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- Exclusive: Bernie Sanders on Why It’s Vital for Democrats to Replace Chuck Schumer
John Nichols In an interview with The Nation, the progressive icon says that the Senate leader is "way out of touch with where the American people are at."
- Giant Meteor
- What We Can Learn From Lula’s Seismic Win
David Adler The Brazilian president looked headed for defeat. The Brazilian people had other ideas.
- The One Issue to Rule Them All
Elie Mystal To win in 2028, Democrats must commit to doing a full Supreme-Court Press—and breaking the power of the court for good.
- We Have Invited Insane Surveillance Into Our Homes
Kate Wagner Aggregated property listings are being weaponized by insidious intelligence outfits. We have ourselves to blame.
- France’s Left, Divided at the Worst Possible Time
Harrison Stetler Years of progressive infighting weigh on Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s presidential ambitions.
- Pope Leo Goes to War—Against the Department of War
Victor Gaetan The growing divide between Rome and Washington.
- The Fugitive From Brazil
Andre Pagliarini The implications of Trump’s red-carpet rollout for Flávio Bolsonaro.
- Bringing Billionaires to Account at the Ballot Box
David Futrelle Last week’s midterms were a powerful repudiation of MAGA, but the fight against oligarchy will be a longer struggle.
- Golden Age
- How Mona Chalabi Explains Income Inequality
Naomi Elias An interview with the data journalist about how she uses numbers and design to illustrate how class weighs on the lives of Americans.
- How Did New York Become So Unequal?
Joshua B. Freeman A new history of New York examines how it went from a center of social-democratic experiment to one of neoliberal devastation.
- Do Socialists Even Believe in Socialism Anymore?
Mike Beggs, Ben Burgis, Bhaskar Sunkara The American left has a growing list of victories—and an unfinished argument about the society it wants to build.
- I Am Yusuf, My Father
- Letters From the December 2026 Issue
Our Readers True progress… A willful blilndness… Correction…
- The EEOC Is Failing Workers While Hunting for Discrimination Claims From White Men
Bryce Covert Investigators are rapidly closing out claims of workplace discrimination so that they can search for the kinds of cases chair Andrea Lucas most wants to find.
- Solstice Sonnet
- The Voters Who Saved Democracy Are Being Written Out of the Story
Tim Wise, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw The media downplayed the importance of Black voters for Democratic victories.
- The Country Repudiated Bigotry in This Election. Will the Sports World Follow?
Dave Zirin If we follow the lead of billionaire team owners, toxic cable news channels, and misguided athletes, it’s a resounding no. That just means we need to forge our own path.
- Rethinking the Early History of North America
Ned Blackhawk Peter Mancall’s new book reframes the history of the American continent as a zone of encounters between Native peoples, European empires, and African societies.
- The Political Power of Seniors
Mike McMahon In places like Wisconsin, campaigns can’t win without seniors. They are the second-largest, fastest-growing, and most reliable group of voters.
- Notes From the Blue Star State
James K. Galbraith Texas is predominantly and pragmatically populist. If the national Democratic Party wishes to conquer the Electoral College for a generation, it will follow the lead of the voters.
- Stephen Miller Is the Real President Now
Jeet Heer Trump just promoted his worst, most dangerous adviser. Get ready for a constitutional crisis.
- Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries Are Not Meeting the Moment
Elizabeth Spiers The Democrats' congressional leaders have been handed an enormous mandate they have no interest in carrying out.
- Trump, Toast or Toasted…
Peter Kuper America has been burned by his corruption.
- Russia’s Last Independent Newspaper Is Going Dark
Katrina vanden Heuvel The closing of “Novaya Gazeta” marks the end of what little press freedom remained in Putin’s Russia.
- Chad Harbach’s Novel of Millennial Intellectuals
Kevin Lozano In “The Brightness,” Harbach examines life before 2016.
- The Strange, Empathetic Allure of Andy Beshear
Grace Byron The potential Democratic hopeful for president is not a socialist. But he has a folksy demeanor and moral compass.
- Texas Chose the Willie Nelson Slate
John Nichols The country singer was an enthusiastic supporter of the Democrats who won every major statewide race in Texas.
- Gina Hinojosa’s Win Was the Most Important of the Entire Midterms
- Let the Investigations Begin!
Elie Mystal In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent demands subpoenas, subpoenas, subpoenas of Trump and his cronies. Plus: Elon Musk gets hoisted by his own petard.
- BLOWOUT!
- Organizing Brought Us to This Moment
D.D. Guttenplan Voters across the country have given the keys to Democrats. But can the party get in gear?
- What's Behind Trump’s Obsession With Butts?
Jeet Heer Or, reflections on the anality of evil.
- Protest and Vigil at an ICE Detention Center
Peter Kuper Calling out a Brooklyn prison where ICE rampages.
- Democrats Crushed Trump. Here’s What They Should Do Next.
Katrina vanden Heuvel, John Nichols, The Nation Seeking facile compromises with Trump is a fool’s mission—and voters who are hungry for change will not accept half-measures.
- Inside France’s Biggest Uprising Since 1968
Marlon Ettinger Despite harsh reprisal from the government, students show no sign of stopping.
- We Stomped All Over the Patriarchy on Tuesday Night
Amy Littlefield Almost everywhere, abortion rights initiatives won, and pro-choice candidates prevailed. Even in Idaho, where they didn’t, women are taking heart.
- Democrats Would Be Insane Not to Break With Israel Now
Hamid Bendaas The party has an unequivocal mandate to fundamentally change the US-Israel relationship.
- Actually, Democrats Don’t Have to Sacrifice Trans People or Immigrants to Win
Elie Mystal For two years, leading Democratic factions have insisted that the party must abandon key populations to win. Tuesday proved them wrong.