Prresident Donald Trump addresses a midterms rally in Mobile, Alabama.(Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) By now there’s little left to say about what might happen in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Democrats seem all but assured of taking the House of Representatives according to experts, but the outcome in the...Read more
Signs at the “Ballots Over Billionaires” rally on Monday, October 5, in Los Angeles, California.(Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The fight over the California billionaire wealth tax ballot initiative has been covered largely as a state tax and budget issue, but that is too narrow a...Read more
Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, speaks at a “Ballots Over Billionaires” rally in San Francisco on October 3, 2026.(Jason Henry / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Joining Senator Bernie Sanders at the Ballots Over Billionaires rally in Los Angeles on October 5, Representative Ro Khanna proudly stated: “We are...Read more
Even though 2025 gerrymandering only affected two congressional districts, it has become something of a rallying cry for student activists across the state.(Win McNamee / Getty Images) StudentNation is a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism and is made possible through generous funding from the Puffin Foundation. StudentNation...Read more
(Courtesy of Alice Miranda Ollstein and the New Press) Alice Miranda Ollstein covers the politics of abortion as a reporter for Politico. But as she traveled the country reporting on the fallout from the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022, Ollstein began to hear another drumbeat...Read more
In response to increasing federal attempts to limit ballot access, lawmakers, students and college administrators are mobilizing to safeguard young people’s access to voting.(Mel Musto / Bloomberg via Getty Images) StudentNation is a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism and is made possible through generous funding from the...Read more
Donald Trump speaks at a rally for GOP candidates in Wasilla, Alaska.(Alex Wong / Getty Images) The Democrats have a legitimate chance to retake the Senate next week. The Cook Political Report rates 13 of the open Senate seats as favoring Democrats, giving them a possible total of 47 seats....Read more
Ilhan Omar speaks to MS Now about the raid on her home.(MS Now) Last week, Representative Ilhan Omar’s Washington, DC, home was raided by agents from the Department of Homeland Security. Omar has not been indicted or criminally charged, but the Trump administration has now said that it was investigating...Read more
Friends, advocates, and community members hold a vigil in Brooklyn to honor 20-year-old Haitian immigrant Pierre Damas Bel, who died by apparent suicide after facing the termination of Temporary Protected Status protections for Haitians, on September 4, 2026, in New York City.(Selcuk Acar / Anadolu via Getty Images) With the...Read more
Feature / December 17, 2025 Trump has made Los Angeles a testing ground for military intervention on our streets. Mayor Karen Bass says her city has become an example for how to fight back. Illustration by Lily Qian. This article is part of a special Nation package devoted to LA’s bold stand against...Read more
Feature / December 17, 2025 Twenty years after Katrina, the cultural workers who kept New Orleans alive are demanding not to be pushed aside. Illustration by Victor Juhasz. This article appears in the January 2026 issue, with the headline “The Remembering Song.” Some people celebrated renewal. Some mourned loss. Still...Read more
Comment / December 17, 2025 The passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act is a big step—but its champions are keeping the pressure on. Ad Policy (Matt McClain / The Washington Post via Getty Images) This article appears in the January 2026 issue, with the headline “Accountability Now.” “The survivors...Read more
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