Politics

Say It Ain’t So, Jeb

Say It Ain’t So, Jeb Say It Ain’t So, Jeb

Jeb Bush’s "growth agenda" is not actually going to create growth.

Mar 3, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Royal Dutch Shell Wants to Look for Oil in the Most Dangerous Drilling Environment in the World

Royal Dutch Shell Wants to Look for Oil in the Most Dangerous Drilling Environment in the World Royal Dutch Shell Wants to Look for Oil in the Most Dangerous Drilling Environment in the World

An ice-choked ocean, tens of thousands of whales, no proven technology in case of emergency and a mission for oil: what could possibly go wrong?

Mar 3, 2015 / Subhankar Banerjee

We Need a Leader With a Superiority Complex

We Need a Leader With a Superiority Complex We Need a Leader With a Superiority Complex

If you don’t think we’re better than the rest of the planet, what are you doing in office?

Mar 3, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

American Jews Face an Ominous New Threat

American Jews Face an Ominous New Threat American Jews Face an Ominous New Threat

We never saw this one coming.

Mar 3, 2015 / Eli Valley

Mr. Spock Was a McGovernite: Remembering Leonard Nimoy’s ‘Live Long and Prosper’ Politics

Mr. Spock Was a McGovernite: Remembering Leonard Nimoy’s ‘Live Long and Prosper’ Politics Mr. Spock Was a McGovernite: Remembering Leonard Nimoy’s ‘Live Long and Prosper’ Politics

Few stars campaigned harder for the anti-war candidate’s 1972 presidential bid.

Mar 2, 2015 / John Nichols

Why Americans Don’t Care About Prison Rape

Why Americans Don’t Care About Prison Rape Why Americans Don’t Care About Prison Rape

And what happens when the problem escapes from behind bars.

Mar 2, 2015 / Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig

The Koch Cash Behind the Latest Attack on Obamacare

The Koch Cash Behind the Latest Attack on Obamacare The Koch Cash Behind the Latest Attack on Obamacare

The Supreme Court will once again examine the Affordable Care Act—and the Kochs’ deep-seated connections might influence the gavel.

Mar 2, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Scott Walker

This Is Why Scott Walker Is Not Presidential Material This Is Why Scott Walker Is Not Presidential Material

Disregarding and disrespecting protests of teachers and nurses does not prepare him to see off global threats.

Feb 27, 2015 / John Nichols

Why the Disturbingly Sane Voices at CPAC Should Scare You

Why the Disturbingly Sane Voices at CPAC Should Scare You Why the Disturbingly Sane Voices at CPAC Should Scare You

As long as the GOP can put a patina of reasonableness over its conservative ideology, its candidates stand a chance.

Feb 27, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part IV, From the Ban on Segregation in Housing to Freedom for Nelson Mandela

Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part IV, From the Ban on Segregation in Housing to Freedom for Nelson Mandela Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part IV, From the Ban on Segregation in Housing to Freedom for Nelson Mandela

A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1968 to 1990.

Feb 27, 2015 / The Nation

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