Politics / October 6, 2023 Trump’s Pick for Speaker Is a Nightmare Waiting to Happen Trump wants his close political ally Ohio Republican Jim Jordan to become second in the line of presidential succession. Brace yourselves. John Nichols Ad Policy Former president Donald Trump welcomes Representative Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to the stage at a rally…
Society / October 6, 2023 The Great Medicaid Unwinding Millions of Americans lost their coverage earlier this year when a pandemic-era policy expired. The consequences are detrimental to the very practice of medicine. Adam Gaffney Ad Policy Participants hold signs during the Senate Democrats’ rally against Medicaid cuts in front of the US Capitol in…
Politics / October 6, 2023 Cornel West and RFK Jr. Are Both Helping Biden Now As two of his rivals head into the wilderness, the president is consolidating the left-of-center vote. Jeet Heer Ad Policy Dr. Cornelnon-=voter West gives the keynote address at the “#BLM Turns 10 People’s Justice Festival” on July 15, 2023, in…
Activism / This Week / October 6, 2023 The Führer and the Kaiser McCarcass. Steve Brodner Ad Policy Keep Reading Steve Brodner Steve Brodner is an award-winning graphic artist/journalist. More from The Nation Cornel West and RFK Jr. Are Both Helping Biden Now Cornel West and RFK Jr. Are Both Helping Biden Now As two…
Peter Kuper Fossil fuels, profits of doom. The post We Are Witness to Our Self-Destruction appeared first on The Nation.
Culture / October 6, 2023 Sean Doolittle, Baseball’s Left-Wing Lefty, Retires How the Nationals’ star reliever became the conscience of baseball. Peter Dreier Ad Policy Sean Doolittle pitching for the Washington Nationals. (Bill Kostroun / AP) Sean Doolittle may lack the notoriety of Colin Kaepernick, Megan Rapinoe, or LeBron James, but he’s the most outspoken…
Today 5:30 am The WGA Wins Its Strike, but California Workers Face Uncertainty The WGA Wins Its Strike, but California Workers Face Uncertainty The Hollywood writers’ union scores an impressive win, while Governor Newsom sells out strikers on other fronts. Ben Schwartz October 6, 2023 Striking writers picket the Netflix studio in Los Angeles (Mario…
Q&A / October 6, 2023 Naomi Klein Explains the Problems With Left-Wing Silence The author of Doppelganger wants us to find stories that can “replace the socialism of fools with the socialism of facts.” Laura Flanders Ad Policy Canadian author Naomi Klein poses for a photograph on September 3, 2015, in Sydney, Australia. (Cole Bennetts…
Environment / October 6, 2023 What Good Is Architecture on a Drowning Planet? We need political solutions to climate emergencies, not design solutions. Kate Wagner Ad Policy A person pushes a barricade floating on a flooded street amid a coastal storm on September 29, 2023, in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y. (Michael M. Santiago…
Felipe Galindo The Biden administration will allow nearly half a million Venezuelan migrants in the United States to live and work legally in the country for 18 months. The post Hope for Asylum Seekers appeared first on The Nation.