This Is a ‘Pivotal Moment’ for the Movement to Remove Big Money From Politics This Is a ‘Pivotal Moment’ for the Movement to Remove Big Money From Politics
A grassroots citizen-driven campaign has forced the Senate to debate a constitutional response to Citizens United.
Sep 8, 2014 / John Nichols
More Police Will Never Be a Solution to Black America’s Woes More Police Will Never Be a Solution to Black America’s Woes
Increased police presence won‘t make “bad kids” any better.
Sep 5, 2014 / Mychal Denzel Smith
$15 and a Union: Fast-Food Workers Take Their Demands Nationwide $15 and a Union: Fast-Food Workers Take Their Demands Nationwide
Nearly two years since their mobilization began with about 200 workers in New York, fast-food workers are following through on their two key demands: a $15 hourly wage and a union....
Sep 5, 2014 / Michelle Chen
‘Russia Will React Militarily’ if Ukraine Joins NATO ‘Russia Will React Militarily’ if Ukraine Joins NATO
“By NATO’s own rules, Ukraine cannot join NATO, [because it is] a country that does not control its own territory,” Nation contributing editor Stephen Cohen said to Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, addressing speculation that Ukraine will join NATO after it signed a cease-fire deal with pro-Russian rebels. Cohen went on: “You have to meet certain economic, political and military criteria to join NATO. Ukraine meets none of them…. most importantly, Ukraine is linked to Russia not only in terms of being Russia’s essential security zone, but it’s linked conjugally, so to speak, intermarriage. There are millions, if not tens of millions, of Russian and Ukrainians married together. Put it in NATO, and you’re going to put a barricade through millions of families. Russia will react militarily.” —Aaron Cantú
Sep 5, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
Beltway to Obama: More Fear, Please Beltway to Obama: More Fear, Please
Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on the Beltway Media, American Exceptionalism and foreign policy.
Sep 5, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
SEC Faces Renewed Pressure to Consider a Corporate Disclosure Rule SEC Faces Renewed Pressure to Consider a Corporate Disclosure Rule
More than 1 million comments have been submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission calling on the agency to require that corporations disclose political spending to thei...
Sep 5, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Putting ‘Medicare for All’ on the Agenda Putting ‘Medicare for All’ on the Agenda
Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Don Berwick is making an issue of single-payer healthcare reform.
Sep 5, 2014 / John Nichols
You Can’t Unsee It: Washington Football Name and Quiet Acts of Resistance You Can’t Unsee It: Washington Football Name and Quiet Acts of Resistance
When ESPN reporters and fans aren’t buying a racist name, it might be time for Dan Snyder to sell.
Sep 5, 2014 / Dave Zirin
Introducing Our Assistants Introducing Our Assistants
Of course we use computers!
Sep 4, 2014 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Fatal Flaw in American Foreign Policy The Fatal Flaw in American Foreign Policy
The orthodox American policy is that if challenged, the US must go to war to prove itself, to show the world it is still Superman and willing to shed blood and treasure to defend t...
Sep 4, 2014 / William Greider