![President Joe Biden speaks with George Stephanopoulos on July 5, 2024, in Madison, Wisconsin. The president sat down with Stephanopoulos while on the campaign trail, a few days after a debate with former president Donald Trump.](http://web.archive.org./web/20240706204806im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/biden-interview-abc-getty.jpg)
Biden Did Not Save His Presidency on ABC Biden Did Not Save His Presidency on ABC
An uneven interview with George Stephanapoulos was too little, too late—and maybe a bit too churlish.
Why Aren’t We Talking About Trump’s Fascism? Why Aren’t We Talking About Trump’s Fascism?
Joe Biden has created a distraction from the existential question that should define this election.
How to Beat Trump in a World of Unreason How to Beat Trump in a World of Unreason
To counter authoritarian drift, Democrats can’t just swap out nominees. They need to be bold.
War Has Forced Gaza’s Children to Grow Up Far Too Soon War Has Forced Gaza’s Children to Grow Up Far Too Soon
“Instead of playing and jumping, he is thinking of how to help us survive,” one father says.
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The American Far Right and Conservatism in the Last Century The American Far Right and Conservatism in the Last Century
Jul 5, 2024 / American Prestige / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
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Labour’s Historic Victory Belies Deep Fault Lines in British Politics Labour’s Historic Victory Belies Deep Fault Lines in British Politics
Jul 5, 2024 / Steve Howell
US Mayors for Peace Call for Dialogue in a Time of Nuclear Danger US Mayors for Peace Call for Dialogue in a Time of Nuclear Danger
Jul 5, 2024 / Quentin Hart
There Is No Universal Free Speech There Is No Universal Free Speech
Jul 5, 2024 / Comment / P.E. Moskowitz
We Should Pay Attention to the Ongoing Combat on the Red Sea We Should Pay Attention to the Ongoing Combat on the Red Sea
Jul 5, 2024 / Juan Cole
Donald Trump’s Secret Weapon to Dismantle American Education Donald Trump’s Secret Weapon to Dismantle American Education
Jul 5, 2024 / StudentNation / Owen Dahlkamp
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Why Aren’t We Talking About Trump’s Fascism? Why Aren’t We Talking About Trump’s Fascism?
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Biden Did Not Save His Presidency on ABC Biden Did Not Save His Presidency on ABC
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The Debate Won Biden Some New Supporters: Republicans The Debate Won Biden Some New Supporters: Republicans
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Who Is In Charge in the Biden White House? Who Is In Charge in the Biden White House?
From the Archive
![Alexander Cockburn on the Death of Gary Webb, ‘a Very Fine Journalist Who Deserved Better Than He Got’](http://web.archive.org./web/20240706204806im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/kill_the_messenger_still.jpg)
October 14, 2014: Alexander Cockburn on the Death of Gary Webb, ‘a Very Fine Journalist Who Deserved Better Than He Got’ Alexander Cockburn on the Death of Gary Webb, ‘a Very Fine Journalist Who Deserved Better Than He Got’
With a new film out about Webb, Kill the Messenger, we look back at Cockburn’s testament to the investigative reporter.
Politics
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Running Biden Against Trump Is Just Plain Irresponsible Running Biden Against Trump Is Just Plain Irresponsible
If American democracy is on the line, as Democrats have rightly insisted, why nominate someone who has trouble keeping up with his opponent?
![President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina, on June 28, 2024.](http://web.archive.org./web/20240706204806im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2159034890.jpg)
Democrats Are Running Interference for Biden. Voters Aren’t Convinced. Democrats Are Running Interference for Biden. Voters Aren’t Convinced.
Party messaging since last week’s debate has set out to convince the public that what they saw on television didn’t really happen.
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Dear Ron Klain: We Need To Talk About Joe Dear Ron Klain: We Need To Talk About Joe
To preserve President Biden’s legacy, the party has to find another candidate
Books & the Arts
![LaToya Ruby Frazier’s “Zion, Her Mother Shea, and Her Grandfather Mr. Smiley Riding on Their Tennessee Walking Horses, Mares, P.T. (P.T.’s Miss One of a Kind), Dolly (Secretly), and Blue (Blue’s Royal Threat), Newton, Mississippi.”](http://web.archive.org./web/20240706204806im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Steinhauer-documentary.jpg)
LaToya Ruby Frazier Rewrites the Rules of Documentary Photography LaToya Ruby Frazier Rewrites the Rules of Documentary Photography
A new career survey at the MoMA is a perfect illustration of the photographer’s mission: to reframe how viewers see the working-class and low-income people whom she counts as kin….
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Can the Constitution Save Us? Can the Constitution Save Us?
The Constitution is often invoked as a safeguard for American democracy, but does it more often get in democracy’s way?
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The Man Hồ Chí Minh Once Was The Man Hồ Chí Minh Once Was
Joseph Andras’s novel on the Vietnamese revolutionary’s salad days in Paris imagines how a young radical became an icon.
World
![Former president of the French far-right Rassemblement National Marine Le Pen gives a speech during the results evening of the first round of the parliamentary elections in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, on June 30, 2024.](http://web.archive.org./web/20240706204806im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/marine-le-pen-sinister.jpg)
Le Pen and Her Allies May Be on the Verge of Forming the First Far-Right Government in France Since World War II Le Pen and Her Allies May Be on the Verge of Forming the First Far-Right Government in France Since World War II
Yet there is a resurgence of organizing by the left.
![SEIU President Mary Kay Henry speaks to airport workers demanding Congress fix the air travel system at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on November 9, 2023, in Arlington, Virginia.](http://web.archive.org./web/20240706204806im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/mary-kay-henry-portrait.jpg)
What Does It Mean to Be a Labor Leader for This Moment? What Does It Mean to Be a Labor Leader for This Moment?
Lessons from Mary Kay Henry, the first woman president of SEIU.
![French President Emmanuel Macron delivers remarks during a press conference following his announcement that he was dissolving Parliament, at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines in Paris on June 12, 2024.](http://web.archive.org./web/20240706204806im_/https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/GettyImages-2156645328.jpg)
In France’s Snap Elections, Can a “Popular Front” Hold Off the Far Right? In France’s Snap Elections, Can a “Popular Front” Hold Off the Far Right?
At least they’re giving themselves a fighting chance.
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What Should the Democrats Do Now? What Should the Democrats Do Now?
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Facebook Is the Zombie Internet Facebook Is the Zombie Internet
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