Daniel Bessner

2 weeks ago | thenation.com | Daniel Bessner |Derek Davison

Ad Policy Ukrainian rescuers work at the site of a residential building destroyed following a drone attack in Kharkiv, on April 4, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Sergey Bobok / AFP / Getty Images)On this episode of American Prestige, we welcome to the show Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director and publisher of The Nation, for a wide-ranging discussion on this moment in politics.

2 weeks ago | vientosur.info | Daniel Bessner

jacobin El segundo mandato autoritario de Donald Trump ha llevado a algunos críticos a calificarlo de fascista en la estela de Adolf Hitler. Sin embargo, la política reaccionaria de Trump es muy autóctona, y el camino para derrotarlo pasa por la reforma de las instituciones antidemocráticas de este país.

4 weeks ago | jacobin.com | Daniel Bessner

Though in its early days, the second Trump administration has proved to be significantly more radical than the first. A president who, in his initial term, lacked the wherewithal and the administrative expertise to use the power of his office to transform US politics now seems able and eager to fulfill the darkest fantasies of his critics.

1 month ago | thenation.com | Daniel Bessner |Derek Davison

Ad Policy On this episode of American Prestige, we’re joined by Chicago-based historian and writer Charlotte Rosen about the end of so-called “Resistance history,” a particular strain of liberal historiography that emerged during the first Trump administration.

2 months ago | jacobin.com | Daniel Bessner

Interview by John-Baptiste Oduor Last week, Vice President J. D. Vance gave a speech to a shocked audience at the Munich Security Conference attacking liberal internationalism and defending a host of far-right parties across Europe. While his claims about the suppression of free speech across the continent, which focused almost exclusively on the far right and ignored attacks on pro-Palestine protests and left-wing parties, were cynical and disingenuous, he managed to strike a nerve.