Can Youth Build New Worlds With the Ballot Alone? Can Youth Build New Worlds With the Ballot Alone?
Electoral politics is but one tool the grassroots must use to create change.
Nov 10, 2014 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation
Obama Can Reform Dark Money With a Stroke of a Pen Obama Can Reform Dark Money With a Stroke of a Pen
Executive action could eradicate dark-money flows through government contractors.
Nov 10, 2014 / Lee Fang
No, the Demolition of the Berlin Wall Was Not the End of Socialism No, the Demolition of the Berlin Wall Was Not the End of Socialism
“Socialism is inseparable from democracy,” The Nation wrote in its 1989 editorial.
Nov 10, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’ Obama Tells the FCC to ‘Implement the Strongest Possible Rules to Protect Net Neutrality’
The president calls for the reclassification of Internet services under telecommunications in the name of an open Internet.
Nov 10, 2014 / John Nichols
Are Fracking Workers Being Poisoned on the Job? Are Fracking Workers Being Poisoned on the Job?
A new study suggests air pollution near fracking sites may be worse than previously estimated—putting workers and local residents at increased risk of cancer, birth defects and oth...
Nov 10, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Why the Pentagon’s Third Iraq War Is Falling Apart Why the Pentagon’s Third Iraq War Is Falling Apart
Four months into Iraq War 3.0, the cracks are showing—on the battlefield and in Washington.
Nov 10, 2014 / Peter Van Buren
Students Walk Out for Native Justice, ‘Un-Koch’ 28 Campuses and ‘Carry That Weight’ Everywhere Students Walk Out for Native Justice, ‘Un-Koch’ 28 Campuses and ‘Carry That Weight’ Everywhere
What's that about the youth vote?
Nov 10, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Washington Just Lost a Client State in West Africa. What Happens Now? Washington Just Lost a Client State in West Africa. What Happens Now?
With a US-trained military officer now running Burkina Faso, will Washington press for a democratic transition or legitimize a military coup?
Nov 7, 2014 / Sam Badger, Giorgio Cafiero, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Republicans Got Only 52 Percent of the Vote in House Races Republicans Got Only 52 Percent of the Vote in House Races
How did they end up with 57 percent of the seats?
Nov 7, 2014 / Rob Richie
Voter Suppression: The Midterm Election Story that Doesn’t Fit the Media Narrative Voter Suppression: The Midterm Election Story that Doesn’t Fit the Media Narrative
In mainstream media it’s considered downright impolitic to link voter restrictions to election results.
Nov 7, 2014 / Leslie Savan