Politics

Labor Leader Ai-jen Poo: We Are All Domestic Workers Now

Labor Leader Ai-jen Poo: We Are All Domestic Workers Now Labor Leader Ai-jen Poo: We Are All Domestic Workers Now

The head of the National Domestic Workers Alliance discusses disappointments dealt by Democratic politicians, the challenges of sustaining non-union labor groups and how to confron...

Apr 5, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

Live From the National Conference for Media Reform

Live From the National Conference for Media Reform Live From the National Conference for Media Reform

Watch Dave Zirin, Aura Bogado and other Nation writers at the National Conference for Media Reform's livestream, right here at TheNation.com.

Apr 5, 2013 / Press Room

Ryan Devereaux: Just How Important Is New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Trial?

Ryan Devereaux: Just How Important Is New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Trial? Ryan Devereaux: Just How Important Is New York’s Stop-and-Frisk Trial?

For men of color in New York, getting stopped-and-frisked is a daily reality. Will the courts do anything to change it? 

Apr 5, 2013 / Press Room

Whose Side Is ‘The Walking Dead’ On?

Whose Side Is ‘The Walking Dead’ On? Whose Side Is ‘The Walking Dead’ On?

Cable TV’s top hit is used to justify every political point of view—right or left, pro-NRA or pro-gun control, even pro-sequester or pro-stimulus.

Apr 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Leslie Savan

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/5/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/5/2013)

This week's press yields a crude mixture of Arabic, Hebrew, Marxism, French colonialism, restorative justice and techno-disdain.

Apr 5, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

7 Ways North Carolina Republicans are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote

7 Ways North Carolina Republicans are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote 7 Ways North Carolina Republicans are Trying to Make it Harder to Vote

Seventy-five new voting restrictions have been introduced in 30 states in 2013. North Carolina is leading the way.

Apr 5, 2013 / Ari Berman

The ‘Undo-Everything’ Congress: What the Press Doesn’t See The ‘Undo-Everything’ Congress: What the Press Doesn’t See

The hard-right wing exerts an oversized influence on our gridlocked Congress, thanks in part to a Beltway media enamored of them.

Apr 5, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness

This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness This Week in Poverty: Sequestration, Housing, Homelessness

With sequestration, a bleak housing and homelessness situation is about to get a lot worse.

Apr 5, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Capitalism: A Disaster for All Seasons

Capitalism: A Disaster for All Seasons Capitalism: A Disaster for All Seasons

For every San Francisco earthquake and Superstorm Sandy, some die—and others profit.

Apr 4, 2013 / Steve Fraser

Will Obama Defend Media Democracy? Will Obama Defend Media Democracy?

His next appointee for FCC chair could determine whether robber barons consolidate their domination of the public discourse.

Apr 3, 2013 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney

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