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Politics, current affairs, riffs and reflections on what’s in the news and what’s not—but should be, from Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel.

Posted on September 1, 2010

Unions are in trouble. But if only we'd listened to them more often in the past, America wouldn't be in the predicament it's in now.

Posted on August 31, 2010

New York State Senator Eric Schneiderman's commitment to transformational politics and progressive values make him the right choice for State Attorney General.

Posted on August 30, 2010

A coalition of working families, politicians and unions are demanding that Big Banks increase permanent mortgage modifications to stop New York's full-blown foreclosure crisis.

Posted on August 27, 2010

Five years after the tragedy in the Gulf, The Nation continues to follow the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Posted on August 19, 2010

An interview with AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker on Big Banks and a new approach to prevent home foreclosure.

Posted on August 17, 2010

The party with solutions to the country's economic woes will be the winners come November.

Posted on August 15, 2010

The Left has learned the hard way that it needs to be independent of Obama to realize the change it's seeking.

Posted on August 13, 2010

Richard Kirsch on how progressives won the health care battle—and how we can advance those lessons into other campaigns for social justice.  Plus, Greg Mitchell on NPR's On the Media, and two new videos.

Posted on August 13, 2010

On the 75th anniversary of Social Security, those who would axe benefits are spreading myths designed to make you think there's a looming crisis.  It's simply just not true.