Joan Walsh

National Affairs Correspondent

@joanwalsh

Joan Walsh, a national affairs correspondent for The Nation, is a coproducer of The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show and the author of What’s the Matter With White People? Finding Our Way in the Next America. Her new book (with Nick Hanauer and Donald Cohen) is Corporate Bullsh*t: Exposing the Lies and Half-Truths That Protect Profit, Power and Wealth In America.

Protesters demonstrate against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) initiatives during a nationwide “Tesla Takedown” rally outside a Tesla dealership on March 29, 2025, in Pasadena, California.

My Weekend of Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk “Defiance” My Weekend of Anti-Trump, Anti-Musk “Defiance”

I went to a #TeslaTakedown in New York and signed on to a Zoom “Resistance Lab” training. Here’s what I saw.

Mar 31, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Pramila Jayapal: “We Have to Stand Up and Fight Back”

Pramila Jayapal: “We Have to Stand Up and Fight Back” Pramila Jayapal: “We Have to Stand Up and Fight Back”

The former leader of the Congressional Progressive Caucus discusses her recently launched “Resistance Lab,” where Democratic leadership is failing, and what must be done.

Mar 27, 2025 / Q&A / Joan Walsh

White House “border czar” Tom Homan speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington, DC, on March 17, 2025.

Hey, Irish Catholic Trump Supporters: Your People Were the Original Alien Enemies Hey, Irish Catholic Trump Supporters: Your People Were the Original Alien Enemies

Irish Catholics who back Trump would do well to remember the origins of the Alien Enemies Act.

Mar 17, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) leaves the Democratic caucus lunch at the US Capitol on March 13, 2025, in Washington, DC.

When Will the Senate Democrats Ever Learn? When Will the Senate Democrats Ever Learn?

Leader Chuck Schumer has thrown up his hands and said he will oppose a GOP-triggered government shutdown. That means he’s supporting the GOP’s cruel government paralysis.

Mar 14, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk leaves a meeting with House Republicans in the basement of the US Capitol on March 5, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Elon, Phone Home! Your Businesses Are Imploding. Elon, Phone Home! Your Businesses Are Imploding.

While the billionaire messes, illegally, with our federal agencies, no one seems to be minding his store.

Mar 10, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Representative Al Green (D-TX) speaks during President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 4, 2025.

House Democrats’ Protest Whiplash House Democrats’ Protest Whiplash

Ten Democrats sided with the speaker’s censure of Representative Al Green. The shameful act was diminished by colleagues supporting him singing “We Shall Overcome” on the House fl...

Mar 6, 2025 / Joan Walsh

The Democratic Leader You Did Not Know We Had

The Democratic Leader You Did Not Know We Had The Democratic Leader You Did Not Know We Had

Oakland’s Lateefah Simon, following in Barbara Lee’s footsteps, “prebutted” Trump’s creepy Tuesday address.

Mar 5, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo arrives to testify before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic in the Rayburn House Office Building at the US Capitol on September 10, 2024, in Washington, DC.

Disgraced Former Governor Andrew Cuomo Is Running for Mayor Disgraced Former Governor Andrew Cuomo Is Running for Mayor

“Did I make mistakes, some painfully? Definitely, and I believe I learned from them and that I am a better person for it,” Cuomo said. His detractors don’t believe him.

Mar 3, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Brown Jr. listens to US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth answer reporters' questions on February 5, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia.

Make No Mistake, This Is Trump’s Worst Move Yet Make No Mistake, This Is Trump’s Worst Move Yet

He fired qualified military leaders and hired lesser men who are loyal to him. If you’re wondering where all of this is going: Prepare for autocracy.

Feb 24, 2025 / Joan Walsh

Members of the American Federation of Government Employees protest against firings during a rally to defend federal workers in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025.

Trump’s Firing Frenzy Is Hitting the GOP Where It Hurts Trump’s Firing Frenzy Is Hitting the GOP Where It Hurts

As layoffs skyrocket, Trump’s own voters are feeling the pain. Will the backlash begin?

Feb 21, 2025 / Joan Walsh

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