Netroots to Obama White House: Where’s the Love? Netroots to Obama White House: Where’s the Love?
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer's appearance at Netroots Nation is unlikely to change the White House's opinion of the "professional left."
Jun 17, 2011 / Ari Berman
Edward Glaeser: How Can Cities Reduce Our Carbon Emissions? Edward Glaeser: How Can Cities Reduce Our Carbon Emissions?
Dense cities are a lot more energy efficient than decentralized sprawl, argues Harvard professor and urban advocate Edward Glaeser.
Jun 17, 2011 / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions
Ari Berman: What Are the Structural Barriers to Progressive Success? Ari Berman: What Are the Structural Barriers to Progressive Success?
How can progressives push government to be of, by and for the people, rather than for the privileged few?
Jun 17, 2011 / Free Speech TV
Direct Democracy in Italy Direct Democracy in Italy
In a decisive set of referendums, Italian voters have rejected legal immunity for political leaders, nuclear power and the privatization of water—and dealt a direct blow not ...
Jun 17, 2011 / Frederika Randall
This Week: Anti-McCarthyism & Michele Bachmann. Plus: The WikiLeaks Haiti Earthquake Cables This Week: Anti-McCarthyism & Michele Bachmann. Plus: The WikiLeaks Haiti Earthquake Cables
Union-busting in Wisconsin. Plus: The Nation Wins an Award.
Jun 17, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Reimagining Capitalism: Nation Readers Respond Reimagining Capitalism: Nation Readers Respond
Nation readers offer fresh and creative ideas on how to reimagine capitalism.
Jun 17, 2011 / The Nation
Cold Comfort at Senate Nuclear Safety Hearing Cold Comfort at Senate Nuclear Safety Hearing
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission appeared in front of a Senate committee yesterday, and didn't do much to inspire confidence in America's nuclear safety.
Jun 17, 2011 / George Zornick
Republican Governors Continue to Push for Medicaid Cuts Republican Governors Continue to Push for Medicaid Cuts
Without federal assistance, Medicaid is too expensive for most states, and as a result, some Republican governors are pushing the Obama administration to let them make cuts to the ...
Jun 17, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
The Forty-Year Quagmire: An Exit Strategy for the War on Drugs The Forty-Year Quagmire: An Exit Strategy for the War on Drugs
After four decades of a spectacularly unsuccessful and costly global war on drugs, it's time to say enough is enough.
Jun 17, 2011 / Ethan Nadelmann
Feingold to Netroots Nation: Call Out Corporate Democrats Feingold to Netroots Nation: Call Out Corporate Democrats
Corporate money corrupts, warns former senator, in a call for the netroots to challenge those in both parties who "dance with the devil."
Jun 17, 2011 / John Nichols