Quantcast

Nation Topics - US Politics | The Nation

Topic Page

Articles

News and Features

Former senator Phil Gramm helped pass laws that let the banks go wild, yet he’s stayed silent on UBS’s crimes.

In guarding ourselves against remote dangers, we make ourselves more vulnerable.

Voces de la Frontera

From Bernie Sanders to Boots Riley, from Marcia Moody to Jane McAlevey, we celebrate nineteen activists, movements and politicians.

Lee Fang on the NRA’s real mission, Allison Kilkenny on Occupy the NRA, John Nichols on ALEC and guns, the editors on Josh Eidelson's Sidney Award

The median income of people over age 65 is less than $20,000. The solution is not to cut that further.

It’s past time for the rule to stop banks from making making risky bets with consumers’ money. But a House committee hearing devoted itself to stalling and lying about the Volcker Rule.

Lingeman’s new book looks at postwar America through the lens of film noir.

The Republican Convention

The formerly Grand Old Party’s cosmetic changes won’t win them the next election.

Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens

Both Lincoln and The Nation’s 1860s editors underestimated radicals’ contributions to abolitionism.

Senate Dems should restore the practice to its proper function: as a tool for public dissent, rather than unchecked, covert obstruction.

Blogs

Thirty Republican legislators join Democrats and independents to demand a constitutional amendment.

May 1, 2013

A new study highlights the vital role high African-American turnout played in 2012. Activists say voters were “outraged and energized” over threats to voting rights. Both parties should take notice.

April 29, 2013

Last year's farm bill stalled because the GOP proposed deep food stamp cuts—and now they want even more. 

April 29, 2013

Common Cause CEO Bob Edgar died last week. As New Yorkers, among others, push forward on bills to change campaign financing, it's worth remembering his words.

April 29, 2013

The New York Times columnist chastises President Obama for his failure to deal with other pols, ignoring the huge flaws of a system based on silent filibusters and fundraisers.

April 25, 2013

After Boston, are the Senate Judiciary Hearings on immigration actually helping us get closer to reform?

April 25, 2013

A fundraising letter obtained by The Nation lays out right-wing efforts in Pennsylvania to go after labor unions.

April 23, 2013

Budget cuts arise because of crises, not vice versa. Will congressional Republicans ever learn?

April 23, 2013

There ought to be a response to violence besides callous indifference and total social warfare.

April 21, 2013

Changes in language and poison pill amendments could throw gun control off the tracks. 

April 16, 2013