We Need Majority-Rule Elections We Need Majority-Rule Elections
Former DNC chair Howard Dean takes a strong stand for real reform of our dysfunctional election system.
Oct 26, 2010 / John Nichols
Boo Ya: Fighting Workers Aim for ESPN Zone Boo Ya: Fighting Workers Aim for ESPN Zone
Workers at the shuttered ESPN Zone in Baltimore's Inner Harbor were laid off with one week's notice. Now they are taking on ESPN, Disney and demanding just a little bit of respect.
Oct 26, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Hendrik Hertzberg on Corporate Money in Elections Briefing: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Hendrik Hertzberg on Corporate Money in Elections
Five billion dollars is being poured into the 2010 election alone. What will an influx of corporate cash do to our democracy?
Oct 25, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Slide Show: 2010 Ballot Initiatives: The Good, the Bad and the Crazy Slide Show: 2010 Ballot Initiatives: The Good, the Bad and the Crazy
In an election dominated by the outsized personalities of a few Tea Partiers, voters’ opportunities to engage in direct democracy—that is, to vote on ballot initiatives…
Oct 25, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
The Democratic Youth: The Generation of Disillusionment The Democratic Youth: The Generation of Disillusionment
The Democratic Party only has itself to blame for growing youth malaise and apathy.
Oct 25, 2010 / StudentNation / Pierce Nettling
Crocker on Iraq: Baghdad Will Ask US to Extend Its Military Role Crocker on Iraq: Baghdad Will Ask US to Extend Its Military Role
A former ambassador to Iraq says that in spite of Iran's clout in Iraq, the next Iraqi government—led once again by Prime Minister Maliki—will ask the US to stay on pas...
Oct 25, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Congressman Considers Move to Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts Congressman Considers Move to Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts
Furious with shadowy spending by out-of-state corporate interests to defeat him, Oregon Congressman Peter De Fazio raises the prospect of impeachment action against the justice who...
Oct 25, 2010 / John Nichols
Ten Things You Can Ask Candidates Running for Office Ten Things You Can Ask Candidates Running for Office
Personal Democracy Forum's 10Questions enables voters not only to ask questions of candidates but also vote on whether candidates gave satisfactory answers. What do you want to ask...
Oct 25, 2010 / The Nation
Jurassic Ballot Jurassic Ballot
Like the monsters in a Hollywood movie, corporations are attacking our democracy.
Oct 25, 2010 / Rebecca Solnit
NPR Fires Juan Williams Into Its Own Foot NPR Fires Juan Williams Into Its Own Foot
There are better ways to handle eruptions of forbidden speech than sacking the talent.
Oct 25, 2010 / Leslie Savan