Ari Berman on Obama’s Grassroots Ari Berman on Obama’s Grassroots
"If you look at Obama’s White House," says The Nation's Ari Berman, "it’s very much now a top-down, insider White House, following a very conventional...
Sep 29, 2010 / Ari Berman
Howls of Anger, and of Liberation Howls of Anger, and of Liberation
The new film Howl reveals how Allen Ginsberg's radical poem marked a coming out not only for his generation but also for himself.
Sep 29, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Sarah M. Seltzer
Put Religion Back in Public Schools Put Religion Back in Public Schools
What we need is more religion in schools.
Sep 29, 2010 / StudentNation / Michael Tracey
Who Stole Feminism? Who Stole Feminism?
By focusing on gender alone, institutional feminists opened the door for the Mama Grizzlies.
Sep 29, 2010 / Feature / Jessica Valenti
Herding Donkeys Herding Donkeys
Grassroots activists and Beltway insiders are fighting for the soul of Obama's Democratic Party.
Sep 29, 2010 / Feature / Ari Berman
Brown Is Back Brown Is Back
At the California governor's debate, Democrat Jerry Brown redeemed his flagging campaign by making a clear and convincing case for his candidacy.
Sep 29, 2010 / Sasha Abramsky
The Big Guy’s on Our Side The Big Guy’s on Our Side
Paul Volcker, head of Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, nailed the cause of our financial hardship in a series of blistering remarks on the sorry state of our economy.
Sep 29, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Commentary: John Nichols on the GOP’s Pledge to America Commentary: John Nichols on the GOP’s Pledge to America
The Republicans' "Pledge to America" demands dramatic cuts to the federal budget, cuts that can only come from one place: Social Security.
Sep 29, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Urge US Adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Urge US Adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The least we can do as a nation is to affirm the rights of America’s indigenous people, even if we are thirteen years late.
Sep 28, 2010 / Jennifer O’Mahony
Force Pepsi to Fund Social Change Force Pepsi to Fund Social Change
Help the Progressive Slate dominate the Pepsi Refresh Everything contest.
Sep 28, 2010 / Peter Rothberg