US Senator Bernie Sanders started his career in electoral office in 1981, as the democratic socialist mayor of Burlington, Vermont. His surprise election victory attracted national attention and considerable skepticism …
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Don’t let JD Vance silence our independent journalism On September 15, Vice President JD Vance attacked The Nation while hosting The Charlie Kirk Show. In a clip seen millions of …
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The Last Days of Discourse / September 17, 2025 The GOP president is both a dire threat to democratic governance and a clownish mob boss. Ad Policy This article appears …
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Politics / September 16, 2025 With most New York Democrats endorsing their party’s candidate for mayor, the two minority leaders in Congress remain holdouts. Ad Policy House minority leader Hakeem …
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Politics / September 16, 2025 All over the country, young Democratic candidates are running seemingly Mamdani-style campaigns. But check the fine print. Ad Policy A screenshot from Liam Elkind’s campaign …
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Activism / September 16, 2025 The French took to the streets en masse last week, days after the collapse of the latest Macron-aligned government. But the divided left-wing opposition is …
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Peter Kuper The man who threw his sandwich at a National Guardsman became a symbol of resistance. The post Pushback Over Trump’s DC Military Takeover appeared first on The Nation. …
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Vanderbilt Uses “Institutional Neutrality” to Protect Against Trump. But Is It Truly Neutral?
Politics / StudentNation / September 15, 2025 The university has largely complied to the government’s efforts to reshape higher education as critics on campus question the role of neutrality altogether. …
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Politics / September 15, 2025 Prominent Republicans are attacking anyone who insists on describing who the late Charlie Kirk and his movement really were, even trying to get them fired. …
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Donald Trump wants us to accept the current state of affairs without making a scene. He wants us to believe that if we resist, he will harass us, sue us, …