The 2001 Bush-Putin Summit The 2001 Bush-Putin Summit

At last, they got up from their talks at the table. Bush called Putin trustworthy, having been able To sense Putin’s soul. So, on this grand occasion, Could one thing he sensed be a taste for invasion?

Sep 10, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Hundreds of Voters Are Disenfranchised by North Carolina’s New Voting Restrictions Hundreds of Voters Are Disenfranchised by North Carolina’s New Voting Restrictions

More than 450 voters did not have their ballots counted in the state’s May primary as a result of the country’s harshest voting law.

Sep 10, 2014 / Ari Berman

From Schools to Shelters in Iraqi Kurdistan From Schools to Shelters in Iraqi Kurdistan

Yazidi refugees now sleep in classrooms, hallways and the courtyards of facilities intended for children’s education. What happens when school starts?

Sep 10, 2014 / Fred Abrahams and Foreign Policy In Focus

How Zephyr Teachout Taught Democrats a Lesson in Democracy How Zephyr Teachout Taught Democrats a Lesson in Democracy

Andrew Cuomo’s challenger for Governor of New York State didn’t beat him in the primary, but she did prove that no candidate is invincible.

Sep 10, 2014 / Sarah Jaffe

Hope, Voting and Creating the World You Want to Live In Hope, Voting and Creating the World You Want to Live In

Getting to the polls is just the first step.

Sep 10, 2014 / Paul Rogat Loeb

Stand Up for Internet Freedom Stand Up for Internet Freedom

We're running out of time to fight for net neutrality.

Sep 10, 2014 / NationAction

As Obama Prepares His Iraq Talk, Massachusetts Democrats Nominate an Antiwar Vet for Congress As Obama Prepares His Iraq Talk, Massachusetts Democrats Nominate an Antiwar Vet for Congress

Candidate Seth Moulton is in “the long tradition of men and women who served and then used their public positions to speak out against war…”

Sep 10, 2014 / John Nichols

Betrayed by Obama, Latino Activists Debate Boycotting the 2014 Midterms Betrayed by Obama, Latino Activists Debate Boycotting the 2014 Midterms

Authorities will continue to deport as many as 60,000 immigrants between now and the November elections.

Sep 10, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Comix Nation Comix Nation

Sep 10, 2014 / Matt Bors

Snapshot: 15 Versus the Five-O Snapshot: 15 Versus the Five-O

Fifteen times ten—that’s 150, the number of cities in which rallies were held in the struggle for a $15-an-hour minimum wage by the “Fight for 15” campaign. In addition to the demonstrator pictured here in Chicago, hundreds of protesters were arrested across the nation.

Sep 9, 2014 / Jim Young