We cannot back down
We are now facing a second Trump presidency.
There is no time to waste. We must use our fears, grief, and anger to resist the harmful policies that Donald Trump will introduce. We recommit ourselves to our roles as journalists and writers with principles and conscience.
Today, we prepare ourselves for the challenges ahead. It will require courage, knowledge, thoughtful analysis, and compassionate resistance. We are up against Project 2025, a conservative supreme court, political authoritarianism, growing inequality and homelessness, a looming climate crisis, and conflicts internationally. The Nation will reveal and suggest solutions, support investigative journalism, and stand united as a community to maintain hope and potential. Despite the good and challenging times, The Nation will keep developing new ideas and perspectives, strengthen our mission of truth-telling and in-depth reporting, and promote unity in a divided nation.
With a rich history of 160 years of independent journalism, our duty today remains unchanged from when abolitionists first established The Nation—to uphold democracy and freedom, shine as a guiding light in the darkest times of resistance, and imagine and strive for a better future.
The times are tough, the opposition is strong, but as the late Nation editorial board member Toni Morrison said, “No! This is precisely the time when artists get to work. There is no place for despair, self-pity, silence, or fear. We speak, we write, we use language. That is how civilizations heal.”
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Onwards,
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Editorial Director and Publisher, The Nation
