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Tom Tomorrow: The Tea Party Freedom Fighters

Sasha Abramsky

Sasha Abramsky

Sasha Abramsky, who writes regularly for The Nation, is the author of several books, including Inside Obama’s Brain, Breadline USA and American Furies. His latest book, The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives, was published by Nation Books in September.

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Altered State: California's Pot Economy (Drug War and Drug Policy)

Despite the defeat of Proposition 19, growers in California are expanding a profitable system for cultivating pot.

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Questions for the Drug Czar (Drug War and Drug Policy)

Meet the GOP's Young Guns: Paul Ryan, Eric Cantor and Kevin McCarthy (US Politics, Conservatives and the American Right)

Introducing the Republican Party's rising stars.

John Nichols, Ari Berman and Sasha Abramsky

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Brown Is Back (Debates, Gubernatorial Campaigns and Elections, States)

At the California governor's debate, Democrat Jerry Brown redeemed his flagging campaign by making a clear and convincing case for his candidacy.

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Nevada Goes Bust (States, Economy)

A severe budget crisis has put all state services--from education to eldercare--in jeopardy.

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Is This the End of the War on Crime? (Crime, Drug War and Drug Policy, Jails and Prisons)

The era of "Lock 'em up and throw away the key" seems, slowly, to be drawing to a close.

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Obama and the Long View (Barack Obama)

Confident in the long-term impact of his policy decisions, Obama rarely gets flustered by short-term shifts in political fortune.

Standing Up for Change (States, Politics)

A growing number of Californians are organizing to develop solutions.

West Coast Wasteland (States, Politics)

Savage budget cuts and political dysfunction are tearing California's social infrastructure apart.

The War Against the 'War on Drugs' (Drug War and Drug Policy, Jails and Prisons, Society)

Economic necessity and shifting mores are changing the nation's approach to incarceration.