The Breakdown: How Does Incumbency Affect Elections? The Breakdown: How Does Incumbency Affect Elections?
If incumbents are running scared, what does that mean for the phenomenon of the incumbency effect?
Aug 13, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Happy 75th Birthday, Social Security Happy 75th Birthday, Social Security
On the 75th anniversary of Social Security, those who would axe benefits are spreading myths designed to make you think there's a looming crisis. It's simply just not true.
Aug 13, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The F Word: Time to Declare Global War on Flooding The F Word: Time to Declare Global War on Flooding
The flooding in Pakistan has displaced 2 million people, killed at least 1600 and affected 14 million. It should be affecting all of us.
Aug 12, 2010 / Laura Flanders
California Sets the Date for Marriage Equality: August 18 California Sets the Date for Marriage Equality: August 18
A federal judge has decided that same-sex couples can again marry in California starting next week.
Aug 12, 2010 / John Nichols
Resisting Reforms: On Diane Ravitch Resisting Reforms: On Diane Ravitch
In The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Diane Ravitch has found a new métier as a critic of neo-capitalist school reform.
Aug 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Featherstone
Nation Readers’ Top Ten Videos Nation Readers’ Top Ten Videos
Last week we did an informal poll of Nation writers and editors asking them to pick one YouTube video which they thought deserved a wider viewing. Check out some of the interesting...
Aug 12, 2010 / The Nation
Gay Marriage Back On in California; Country Yawns Gay Marriage Back On in California; Country Yawns
Gay rights advocates will worry about Justice Kennedy's vote, and Democratic strategists will fret about collateral damage in November--but in the grand scheme of things, the battl...
Aug 12, 2010 / Richard Kim
No Relief in Sight No Relief in Sight
The economy's long downturn has left us with a nation of broken roads, shuttered clinics and scrapped school programs. Why are we gutting our basic infrastructure when we need it t...
Aug 12, 2010 / The Editors
Afghan Women Have Already Been Abandoned Afghan Women Have Already Been Abandoned
I know Bibi Aisha, the woman on the Time cover. But the logic of those who use her image to argue for the war escapes me. The question her story raises is, What Happens if We Stay?
Aug 12, 2010 / Ann Jones
Kabuki Democracy Kabuki Democracy
Why a progressive presidency is impossible, for now.
Aug 12, 2010 / Feature / Eric Alterman