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Texas Wants to Say Adios to the Voting Rights Act’s Authority Texas Wants to Say Adios to the Voting Rights Act’s Authority

Two hundred thousand Latinos will turn 18 between now and Election Day. But if they’re in Texas, their right to vote is under threat.

Jul 10, 2012 / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch

Joe Walsh Didn’t Always Think Veterans Should Shut up About Their Service Joe Walsh Didn’t Always Think Veterans Should Shut up About Their Service

The deadbeat dad Tea Partier is the gift that keeps on giving.

Jul 10, 2012 / Katie Halper

Time for ‘Banksters’ to Be Prosecuted Time for ‘Banksters’ to Be Prosecuted

“Everyone does it” is not an adequate excuse. Will bankers depart with their multimillion-dollar rewards intact?

Jul 10, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Apologies to Mexico Apologies to Mexico

America sells pain to our southern neighbor and buys numbness in return.

Jul 10, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit

‘Occupy the Arts’: South Carolina Activists Protest Governor Haley’s Cuts ‘Occupy the Arts’: South Carolina Activists Protest Governor Haley’s Cuts

Governor Nikki Haley wants to eliminate all funding for the South Carolina Arts Commission, but artists and activists are fighting back.

Jul 10, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny

Nation Interns’ Top Summer Books, 2012 Nation Interns’ Top Summer Books, 2012

What are Nation interns reading this summer and why?

Jul 10, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney: Together at Last Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney: Together at Last

There’s a new Disney exhibit at the Reagan library. But what are drawings of Bambi and Cinderella doing in the National Archives?

Jul 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener

Republican Negative Ad Spending Explodes

Republican Negative Ad Spending Explodes Republican Negative Ad Spending Explodes

Conservative Super PACs plan to bury Obama under an avalanche of misleading attack ads. 

Jul 9, 2012 / Ben Adler

Occupy Colleges and Occupy Student Debt Join Forces Occupy Colleges and Occupy Student Debt Join Forces

The founder of Occupy Colleges explains why Occupy Colleges and Occupy Student Debt have merged organizations and what it portends for the future of student activism.

Jul 9, 2012 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams

What Will It Take for Society to Care About Global Warming? What Will It Take for Society to Care About Global Warming?

Heat records are being broken and fires are raging, but society still hasn’t woken up.

Jul 9, 2012 / Chris Hayes

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