How to Defend the Indefensible How to Defend the Indefensible
The issue isn't police misconduct—the issue is rap music and baggy pants!
Jun 16, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
The US Base More Secret Than Guantánamo The US Base More Secret Than Guantánamo
One US military base, decades of lies, and a crime that has never been faced or righted.
Jun 15, 2015 / David Vine
Concentration Camps in the Dominican Republic? Concentration Camps in the Dominican Republic?
With mass deportations looming, Dominicans of Haitian descent live in constant fear of detainment.
Jun 15, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Magna Carta Said No Man Is Above the Law, but What About Corporations? Magna Carta Said No Man Is Above the Law, but What About Corporations?
Celebrate the great charter of liberty by amending the US Constitution on behalf of democracy.
Jun 15, 2015 / John Nichols
After 25 Years of Losing to Wall Street, Left-Wing Democrats Are Winning After 25 Years of Losing to Wall Street, Left-Wing Democrats Are Winning
Obama's TPP defeat could be the start of a progressive revival in Congress.
Jun 15, 2015 / William Greider
June 13, 1971: ‘The New York Times’ Publishes the Pentagon Papers June 13, 1971: ‘The New York Times’ Publishes the Pentagon Papers
The Nation, which had covered American involvement in Vietnam critically since the early 1950s, may have been a touch peeved at the credit The New York Times and The Washington Pos…
Jun 13, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Hillary Clinton Lays Out Her Presidential Vision on Roosevelt Island—but She Still Needs Some FDR Fire Hillary Clinton Lays Out Her Presidential Vision on Roosevelt Island—but She Still Needs Some FDR Fire
The 2016 front-runner needs to get comfortable—and specific—about calling out today’s economic royalists.
Jun 13, 2015 / John Nichols
The TPP Fast-Track Vote Wasn’t About Obama, It Was About Failed Trade Policies The TPP Fast-Track Vote Wasn’t About Obama, It Was About Failed Trade Policies
Obama’s usual allies recognized that America needs fair trade, not free trade.
Jun 12, 2015 / John Nichols
Liberals Deal Obama a Stunning Blow on Trade—but One More Showdown Awaits Liberals Deal Obama a Stunning Blow on Trade—but One More Showdown Awaits
Nobody saw this vote coming—but progressive activism delivered a shocking result Friday in Congress.
Jun 12, 2015 / George Zornick
These Carwashers Were Being Paid as Little as $125 a Week These Carwashers Were Being Paid as Little as $125 a Week
How everyone benefits from the merger of worker protection and sustainability in one of the city’s least-regulated industries.
Jun 12, 2015 / Michelle Chen