Nation Topics - Mitch Daniels | The Nation

Not content with their successful assaults on public workers, Republicans are set on destroying private sector unions, pushing “right to work” laws with false promises of job creation.

Not content with their successful assaults on public workers, Republicans are set on destroying private sector unions, pushing “right to work” laws with false promises of job creation.

Punitive yet salvific, austerity is the ideology of a country that has turned against its own culture.

A powerful, bipartisan coalition of deficit hawks has manufactured a center-right consensus that dominates the Beltway.

As thirty-six states contemplate privatization measures, public schools are on the defensive.

Too bad for GOP strategists dreamed of surfing an austerity agenda to victory in 2012: voters despise Ryan’s plan to privatize Medicare.

The presidential candidate seen as the most likely GOP contender is threatening women's health so he can play a political game with conservative voters.

The GOP's hardcore antichoice policies are turning off more and more female voters, creating a huge opportunity for Democrats.

The fight in Wisconsin, Jackson urges, cannot be about public worker versus private worker: defeating Governor Walker's bill would be a victory for all workers.