With the midterms over, we must now turn to the hard work of tending the democratic soil. Such work is not easy, and it will ...

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.

For two years, leading Democratic factions have insisted that the party must abandon key populations to win. Tuesday proved them wrong.

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...