Everything Trump Did in His 4th Week That Actually Matters
It was a bad week for clean water.
Zoë Carpenter and George ZornickLabor
Trump’s Labor Pick Has a History of Attacking Voting Rights
Alexander Acosta was once accused of undermining the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Now he could become secretary of labor.
John NicholsHistory
What Is the Deep State?
Even if we assume the concept is valid, surely it’s not useful to think of the competing interests it represents as monolithic.
Greg GrandinHealthcare Policy
Your Members of Congress Are Going Home. Greet Them by Demanding Health Care for All
It’s the perfect time to pay them a visit.
NationActionLatest From The Nation
Yesterday 5:46 pm Congress
Mitch McConnell Just Reached a New Low
In ramming through Trump’s EPA pick, the majority leader committed an egregious cover-up and a “total abdication of the Senate’s constitutional responsibility.”
John Nichols
February 16, 2017 Social Justice
New York Courts Are Failing Non-English Speakers
February 16, 2017 Foreign Policy
A People's Globalism: Notes Toward a New Left Internationalism
February 16, 2017 The Constitution
The Real Danger in Trump’s Attacks on Judges
February 16, 2017 Activism
Today’s ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Is Giving Trump What He Wants
February 16, 2017 Activism
The New Patriotism
February 16, 2017 Donald Trump
The West Coast Is Leading the Resistance Against Trump
February 16, 2017 Democrats
Resisting Trump Is Not Enough
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Politics
Donald Trump Has Pulled an Epic Bait-and-Switch
Putting a Goldman Sachs alum in charge of the Treasury Department proves the Big Lie.
Robert L. Borosage
What Did President Trump Know and When Did He Know It?
Michael Flynn is out, but until there’s an investigation by Congress, we’re at the mercy of intelligence leaks for the story.
Joan Walsh
Behind the Scenes, Obamacare May Be in Grave Danger
Pay attention to the man behind the curtain.
David DayenNation Voices
The Pullquote
Race and reproductive health
What It’s Like to Be Black and Pregnant When You Know How Dangerous That Can Be
I knew I had a find a way to have a healthy birth—despite what the statistics were telling me.
Dani McClainThe Story Behind the Maternal Mortality Rate in Texas Is Even Sadder Than We Realize
We don’t know exactly why these women died—but we know that they were poor and lacked medical care.
Katha PollittCulture
Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts
A new book suggests Snowden may have been a spy, but what it reveals is its author’s own duplicity.
Sue Halpern
Austra’s Ear for the Moment
The band’s new album calls for the future by harkening to the past.
Erin Vanderhoof
Saul Friedländer’s Many Lives
What is the relationship between the Holocaust’s history and its memory?
Peter E. Gordon
World
Ecuador’s Left-Wing Success Story
It doesn’t fit with neoliberal orthodoxy, but President Rafael Correa has made remarkable progress. Will the next government sustain it?
Mark WeisbrotIn South Korea, Women Are Leading the Resistance to US-Backed Militarization
Tired of their country’s deference to the US, they’re taking matters of security into their own hands.
Christine AhnAmerica’s Favorite Syrian Militia Rules With an Iron Fist
The Kurdish YPG recruits fighters at gunpoint, assassinates political opponents, and suppresses the media.
Roy GutmanWatch and Listen
View: In a World of Closed Borders, Deciding Who Deserves Asylum
At Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, workers face few humane options.
February 9, 2017
View: Photos of Resistance: Inside the DC Women’s March
Over 500,000 people flooded the streets of the nation’s capital to protest everything President Trump stands for.
January 22, 2017
View: These Photos Show the People Who Turn a Cotton Plant Into Your Jeans
Following the path of cotton from Burkina Faso to Bangladesh to your local mall.
December 12, 2016
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