Editorial

The Poetry of America’s Best and the Brightest The Poetry of America’s Best and the Brightest

The students at Bunker Hill Community College may have difficult lives. But the best are as bright as any Ivy Leaguer.

Sep 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Wick Sloane

Open the Presidential Debates!

Open the Presidential Debates! Open the Presidential Debates!

For a quarter-century, they have been tightly controlled by the major political parties to protect the status quo. It’s time for a change.

Aug 29, 2012 / John Nichols

Noted Noted

Katrina vanden Heuvel on subsidized CEOs, Marisa Carroll on Obamacare and transgender people, Brett Warnke on the US and South Korea

Aug 29, 2012 / Various Contributors

Dispatches From Tampa Dispatches From Tampa

At the RNC, Nation reporters find a hard-right party that’s cozy with lobbyists and interested in dealing with major storms only when they threaten their convention.

Aug 29, 2012 / John Nichols and George Zornick

For Julian Assange, Justice Foreclosed

For Julian Assange, Justice Foreclosed For Julian Assange, Justice Foreclosed

The imperatives of the national security state override the possibility that Assange could face a fair investigation in his sex crimes charges.

Aug 29, 2012 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Rhyme or Reason Rhyme or Reason

The further cartoon adventures of O-Man

Aug 29, 2012 / Robert Grossman

Last Chance for Peace in Syria?

Last Chance for Peace in Syria? Last Chance for Peace in Syria?

The new UN envoy has a near impossible task. But Washington must support it—arming the rebels will only prolong the civil war.

Aug 22, 2012 / The Editors

Under Siege in Syria Under Siege in Syria

As the revolt against the Assad regime becomes more militarized, fighting in the town of Zabadani has given way to daily, indiscriminate shelling.

Aug 22, 2012 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Paul Ryan, Class Warrior for the Rich Paul Ryan, Class Warrior for the Rich

The jobs are gone in his hometown, but he’s sitting pretty in his mansion on the hill, a perfect metaphor for what a Romney-Ryan America would be like.

Aug 22, 2012 / John Nichols

The GOP’s Will to Fantasy The GOP’s Will to Fantasy

Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as running mate is another development in a long-term party trend: the triumph of ideology over reality.

Aug 22, 2012 / Jonathan Schell

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