Politics

Four ‘November Surprises’ the Right Desperately Hopes Will Derail de Blasio

Four ‘November Surprises’ the Right Desperately Hopes Will Derail de Blasio Four ‘November Surprises’ the Right Desperately Hopes Will Derail de Blasio

The Republicans' last-dtich effort to ward off the inevitable involves lots of Red Scare and Harry Belafonte. 

Nov 4, 2013 / Leslie Savan

Parents and Teachers Rally to Save North Carolina Schools

Parents and Teachers Rally to Save North Carolina Schools Parents and Teachers Rally to Save North Carolina Schools

Parents and teachers rallied today in North Carolina to participate in a “walk in” to raise awareness about education budget cuts and low teacher salaries.

Nov 4, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

This Week in Poverty: How to Cut Poverty in Half in Ten Years

This Week in Poverty: How to Cut Poverty in Half in Ten Years This Week in Poverty: How to Cut Poverty in Half in Ten Years

The Half in Ten campaign lays out a path to dramatically reduce poverty—but it will require a real, sustained and disruptive fight to acheive it.

Nov 4, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

John Kerry Is a Terrible Secretary of State

John Kerry Is a Terrible Secretary of State John Kerry Is a Terrible Secretary of State

The United States’ top diplomat is a figure of his times (and that’s not a good thing.)

Nov 4, 2013 / Peter Van Buren

Chris Christie’s Bully Politics: ‘I Am Tired of You People’

Chris Christie’s Bully Politics: ‘I Am Tired of You People’ Chris Christie’s Bully Politics: ‘I Am Tired of You People’

The governor returns to form as election day nears, caught poking a finger at a teacher and shouting vitriol—but this time the teacher is pushing back. 

Nov 4, 2013 / John Nichols

Texas Voter ID Law Ensnares Former Speaker of the House, Candidates for Governor, State Judge

Texas Voter ID Law Ensnares Former Speaker of the House, Candidates for Governor, State Judge Texas Voter ID Law Ensnares Former Speaker of the House, Candidates for Governor, State Judge

The latest victim of Texas’s new voter ID law is 90-year-old former Speaker of the House Jim Wright. 

Nov 4, 2013 / Ari Berman

Kshama Sawant

Seattle’s ‘Another World Is Both Possible and Necessary’ Campaign Seattle’s ‘Another World Is Both Possible and Necessary’ Campaign

A socialist candidate wins significant support for a “Fund Human Needs, Fight Corporate Greed” message.

Nov 3, 2013 / John Nichols

Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal

Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal Food Stamp Cuts: A Bipartisan Scandal

Friday’s punitive and economically damaging food stamp cuts are much less a result of red-team-versus-blue-team politics, and much more a result of a political process where ...

Nov 1, 2013 / George Zornick

Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers

Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers Tallying Obamacare’s Winners and Losers

Only 3 percent of the population are likely to lose their current insurance policies and pay higher premiums because of Obamacare. 

Nov 1, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

Rickipedia: On Ten Months of Blogging for ‘The Nation’

Rickipedia: On Ten Months of Blogging for ‘The Nation’ Rickipedia: On Ten Months of Blogging for ‘The Nation’

An index of obsessions, observations, analysis—clip and save!

Nov 1, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

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