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New research suggests that a legendary 200-mile march by Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, may have actually involved some ships. By Stephen Castle Reporting from London The year ...

Ambitious plans need smaller-scale tryouts, dry runs, trial balloons. And so it is that Donald Trump will shortly unveil his attempt to preempt an election. The ambitious preemption that he’s still ...

Harold Meyerson explains Democrats’ preparations for Trump’s threats to voting, and Marcus Rediker talks about Black America in the 1850s. Jon Wiener Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation.

On Start Making Sense, Harold Meyerson on Trump’s efforts to overcome collapsing support, and critic John Powers talks about the new TV series “Blossoms Shanghai” by Wong Kar Wai. Jon Wiener Here's ...

As L.A. mourns the loss and and celebrates the life of Rob Reiner, Los Angeles looks back at its March 2006 feature by contributor and political columnist Harold Meyerson that captures the filmmaker ...

In a resounding repudiation of Donald Trump, voters from coast to coast went for Democrats and Democratic causes in large numbers on Tuesday, with historic wins in New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania, ...

The United States government is taking a 10 percent stake in microchip manufacturer Intel, blurring the lines between capitalism and state ownership. While critics say it’s a dangerous power grab, Sen ...

We begin with the arrest of a Justice Department employee in Washington, D.C. charged with assaulting a federal officer with a sandwich after calling him and other agents “fascists.” With 1,650 ...

Last October, Glenn Beck was musing on his radio show about the prospect of the government seizing his children if he didn’t give them flu vaccines. “You want to take my kids because of that?” he said ...

We begin with what is now being called Signalgate, which exposed the incompetence, amateurism, and arrogance of Trump’s top aides, only to be exceeded by their unseemly avoidance of responsibility and ...