Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.

Founded by abolitionists in 1865. Committed to progressive journalism. Subscribe: http://subscriptions.thenation.com.

Investigative journalism 🕵️, politics 🗳️, chart-tastic 📊, and sometimes sarcastic 🙄😌🤪 Join our people-powered nonprofit newsroom: motherjones.com/subscribe

official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app