Sasha Abramsky
The Nation
Sacramento, CA, United States
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California Has Been Consumed by America’s Addiction to Guns
The state is reeling after a week of mass shootings that underscores the bloody price we pay for our worship of guns. → Read More
LA's Grand Experiment in UBI
Last year, the city sent $1,000 a month to 3,200 people. The Nation followed four participants throughout the duration of the program. → Read More
Will Democrats Lose the West?
Republicans are running even in crucial races across the region. → Read More
California Needs to Think Outside the Box on Homelessness
Restricting encampments doesn’t get at the root of the problem. → Read More
Gavin Newsom’s Letter to Biden Urges Climate Action
The California governor called on the president to ramp up climate change interventions, while decrying obstruction in Congress. → Read More
Biden Is All Talk as Fires Take Over the American West
By any stretch of the imagination, what is happening now is a climate emergency. → Read More
The Democratic Party Is No Match for a Nation on Fire
The gerontocrats currently running the country seem to have no ability to comprehend the five-alarm urgency of the moment. → Read More
For Once, a Republican Tells the Truth About Trump
At the ongoing January 6 hearings, Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers made clear the depth of the former president’s abuse of power. → Read More
Why California Voters Recalled Chesa Boudin
The ousting of the progressive San Francisco district attorney suggests that Democrats have failed to win the public with their messaging on criminal justice. → Read More
Can California Democrats Do Enough to Block a Rural Right-Wing Revolt?
Democratic legislators are stepping up their efforts to bring relief to voters, but amid soaring gas prices and an intensifying drought, they may not be sufficient. → Read More
Paul LePage Is Back!
He called himself “Trump before Trump.” Now, he wants to stage a comeback. → Read More
California’s Undocumented Children Are Going Hungry
A report shows that 45 percent of the state’s undocumented residents are facing food insecurity, mostly children. → Read More
The Deadly Side of the American Dream
How did we as a society come to conflate making it easier to shed blood with freedom? → Read More
California Scrambles to Manage Its Housing Crisis and Rising Gas Prices
It’s time for the governor to push for deeper reforms—and for the federal government to follow suit. → Read More
Is California Doing Enough to Fight Homelessness?
Governor Newsom has taken a triumphant tone, but thousands are still sleeping in the streets. → Read More
Putin’s Republican Sympathizers
While Russia’s president sowed destruction in Europe, members of the GOP attended a white nationalist conference in Florida. → Read More
Trumpism Is Still on the March
Formerly liberal American towns are facing attempted right-wing takeovers while megalomaniacs vie for global supremacy. → Read More
The Right Is Exploiting People’s Fears With Surgical Precision
By pushing buttons around education and crime, highly organized conservative groups are bringing out the worst in American voters. → Read More
California Needs to Get Serious About Homelessness
The state has failed to provide housing to the formerly incarcerated and other vulnerable people. → Read More
The Town That QAnon Nearly Swallowed
Right-wing demagogues tried to take over a small town in the Pacific Northwest. Here’s how concerned citizens stopped them. → Read More