Publication: The Nation
The Nation
has 60.6% among publications.
BS Score: 2.4%.
Articles analyzed: 39.
Words analyzed: 205,265.
Analyzed articles
The Nation
- By Martin Dolan
- 7/3/2026, 9:30 AM
Negativity Bias 24.9% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 23.3% - Biased Writer Voice 21.1%
Two summers ago, my name was all over New York City, though not for the reasons I’d hoped. In June of 2024 a series of billboards—attack ads—appeared above Times Square. “Hey AOC!” they read, in Impact font. An unflattering photo of US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrapped across the boards’ corners. Superimposed over her... more
The Nation
- By Elie Mystal
- 7/3/2026, 9:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 66% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 35.4% - Negativity Bias 28.1%
The Supreme Court’s term ended this week amid a flood of consequential—and in many cases, disastrous—rulings. I used to believe the institutionalists who claim that the court releases opinions “when they’re ready”—and that the reason the most important cases are clustered around the last week of the term is that those cases are more... more
The Nation
- By Sasha Abramsky
- 7/3/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 42.9% - Biased Writer Voice 39.4% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 36.1%
Congress has been so neutered during Trump’s kleptocratic presidency that the rare instances when it manages to pass any big, vaguely bipartisan legislation ought to be cause for celebration. There’s something almost quaint about Congress using its constitutional powers. Last month, it briefly looked as if that’s exactly what was... more
The Nation
- By Peter Kornbluh
- 7/2/2026, 3:01 PM
Negativity Bias 51.7% - Framing Effect 35.4% - Biased Writer Voice 23%
On June 30, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez announced that his government has formally requested the United Nations to address escalating US economic aggression against Cuba, and the catastrophic humanitarian crisis it has created. A vote in the General Assembly to open debate on the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure”... more
The Nation
- By Mark Hertsgaard
- 7/2/2026, 2:28 PM
Appeal to Authority 51.9% - Negativity Bias 30.8% - Biased Writer Voice 18.6%
Fifty years ago, the recent deadly heat wave that shattered temperature records across Europe would have been virtually impossible. That’s according to a new scientific study by the nonprofit World Weather Attribution. And they’re not the only ones saying this. “Driven by climate change and global warming, the phenomenon of the... more
The Nation
- By Zachary Clifton
- 7/2/2026, 9:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 37.3% - Appeal to Authority 23% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 19.4%
Last September, a ceremony like none before it was held at the center of Yale’s campus. The executive vice president of the United States Postal Service, the dean of Yale College, conservative columnist George Will, and the friends and family of William F. Buckley Jr., father of the modern conservative movement, gathered for an unveiling... more
The Nation
- By Raphael G. Warnock
- 7/2/2026, 9:00 AM
Appeal to Emotion 38.6% - Negativity Bias 36% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 27.1%
There is a deep worry and anxiety in the air these days about America and its future. As a United States senator and a voice for the people of Georgia, I feel it and I encounter it as I move around. In various ways, I hear it. Strangers walk up to me and ask, “Are we going to be OK?” Or they say, “Please save us.” “Please fight for us.”... more
The Nation
- By John Nichols
- 7/2/2026, 9:00 AM
Politically Left Leaning Bias 23.9% - Biased Writer Voice 19.9% - Negativity Bias 19.1%
Democratic socialism is having a moment in 2026. In congressional and big-city mayoral primaries across the country, candidates who support economic and social democracy are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/28/democratic-socialist-mayor-mamdani-wilson" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">winning Democratic... more
The Nation
- By David Faris
- 7/1/2026, 9:00 AM
Biased Writer Voice 56.3% - Negativity Bias 44.6% - Hasty Generalization 21.9%
Just two weeks after it was signed, the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States to wind down Donald Trump’s feckless war is in such serious trouble that diplomats are now gathered in Qatar trying to contain the damage. This, like all the other follies associated with this purblind imperial errand, was an entirely... more
The Nation
- By Sara Van Horn
- 7/1/2026, 9:00 AM
Negativity Bias 28.2% - Confirmation Bias 17.7% - Anecdotal 17.1%
When Savanna Batten heard her sentence read aloud in the federal courthouse of Fort Worth, Texas, she wasn’t all that surprised. For most people, half a century in prison for attending a protest might feel like an unexpected gut punch. But Savanna, one of the 22 Prairieland defendants, understood that hers had been no ordinary trial. “We... more