Category: Politics

A demonstrator holds up a sign outside the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery on Thursday. Kim Chandler/AP hide caption toggle caption Kim Chandler/AP Alabama’s elections just got more complicated. The state is moving ahead with a special primary election for four of its seven congressional districts, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way […]

The lieutenant governor of the state is ramping up her Democratic Senate primary campaign as her state battles Trump’s brutal assault. Seeing red: Flanagan at a vigil for Renée Good in St. Paul on January 9, days after Good was killed by a federal agent.(Stephen Maturen / Getty Images) This article appears in the June […]

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 […]

Duffy says he and his family filmed “The Great American Road Trip” in brief windows, like weekends and school vacations, during a seven-month period. Department of Transportation/Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption Department of Transportation/Screenshot by NPR Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has returned to his reality television roots, filming a cross-country road trip with […]

Since its founding in New York in 1998, the Working Families Party has tested a proposition that many Black voters are led to dismiss outright: Political power does not need to be tethered to permanent loyalty to the Democratic Party. Founded in New York in 1998, the WFP has pursued a strategy rooted in labor […]

Midwestern Nice… Today’s “Jewish Question”… Ad Policy This article appears in the June 2026 issue. Midwestern Nice The lifesaving and community-saving work Minnesotans have been doing isn’t happening despite their Midwestern charms, but because of them. Honoring their upbeat attitude during frigid temperatures, we’ve seconded The Nation’s nomination of the people of Minneapolis for the Nobel […]

The US Supreme Court is aiding and abetting voter suppression. Ad Policy Demonstrators outside the US Supreme Court.(Eric Lee / Getty) This article appears in the June 2026 issue, with the headline “A National Shame.” America’s Southern sons of perdition and their Northern apologists defended the sin of human bondage with their blood-drenched cry of […]

May 12, 2026 A flood of billionaire money is pouring into Maine’s Senate race to stop a populist challenger. Ad Policy US Senate candidate from Maine Graham Platner during a campaign event with the Maine AFL-CIO in Portland on May 1, 2026.(Graeme Sloan / Getty Images) Asuper PAC dedicated to reelecting Republican Senator Susan Collins […]

Books & the Arts / May 12, 2026 The genius of Álvaro Enrigue His new novel is as much a work of political philosophy as it is one of fiction. Ad Policy Illustration by Joe Ciardiello. This article appears in the June 2026 issue. Unlike political scientists and social critics, who can diagnose the illnesses […]

Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez speaks during the Global Progressive Mobilization on April 18, 2026, in Barcelona, Spain. (Aldara Zarraoa / Getty Images) At a recent summit, Spain’s prime minister gathered leftist leaders and warned of a new authoritarian world order. Ad Policy This article appears in the June 2026 issue, with the headline […]