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Ben Adler

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Ben Adler

Ben Adler

Ben Adler reports on Republican and conservative politics and media for The Nation as a Contributing Writer. He previously covered national politics and policy as a staffer at Newsweek, Politico and the Center for American Progress.

Ben also writes regularly about urban and environmental policy, and he was a 2008-2009 urban leaders fellow at Next American City. His freelance writing has appeared in The American Prospect, The Atlantic, Columbia Journalism Review, The Guardian, The New Republic, The Progressive, Reuters, Salon and The Washington Monthly and has been reprinted in several books.

Ben grew up in Brooklyn, NY and graduated from Wesleyan University. You can follow him on Twitter.

Articles

News and Features

The titans of finance have lined up behind Mitt Romney against his GOP rivals and President Obama. But what exactly would a Romney presidency offer them?

The Complete Streets movement is helping city residents reimagine their roads.

Mass transit fares are going up and services are being cut. Meanwhile, federal stimulus money favors new projects over maintaining existing systems.

The greenest way to lift the country out of a deepening recession is to put people to work building mass transit.

I could hardly believe it when I heard Jane Jacobs was still alive and
that she had written a new book, Dark Age Ahead, at the age of 88.

One of the nation's most important environmental organizations is in the fight of its life.

Blogs

Recent commentary demonstrates why Rick Santorum’s backward sexual politics are so appealing to Republicans.
Republicans are still dreaming about a new presidential candidate. It’s time to move on. 
Conservative millionaires and billionaires don’t see any need for health insurance to cover birth control when aspirin is cheaply...
Mitt's fundraising advantage among big wealthy donors, especially in the financial sector keeps growing. That's because they're afraid of...
Mitt won the straw poll at CPAC and the Maine caucus, but not by enough. 
Rick and Newt say they would replicate Reagan’s playbook, but they lack his optimistic appeal. 
The Conservative Political Action Conference hosted a panel on “The Failure of Multiculturalism” with some sketchy speakers....
Republicans think Rubio can help them win over Latinos. His right[wing views should prevent that, but he is the GOP's most charismatic...