John Nichols: Labor Won in Wisconsin and Ohio Senate Elections John Nichols: Labor Won in Wisconsin and Ohio Senate Elections
The victories of Tammy Baldwin and Sherrod Brown show that standing up for workers’ rights pays off.
Nov 7, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
It’s Time to End the Electoral College It’s Time to End the Electoral College
Here’s how.
Nov 7, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Despite Concerns, Young Voters Tuned In and Turned Out in 2012 Despite Concerns, Young Voters Tuned In and Turned Out in 2012
Without the youth vote, Obama woud have lost Florida, Ohio, Virginia and Pennsylvania—and the election.
Nov 7, 2012 / Zoë Carpenter
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jesse Jackson Talk Politics, Religion and the Presidential Race Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jesse Jackson Talk Politics, Religion and the Presidential Race
The reverend and Nation editor appeared together at Columbia University on October 25.
Nov 7, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Back From the Brink Back From the Brink
Social movements must believe in themselves as much as they believe in any politician, and keep fighting for true change.
Nov 7, 2012 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Watch a Colorado GOP Poll Watcher Report a ‘High Concentration of People of Color’ Watch a Colorado GOP Poll Watcher Report a ‘High Concentration of People of Color’
A Republican poll watcher complains that too many people of color were voting in Aurora, Colorado, on Election Day.
Nov 7, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch
Laura Flanders: Last Night Was a Victory for Diverse, Grassroots Movements Laura Flanders: Last Night Was a Victory for Diverse, Grassroots Movements
The election showed US citizens will fight back against the GOP assault on equality.
Nov 7, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Undeterred by the Long, Slow Line Toward Democracy Undeterred by the Long, Slow Line Toward Democracy
Those long, snaking lines were about more than a vote. The people most battered and excluded from the nation's politics and economy refuse to be ignored.
Nov 7, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch
Elizabeth Warren Heads to Washington, an Uncompromising Senator for the Left Elizabeth Warren Heads to Washington, an Uncompromising Senator for the Left
Her clear-as-a-bell progressive convictions mobilized a massive grassroots base.
Nov 7, 2012 / E.J. Graff
Barack Obama’s Decisive Victory for Liberal Government Barack Obama’s Decisive Victory for Liberal Government
President Obama's re-election marks the most decisive mandate for an assertive, progressive governing model in well over a generation. Here’s why.
Nov 7, 2012 / Blog / Ari Melber