Ari Berman | The Nation
Ari Berman
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Ari Berman
Ari Berman is a contributing writer for The Nation magazine and an Investigative Journalism Fellow at The Nation Institute. He has written extensively about American politics, foreign policy and the intersection of money and politics. His stories have also appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone and The Guardian, and he is a frequent guest and political commentator on MSNBC, C-Span and NPR. His first book, Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics, was published in October 2010 by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux—for whom he is now working on a history of voting rights. He graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University with a degree in journalism and political science.
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In this crucial swing state, organizers are betting that a strong grassroots ground game can defeat Romney’s Super PAC cash.
Judging by his advisers, Romney would embrace Bush’s unilateral interventionism and massive military budgets.
A GOP win in November would move the most conservative bench in history even further to the right.
How the politics of the super-rich became American politics.
Republicans are using the redistricting process to undermine minority voting power and ensure their party's dominance.
Herzog’s film, which debuts today, opens at a time when debate over capital punishment has taken on renewed urgency.
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A powerful, bipartisan coalition of deficit hawks has manufactured a center-right consensus that dominates the Beltway.
An interview with Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz, directors of a new documentary on the shocking prevalence of violent crimes in inner-city America.
The new consumer protection bureau’s mission is to make it easier for consumers to understand financial fine print. So why are bankers so scared?
