Politics

The Campaign That Ate America’s Brain

The Campaign That Ate America’s Brain The Campaign That Ate America’s Brain

Feed me photo ops...banal insights...obsessive coverage of insignificant details...

Apr 21, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Cornel West Is Not Mike Tyson

Cornel West Is Not Mike Tyson Cornel West Is Not Mike Tyson

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson’s 10,000-word excoriation of Dr. Cornel West is highly personal. But there is a political fight thrumming beneath the surface.

Apr 20, 2015 / Dave Zirin

New York City Just Outlawed Running Credit Checks on Job Applicants

New York City Just Outlawed Running Credit Checks on Job Applicants New York City Just Outlawed Running Credit Checks on Job Applicants

Why that’s a big win for the poor, people of color, and economic justice in general.

Apr 20, 2015 / Michelle Chen

The Foreclosure Conveyor Belt That Could Remove as Many as 100,000 Detroit Residents From Their Homes

The Foreclosure Conveyor Belt That Could Remove as Many as 100,000 Detroit Residents From Their Homes The Foreclosure Conveyor Belt That Could Remove as Many as 100,000 Detroit Residents From Their Homes

Long-time residents are fighting to keep their homes in what could be the single largest tax foreclosure in American history.

Apr 20, 2015 / Laura Gottesdiener

Jamie Raskin

Jamie Raskin Is Running for Congress to ‘Renew Popular Democracy in America’ Jamie Raskin Is Running for Congress to ‘Renew Popular Democracy in America’

One of the nation’s leading advocates for voting rights, fair elections, and amending corporate cash out of politics wants to shake up the House.

Apr 20, 2015 / John Nichols

Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future

Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future Radical Histories: The Fight for a Sustainable Future

From the campaign to conserve hunting lands in the 19th century to the movement for climate justice in the 21st, The Nation has been a leading proponent of the idea that our succes...

Apr 20, 2015 / The Nation

In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened?

In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened? In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened?

Today, the environment is a controversial issue divided along partisan lines—but it wasn't always that way.

Apr 20, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

It’s Not Hillary’s Personality, Stupid

It’s Not Hillary’s Personality, Stupid It’s Not Hillary’s Personality, Stupid

Media fear and self-loathing are already on the campaign trail.

Apr 17, 2015 / Leslie Savan

If Clinton Is Serious About Economic Populism, She Should Come Out Against Fast Track

If Clinton Is Serious About Economic Populism, She Should Come Out Against Fast Track If Clinton Is Serious About Economic Populism, She Should Come Out Against Fast Track

This is the time to break with Obama, and her own past, by siding with labor, environmentalists, human rights activists.

Apr 17, 2015 / John Nichols

We Spend $600 Billion a Year on Defense, but Couldn’t Stop a Mailman From Landing His Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn

We Spend $600 Billion a Year on Defense, but Couldn’t Stop a Mailman From Landing His Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn We Spend $600 Billion a Year on Defense, but Couldn’t Stop a Mailman From Landing His Gyrocopter on the Capitol Lawn

Doug Hughes is not a dangerous fruitcake. In fact, he is a small-d democratic idealist who went out of his way to alert the authorities in advance of his so-called “Freedom F...

Apr 17, 2015 / William Greider

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