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Angry, prickly, and paranoid, the president struggled to defend his record when challenged by a tough journalist and ordinary Americans.
Jeet Heer
In stark contrast to Trump’s desperate bravado, Biden explained, “It is the presidential responsibility to lead.”
John Nichols
As the growing number of Black and Latinx voters threaten the GOP’s stranglehold on power, attempts to limit safe voting options during the pandemic reveal a deeper sickness in Texas politics.
Michael Barajas and The Texas Observer
His paranoid fantasies are for the masses, but they are propped up by plenty of elites.
Steve Fraser
Latest from The Nation
Dark obsessions. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of October 12.
He not only applauded the California GOP’s illegal use of mail-in ballot drop-boxes; he’s urging Republican officials elsewhere to do the same thing.
Sasha Abramsky
An explicit pitch for campaign funds outside the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room has observers noting, “This is a crime.”
John Nichols
Don’t believe the hot takes that say we can do without it.
Katha Pollitt
Supreme Court
Yes, Democrats must expand the courts. Here’s why, and here’s how.
Elie Mystal
For two day running, the court nominee has refused to say whether she will respect the clear intent of election laws and the Constitution.
John Nichols
The nominee did her best to evade serious questions, but what she did say—about the ACA, Roe v. Wade , and the president’s power to delay elections—should terrify us all.
Elie Mystal
How a little-understood war between Azerbaijan and Armenia threatens democracy.
Viken Berberian
Regardless of who is elected president this November, American arms businesses will continue to export arsenals to the Middle East and around the world.
William D. Hartung
Groups like the Identitarian movement are borrowing strategies from the left and targeting students.
Jessica Bateman
A conversation with Marcus J. Moore about his cultural biography of Lamar and the L.A. rapper’s impact on Black America.
Ann-Derrick Gaillot
A conversation, conducted via satellite phone, with the legendary composer about his new memoir, Silences So Deep , and the music of his life.
Rumaan Alam
Tim Hwang thinks we should burst the bubble of the ad-supported internet before it’s too late.
Marie Solis
Watch and Listen
NBA scribe Michael Lee joins the show to talk about the Covid Bubble, the NBA Finals, and Lebron’s legacy.
October 13, 2020
Maria Orozco, the mayor of a small farming town, is fighting to protect her constituents, regardless of immigration status.
October 13, 2020
But it won’t be the same.
October 6, 2020
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