Politics

Every day, The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build …

Deporting people to countries where they might be tortured or killed? All good, according to the six GOP justices. Ad Policy US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents knock on …

A vote for Zohran Mamdani is a vote against the Democratic Party’s reactionary center and for a more hopeful future. Ad Policy Disgraced former New York governor Andrew Cuomo addresses …

June 24, 2025 A new documentary about the 1975 fiscal crisis, Drop Dead City, is entertaining to watch but dangerously misleading as history—or politics. Ad Policy Sins of the father: …

Every day, The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build …

Portland, Ore.—A few years ago, I showed up to work at Street Roots, a nonprofit street newspaper in Portland, Oregon, where I was the director, and found a man shouting …

The party that built the New Deal now managers the raw deal. But there’s hope. Ad Policy Bryan Scalia of Enfield, foreground, shouts out while on the picket line with …

Every day, The Nation exposes the administration’s unchecked and reckless abuses of power through clear-eyed, uncompromising independent journalism—the kind of journalism that holds the powerful to account and helps build …

Donald Trump killed the anti-war right—but offers a chance to revive the anti-war left. Ad Policy Anti-war protesters rally in Los Angeles on June 22 after the Trump administration bombed …

The US and Israel have launched a war of aggression against Iran, based on lies. We are all now in deep, uncharted waters. Ad Policy A young Iranian girl holds …