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RedditA letter originally published in the December 7, 1911, issue, shortly after the passage of numerous amendments to the California Constitution, including the provision for the recall of all elective officers--which, as the letter writer notes, passed overwhelmingly by 77 percent--gives a hint that politics in California is in a class to itself.
This letter, from our December 7, 1911 issue, and editorial, from October 27, 1962, are special selections from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on California, click here for information on how to acquire individual access to the Archive--an electronic database of every Nation article ever.
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The First H
Michele Willens: If California's historic 1950 Senate race had gone the other way there would have been no Checkers speech, no Watergate break-in, no Woodward and Bernstein, perhaps an early exit from Vietnam.
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Are We There Yet?: A Liberal Votes in California
Annabelle Gurwitch: Who knew provisional voting could be a teaching moment?
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California Dreaming
Lakshmi Chaudhry: The Golden State's lesson for Clinton and Obama is that they each need to craft a more daring politics of transcendence.
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Locked Up in Limbo
Laura Mansnerus: In California, sex offenders face the specter of incarceration without end.
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Preparing for the Inevitable
Donald Cohen: The San Diego wildfires should prompt political candidates to address the fact that communities across America are ill-equipped to deal with natural and unnatural disasters.
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Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen
Naomi Klein: Gone are the days of equal protection. Intense natural disasters like the California wildfires are being met with a new model: privatized disaster response.
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People Burn Here
Mike Davis: Illegal immigrants are the invisible victims of the California wildfires.
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McCain and the Meltdown
Robert Sherrill's pathbreaking 1990 exposé of the savings and loan scandal sheds light on John McCain's deregulatory politics--and our current financial crisis.
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Free Association: The Pirate's Dilemma Gets Dissected
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Radio Free Youth
The precursor for young people's new media may be found in three decades of community radio.
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From Slingshots to Solutions: Goals for Organizers
Matthew Birkhold & Calvin Williams | The recent RNC demonstrations reveal that activists have some work to do.
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Youthiness: A DNC and RNC Convention Scorecard
Sarah Burris | With young voter interest on the rise, how well did the parties represent young voters at the recent Republican and Democratic National Conventions?
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Now What?: An Interview With an Iraq Veteran
De Nishia Yearby | Kareem Lawrence is trying to adjust to his daily life after returning wounded, and angry, from two tours of Iraq.
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Outlaws: Andrew Edwards and Jeff Fontas
Speaking with the youngest legislators in the country.
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