A conversation with the former vice president about the fight for Democrats in the too-long-neglected South.

The historic repudiation of the MAGA right at the ballot box opens up new avenues to democratic revival.

Founded by abolitionists in 1865, The Nation has long believed that independent journalism has the capacity to bring about a ...

Though Xavier Becerra’s victory in the governor’s race in California, a comprehensive win that in a normal election year would have merited national headlines, barely registered among commentators, so ...

es Moines, Iowa —“All along I’ve said Iowa was the center of the political universe,” Josh Turek, the Hawkeye State’s newly elected Democratic senator, told a giddy election-night crowd on Tuesday.

As Democrats recover from the celebration, there are clear lessons that should not be forgotten. Movements matter. In this election, mobilization beat money; aroused and organized citizens beat ...

Ad Policy Democratic US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks onstage after declaring victory in Michigan’s US Senate race during an election night party in Detroit, early on November 4, 2026. (Jeff ...

On Tuesday night, Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed became the first Muslim ever elected to the United States Senate—delivering the most direct and profound of the many rebukes that Republican ...

An epic defeat turns the president into a lame duck—and hopefully marks the beginning of the end of the MAGA era.

New York State’s governor and New York City’s mayor are illustrating how ideologically diverse Democrats can build winning coalitions.

In this week’s Elie v. U.S., our justice correspondent asks why the media is obsessing over Obama’s Cheesecake Factory joke while largely ignoring allegations of Trump’s sexual assaults. Plus: ...