Katrina vanden Heuvel: An Important Month for Obamacare Katrina vanden Heuvel: An Important Month for Obamacare
The Nation’s editor celebrated the recent successes of the Affordable Care Act in a roundtable on ABC’s This Week.
Feb 18, 2014 / Press Room
Mychal Denzel Smith: We Live in a ‘Racist Society’ Mychal Denzel Smith: We Live in a ‘Racist Society’
Just by virtue of being born black in America, young men like Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin face violence daily.
Feb 18, 2014 / Press Room
Will a Minimum Wage Hike Really Cost Jobs? Will a Minimum Wage Hike Really Cost Jobs?
The Congressional Budget Office is out of step with most economists on job loss projections as a result of a minimum wage hike.
Feb 18, 2014 / George Zornick
Misremembering America’s Wars, From Vietnam to Iraq Misremembering America’s Wars, From Vietnam to Iraq
The Pentagon’s whitewashed history of the Vietnam War provokes troubling questions about how the invasion of Iraq will one day be remembered.
Feb 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
Jordan Davis and the Refrain of Black Death Jordan Davis and the Refrain of Black Death
Dealing with the deaths of black youths is exhausting, but is the necessary work of undoing American racism.
Feb 18, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Edward Snowden Is Not a ‘Traitor’ and Glenn Greenwald Is Not an ‘Accomplice’ Edward Snowden Is Not a ‘Traitor’ and Glenn Greenwald Is Not an ‘Accomplice’
If anything, reporting on the NSA’s overreach has revealed just how dangerous to our freedoms the agency’s surveillance practices really are.
Feb 18, 2014 / Robert Scheer
The Worst US Presidents Ever The Worst US Presidents Ever
John Nichols appears on All in With Chris Hayes to consider America’s worst commanders in chief.
Feb 18, 2014 / Chris Hayes
Rand Paul Is Wrong: Why the GOP Should Be Moving Backward, Not Forward Rand Paul Is Wrong: Why the GOP Should Be Moving Backward, Not Forward
If Republicans want to be more appealing, they should return to their roots as a party that put “the man (and woman) before the dollar.”
Feb 18, 2014 / John Nichols
How Christie Made the Port Authority His Political Playground How Christie Made the Port Authority His Political Playground
Most of the prominent figures involved in the Bridgegate scandal—including Port Authority general counsel Philip Kwon—were directly appointed by Governor Christie.
Feb 18, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss
Ted Cruz Is Trolling Congress; It’s Time the Media Call Him on It Ted Cruz Is Trolling Congress; It’s Time the Media Call Him on It
Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on Ted Cruz.
Feb 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson