If Clinton Is Serious About Economic Populism, She Should Come Out Against Fast Track If Clinton Is Serious About Economic Populism, She Should Come Out Against Fast Track
This is the time to break with Obama, and her own past, by siding with labor, environmentalists, human rights activists.
Apr 17, 2015 / John Nichols
We Spend $600 Billion a Year on Defense, but Couldn’t Stop a Mailman From Landing His Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn We Spend $600 Billion a Year on Defense, but Couldn’t Stop a Mailman From Landing His Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn
Doug Hughes is not a dangerous fruitcake. In fact, he is a small-d democratic idealist who went out of his way to alert the authorities in advance of his so-called “Freedom F...
Apr 17, 2015 / William Greider
How NBC Knowingly Let Syria Rebels’ False War Propaganda Stand For Years How NBC Knowingly Let Syria Rebels’ False War Propaganda Stand For Years
Not correcting the story of Richard Engel’s kidnapping is worse than the Brian Williams scandal.
Apr 17, 2015 / Ali Gharib
Islamophobia Is a Joke Islamophobia Is a Joke
The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi hopes his mock sitcom will make us laugh our way to becoming Halal in the Family.
Apr 17, 2015 / Kristal Brent Zook
April 17, 1961: US-Backed Guerrillas Invade Cuba via the Bay of Pigs April 17, 1961: US-Backed Guerrillas Invade Cuba via the Bay of Pigs
“If they fail,” The Nation warned many months in advance, “the United States will lose face in an almost irreparable way.”
Apr 17, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Remembering Günter Grass Remembering Günter Grass
Ariel Dorfman talks morality and the legacy of a literary giant
Apr 16, 2015 / Ariel Dorfman
Enshrine the Right to Vote in the Constitution Enshrine the Right to Vote in the Constitution
After 150 years, it is time for the last Reconstruction Amendment.
Apr 16, 2015 / John Nichols
Senate Committee Votes to Kill No Child Left Behind, but the High-Stakes Testing Era Isn’t Over Senate Committee Votes to Kill No Child Left Behind, but the High-Stakes Testing Era Isn’t Over
The Senate's proprosal to replace the failed law would shift the public education battleground more fully to the states.
Apr 16, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
The Alternative to Minsk II Is War The Alternative to Minsk II Is War
Stephen Cohen talks to John Batchelor about what will happen if Minsk II fails.
Apr 16, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Our Man in Panama: How Obama’s Summitry Could Change Relations With Latin America Our Man in Panama: How Obama’s Summitry Could Change Relations With Latin America
The president’s rapprochement with Raúl Castro is a crucial step in overcoming the long history of US intervention in the region.
Apr 16, 2015 / Peter Kornbluh