Category: Politics

Politics / Authoritarian Watch / May 8, 2026 Trump is using authoritarian tactics that were perfected by Viktor Orbán. But the Hungarian authoritarian leader’s defeat may also offer a road map for beating Trumpism. Ad Policy President Donald Trump greets Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, […]

The state has a tremendously successful pilot in four counties to offer free services to those on pretrial release. But federal budget cuts put the program at risk. Ad Policy The Richard J. Daley Courthouse and Office Building in Chicago. (Jaysin Trevino / Creative Commons) Last year, R.J. Horacek, a 29-year-old Illinois resident, was arrested […]

Federal and local lawmakers in Puerto Rico, as well as civil rights and advocacy organizations, have called for investigations after ProPublica reported how a federal probe into a drugs-for-votes scheme in Puerto Rico prisons got quashed after the 2024 elections.   The territory’s representative in Congress, Pablo José Hernández Rivera, called on members of the U.S. […]

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The FBI director is targeting reporters and his own agents to stop embarrassing leaks. Ad Policy Kash Patel at a press conference on April 28, 2026, at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images) Under Donald Trump, people go into public service not to do good or administer the state […]

Trump’s corruption is personal, so why do Democrats keep making it about procedure? Ad Policy Gold leafing and decor as US President Donald Trump meets with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. Erdogan is visiting the White […]

Cargo ships, including bulk carriers and general cargo vessels, sit at anchor offshore as a small motorboat passes in the foreground, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on May 4. Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP hide caption toggle caption Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates said […]

State Senate Minority Leader Ryan McDougle, center, speaks with the media following a hearing on new congressional maps before the state Supreme Court in Richmond, Va. on April 27. Allen G. Breed/AP hide caption toggle caption Allen G. Breed/AP The Supreme Court of Virginia struck down the congressional redistricting approved by voters in April. The […]

May 8, 2026 Do conditions for a pluralistic rebirth exist? Ad Policy New kid on the block Peter Magyar arrives to meet with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni before their meeting at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, Italy, on May 7, 2026.(Antonio Masiello / Getty Images) Hungary is in a state of euphoria, waiting for “The […]

From illegal war on Iran to an inhumane fuel blockade of Cuba, from AI weapons to crypto corruption, this is a time of staggering chaos, cruelty, and violence.  Unlike other publications that parrot the views of authoritarians, billionaires, and corporations, The Nation publishes stories that hold the powerful to account and center the communities too […]