politics

Ron Currie At some point, we have to recognize that we just don’t know about the Maine Senate candidate’s past motivations—or about much of anything else, either. The post Graham Platner and the Online Rush to Judgment appeared first on The Nation. Source link

Charlie Bloomer After the state’s ban on gay marriage was lifted in 2014, advocates took a breath. But more than a decade later, with Obergefell now at risk, there’s more work to be done. The post Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over appeared first on The Nation. Source link

Rafi Schwartz Are we just going to sit around and pretend that the president isn’t having a lot of… questionable moments these days? The post We Have to Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain appeared first on The Nation. Source link

Jon Wiener On this episode of Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson previews the elections next Tuesday, and Christopher Knight comments on the new art exhibit at MOCA. The post Voters, Democrats, and Redistricting—Plus, Confederate Monuments in LA appeared first on The Nation. Source link

Clinton Williamson A conversation with the writer and theorist Jasper Bernes about the left after the summer of 2020 and the state of revolutionary politics. The post What Connects the Paris Commune and the George Floyd Uprising? appeared first on The Nation. Source link

Alyssa Oursler Kristi Noem visited the Twin Cities and decried out-of-control crime. Is a federal occupation next? The post Minneapolis Braces Itself for the National Guard appeared first on The Nation. Source link

Peter Kuper, Anonymous Pulling the strings to undo democracy. The post Russ Vought Project 2025’s Architect Of Destruction appeared first on The Nation. Source link

Nikole Rajgor While half of the proposals on this year’s ballot deal with housing, elected officials and organizers in New York City are divided on their effectiveness. The post Affordable Housing Is at Stake in the NYC Election, but Advocates Can’t Agree on How appeared first on The Nation. Source link

Jeet Heer Vote for Zohran, not the moron. The post Andrew Cuomo Is Going Out the Way He Came In: as a Vile Bigot appeared first on The Nation. Source link

Eric Reinhart Trump’s decimation of public health systems isn’t about efficiency, cost-saving, or even ideology. It’s about building a world without truth of the possibility of accountability. The post Destroy the Metrics, Destroy the Truth appeared first on The Nation. Source link