What Bill de Blasio Can Learn From New York City’s Last Radical Mayor What Bill de Blasio Can Learn From New York City’s Last Radical Mayor
Fiorello La Guardia also took office in a time of crisis—and he was open to new ideas and bold reforms.
Jan 7, 2014 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan
Eighty-Six Percent of Americans Think the Government Should Fight Poverty Eighty-Six Percent of Americans Think the Government Should Fight Poverty
So why doesn’t Congress?
Jan 7, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
2014 Promises Plenty of Positive Change 2014 Promises Plenty of Positive Change
Outside the Beltway, people are beginning to stir and change is in the air.
Jan 7, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ask Mister Republican Man Ask Mister Republican Man
Some advice from your friendly neighborhood Republican: the answer is always Benghazi.
Jan 7, 2014 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
Undocumented Lawyers and Rogue States Undocumented Lawyers and Rogue States
So far, 2014 has been a year of states doing as they please.
Jan 6, 2014 / Blog / Jessica Weisberg
‘60 Minutes’ Does It Again ‘60 Minutes’ Does It Again
The program’s attack on government investments in green technology ignores basic facts.
Jan 6, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Seattle Swears In a Socialist Seattle Swears In a Socialist
Kshama Sawant sees her election as “a sign that we are heading into a period of political change.”
Jan 6, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
American Jihad 2014: The New Fundamentalists American Jihad 2014: The New Fundamentalists
The modern national security state can be understood as a proselytizing warrior religion, complete with its own sacred texts, holy orders and warrior priests.
Jan 6, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Ari Berman: Can Moral Mondays Save North Carolina? Ari Berman: Can Moral Mondays Save North Carolina?
The Nation’s Ari Berman joins Bill Moyers to discuss Moral Mondays and the sharp turn to the right in North Carolina state politics.
Jan 6, 2014 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Senators From States With the Highest Unemployment Poised to Kill Unemployment Insurance Bill Senators From States With the Highest Unemployment Poised to Kill Unemployment Insurance Bill
Killing a benefit extension may not hurt individual red-state senators, but it can damage party prospects.
Jan 6, 2014 / Blog / George Zornick