Supporters of US President Donald Trump broke security and entered the Capitol when Congress on Jan. (Photo by Brent Stirton / Getty Images) One year later the January 6 uprising which claimed at least five deaths and briefly threatened to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the most blatant coup attempt in … Read more
In the immediate aftermath of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, it seemed like the Republican leadership was ready to sever ties with then-President Trump once and for all. But even a year later, Trump still seems to be the de facto leader of the party. On this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics … Read more
On October 25, 2021, the sun will begin to rise behind the dome of the US Capitol. (Photo by Bill Clark / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) For 2022 to be the year it can and must be, an ordinary New Year’s resolution is not enough. So let us turn to the radical catechism … Read more
Illustration by Tim Robinson. Authors on the left are prevalent in academia, while liberals and centrists are dominant in much of the national media—apart from Fox News and its imitators, of course. But conservatives have long been adept at producing best-selling books that shape public opinion and even galvanize movements. Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to … Read more
EDITOR’S NOTE: The civil trial of the white supremacists who planned the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017 brought some measure of justice. But the threat of violence still looms large. Subscribe to The Nation Subscribe now for as little as $2 a month! Thank you for signing up for The Nation’s weekly newsletter. … Read more
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