Inampudi
Palestinian Olympians Are Competing as Their World Burns Palestinian Olympians Are Competing as Their World Burns
Jul 18, 2024 / Dave Zirin
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After Trump’s Speech, It’s Absurd to Suggest He Can’t Be Beaten After Trump’s Speech, It’s Absurd to Suggest He Can’t Be Beaten
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Exclusive: Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy Exclusive: Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy
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January 4, 2014: This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How We Helped Start the ‘Melville Revival’ of the 1920s This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How We Helped Start the ‘Melville Revival’ of the 1920s
An article in our pages in 1919 helped rescue the long-deceased scribe from obscurity and secured him a prominent place in the American canon.
Rest in Power Jane McAlevey
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“She Usually Won.” Remembering Jane McAlevey, 1964–2024 “She Usually Won.” Remembering Jane McAlevey, 1964–2024
The Nation’s strikes correspondent believed that no one is coming to save us but us. And that we are enough.
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WATCH: You Voted to Form a Union. Now What? WATCH: You Voted to Form a Union. Now What?
In the first installment of our new The Nation Explains video series, Jane McAlevey explains the core principles that can help workers win better contracts, faster.
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From the Moment She Joined a Fight, Jane McAlevey Was in It to Win From the Moment She Joined a Fight, Jane McAlevey Was in It to Win
A bitter foe of “pretend politics,” she always said she wanted “to teach people: Can we have the confidence to win?”
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Bernie Sanders’s 60-Year Fight Bernie Sanders’s 60-Year Fight
The independent senator from Vermont spoke to The Nation’s president about why he still believes political revolution can change the United States for the better.
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The He-Man, Woman-Hater’s GOP Presidential Ticket The He-Man, Woman-Hater’s GOP Presidential Ticket
By picking the banal natalist Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate, Donald Trump seems to be aiming for an even smaller share of the women’s vote than he earns on his own.
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Donald Trump Is Not a Friend to American Workers Donald Trump Is Not a Friend to American Workers
Despite Sean O’Brien’s support for Trump at the RNC, let’s be clear: A second Trump term would not be a win for the labor movement.
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Can You Put a Dollar Amount on White Privilege? Can You Put a Dollar Amount on White Privilege?
Tracie McMillan’s The White Bonus attempts to quantify the literal cost of racism in America.
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The World’s Problems Explained in One Issue: Electricity The World’s Problems Explained in One Issue: Electricity
Brett Christophers’s account of the market-induced failure to transition to renewables is his latest entry in a series of books demystifying a multi-pronged global crisis.
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The Planetary Vision of Soviet Russia’s Great Modernist Novel The Planetary Vision of Soviet Russia’s Great Modernist Novel
Andrey Platonov’s masterpiece Chevengur imagined a politics of solidarity that placed at its center the health of the planet.
World
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The Horror in Israel and Palestine Began Half a Century Ago The Horror in Israel and Palestine Began Half a Century Ago
From the very start, Jewish violence has accompanied the proliferation of settlements.
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A Close-Up View of the UK Election Gave Rise to an Unfamiliar Emotion: Envy A Close-Up View of the UK Election Gave Rise to an Unfamiliar Emotion: Envy
The US left can only dream of Democrats’ having five years ahead of interrupted power—and control of Congress—with the GOP, like the Tories, driven far to the margins for a d…
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The Risky Politics of France’s Hung Parliament The Risky Politics of France’s Hung Parliament
In the days since the New Popular Front won the largest number of seats, political gravity has again exerted itself.
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UK and French Elections, “New Cold War” Arms Tension, and a Sahel Junta “Confederation” UK and French Elections, “New Cold War” Arms Tension, and a Sahel Junta “Confederation”
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Generative AI Is a Climate Disaster Generative AI Is a Climate Disaster
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