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Meet Bob McDonnell, the Right’s Fallen Rising Star Meet Bob McDonnell, the Right’s Fallen Rising Star

The Virginia governor would be a leading contender for the Republican vice-presidential nomination if he hadn’t signed an extreme anti–abortion rights bill. 

Jun 12, 2012 / Ben Adler

Reflections From Netroots Nation: Seven Years Later Reflections From Netroots Nation: Seven Years Later

At the seventh annual gathering of Netroots, the progressive movement focuses on lessons learned. 

Jun 12, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue

Chris Hayes: Let’s Put Obama’s ‘Fine’ Gaffe In Context Chris Hayes: Let’s Put Obama’s ‘Fine’ Gaffe In Context

Nation Editor at Large sat down with Meghan McCain to discuss Obama’s private sector gaffe and the possible White House information leaks. They didn't see eye to eye.

 

Jun 11, 2012 / Press Room

Mariela Castro: Freedom for Alan Gross and the Cuban Five

Mariela Castro: Freedom for Alan Gross and the Cuban Five Mariela Castro: Freedom for Alan Gross and the Cuban Five

What would it take for the United States and Cuba to free Alan Gross and the Cuban Five?

Jun 11, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

Republicans Are Taking the Cops Off the Derivatives Beat Republicans Are Taking the Cops Off the Derivatives Beat

An obscure federal agency regulates complicated financial markets as well as oil speculators, and Republicans want to cut its funding.

Jun 11, 2012 / George Zornick

Rolling the Dice at the ‘Times-Picayune’ Rolling the Dice at the ‘Times-Picayune’

The beloved New Orleans daily is profitable and has enviable market penetration. So why is it moving to three-day delivery?

Jun 11, 2012 / Jason Berry

The Ivy League Hustle (I Went to Princeton, Bitch) The Ivy League Hustle (I Went to Princeton, Bitch)

This video, created by twenty-something Princeton graduate Nikki Muller, is garnering international attention as a critique of over-education and underemployment.

Jun 11, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

High-Stakes Healthcare Decision Looms for More Than 6 Million Young Americans High-Stakes Healthcare Decision Looms for More Than 6 Million Young Americans

A popular provision of the Affordable Care Act that has helped insure 6.6 million Americans under 26 could be eliminated by the Supreme Court.

Jun 11, 2012 / Zoë Carpenter

Ari Berman: The War on Voting Rights Ari Berman: The War on Voting Rights

How the right is restricting voting rights across the country.

Jun 11, 2012 / Press Room

Northrop Grumman’s Revolving Door With Congress Northrop Grumman’s Revolving Door With Congress

Why did the defense giant award a lobbyist a $500,000 bonus just weeks before he became a Congressional staffer shaping military policy?

Jun 11, 2012 / Lee Fang

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