Demand That Congress Reject ‘Fast Track’ for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Demand That Congress Reject ‘Fast Track’ for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The president wants to railroad through Congress a deal that threatens to undermine labor rights, restrict Internet freedom and push jobs overseas.
Jan 26, 2015 / NationAction
These Mental Health Patients Are Being Neglected on an Epidemic Scale These Mental Health Patients Are Being Neglected on an Epidemic Scale
Kaiser's workers and patients have had enough of epic waiting times and surging suicide rates.
Jan 26, 2015 / Michelle Chen
January 26, 1998: President Bill Clinton Denies Having ‘Sexual Relations With That Woman, Miss Lewinsky’ January 26, 1998: President Bill Clinton Denies Having ‘Sexual Relations With That Woman, Miss Lewinsky’
Yes, The Almanac covered the Clinton impeachment trial back on January 7. But the rules are the rules: seventeen years ago today, Bill Clinton looked America in the eyes and lied. ...
Jan 26, 2015 / The Almanac and Richard Kreitner
January 25, 1915: Alexander Graham Bell, in New York, Speaks on the Telephone With Thomas Watson, in San Francisco January 25, 1915: Alexander Graham Bell, in New York, Speaks on the Telephone With Thomas Watson, in San Francisco
A profile of Bell in The Nation that year reported that the Scot spoke with a "rattling burr that adds piquancy to whatever he says."
Jan 25, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Bernie Sanders Won’t Be Entering the Koch Brothers Primary Bernie Sanders Won’t Be Entering the Koch Brothers Primary
As Republicans beg for the favor of the oligarchs, the Vermont Senator challenges billionaire politics.
Jan 24, 2015 / John Nichols
January 24, 1965: Winston Churchill Dies January 24, 1965: Winston Churchill Dies
Not the Winston Churchill who once served on The Nation's editorial board.
Jan 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
3 Minutes Until We All Die 3 Minutes Until We All Die
The scientists at the Doomsday Clock say that failed political leadership on climate change and nuclear weapons endangers “every person on earth.”
Jan 23, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard
No, Obama Isn’t Waging a War on Stay-at-Home Mothers No, Obama Isn’t Waging a War on Stay-at-Home Mothers
Conservatives are outraged at Obama’s tax proposals because they won’t help stay-at-home parents. But we already help them—unless they’;re poor, that is.
Jan 23, 2015 / Bryce Covert
Bibi Netanyahu Has Set a New Record for Chutzpah Bibi Netanyahu Has Set a New Record for Chutzpah
With his latest crass interference in US politics, he may have dug a deep hole for himself—and for America’s Israel lobby.
Jan 23, 2015 / M.J. Rosenberg
Sheldon Silver’s Arrest Brings Us Back to New York’s ‘Bad Old Days’—the 1860s Sheldon Silver’s Arrest Brings Us Back to New York’s ‘Bad Old Days’—the 1860s
Sheldon Silver and the history of “Legislative Corruption”.
Jan 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues