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A natural gas pipeline has been proposed once again in the 49th state, but advocates and critics alike are skeptical.

Trump's unhinged war in Iran is but an escalation of our willful misapprehension of the country's history and makeup.

Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton was buoyed by millions spent by Governor JB Pritzker, but she won a tough race on her own merit.

Laura Flanders speaks with Christopher Armitage and Sumathy Kumar about "soft secession" and building a government that actually works for people.

Trump's Iran war splinters his base.

The critics of "performative politics" misunderstand something fundamental: Democracy survives only when citizens perform it.

Former Nation editor Don Guttenplan on how Mamdani is balancing pragmatism and principles as he deals with policing,Donald Trump and a tough budget.

In a union of religion, culture, sports, and politics, a rookie for the New York Knicks broke bread with the youngest mayor in the city's modern history.

A new book revisits the public housing programs of the 1930s.

The emperor is stark naked, but thanks to a misguided legal doctrine, the Republican justices keep insisting he's fully clothed.