This President Can—and Must—Claim a Mandate to Govern This President Can—and Must—Claim a Mandate to Govern
Like FDR, Obama should use his second inaugural address to make the vital connection between election results and governing results.
Jan 20, 2013 / John Nichols
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (1/18/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (1/18/2013)
This week: Standardized testing and armed guards in schools, the story behind Facebook Graph Search and questions of black female agency in Django Unchained.
Jan 20, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Dave Zirin: Notre Dame Shows Its Cards in Defending Manti Te’o Dave Zirin: Notre Dame Shows Its Cards in Defending Manti Te’o
What really happened in the case of star Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o’s fake girlfriend?
Jan 19, 2013 / Press Room
This Week: Guns, Race & Politics. Plus: ‘Roe’ at 40 This Week: Guns, Race & Politics. Plus: ‘Roe’ at 40
A new cold war, remembering Aaron Swartz, and the fortieth anniversary of Roe v. Wade
Jan 19, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Wrong Responses to Gun Violence The Wrong Responses to Gun Violence
Will Obama's order to increase "school resource officers" funnel more of our students through the school-to-prison pipeline?
Jan 18, 2013 / The Nation
Dispatches From the US Student Movement Dispatches From the US Student Movement
A space for students to share news about the wide range of social and political struggles in which they're involved.
Jan 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Defending ‘Roe’ at 40 Defending ‘Roe’ at 40
In the face of a continuing right-wing assault in both legislatures and clinic corridors, the only thing to do is fight back.
Jan 18, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
‘Investigations Weren’t Being Done. We Changed That’: A Q&A With Hilda Solis ‘Investigations Weren’t Being Done. We Changed That’: A Q&A With Hilda Solis
Hilda Solis talks to The Nation about getting the Labor Department its teeth back, her worst moment as secretary and her legacy.
Jan 18, 2013 / Sasha Abramsky
‘Bug Splat’: Council on Foreign Relations, Rep. Keith Ellison Call for Drone Reform ‘Bug Splat’: Council on Foreign Relations, Rep. Keith Ellison Call for Drone Reform
The CFR report concludes that “the current trajectory of US drone strike policies is unsustainable."
Jan 18, 2013 / Tom Hayden
Comments of the Week: ‘Pro-Choice,’ Guns and Notre Dame Comments of the Week: ‘Pro-Choice,’ Guns and Notre Dame
Our readers sound off on scandals at Notre Dame and the term "pro-choice."
Jan 18, 2013 / Sarah Arnold