How to Turn Congess, Inc., Back to Just Congress How to Turn Congess, Inc., Back to Just Congress
The biggest political scandal of our age is the pay-to-play system that buys up Congress, pollutes our political system with special-interest cash and deep-sixes the kind of bold ...
May 11, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
From Willisville to Washington? From Willisville to Washington?
Can an outspoken black progressive make history in Arkansas?
Apr 30, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Noted. Noted.
Stuart Klawans on radical filmmaker Leo Hurwitz; John Nichols on the primary fight for Blanche Lincoln's Senate seat.
Mar 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
So Long Harold (Don’t Call) So Long Harold (Don’t Call)
Harold Ford was the best thing that ever happened to Kirsten Gillibrand.
Mar 2, 2010 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Like Crist-Rubio for GOP, Lincoln-Halter Race Could Define Dems Like Crist-Rubio for GOP, Lincoln-Halter Race Could Define Dems
A populist primary challenge to centrist, Wall Street-friendly senator from Arkansas highlights Dem divisions along lines of ideology, style.
Mar 1, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Texas Hold ’em, Tea Party Style Texas Hold ’em, Tea Party Style
Debra Medina has come from nowhere to threaten a runoff in the GOP gubernatorial primary.
Is This the Next Indiana Senator? Is This the Next Indiana Senator?
The Nation picks the top six candidates most likely to succeed Indiana's Sen. Evan Bayh.
Feb 17, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Bye Bayh, Hello Mellencamp? Bye Bayh, Hello Mellencamp?
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel proposes rocker John Mellencamp as a successor to Evan Bayh and considers the likelihood of a Republican majority.
A 2010 Elections Primer A 2010 Elections Primer
Seven ways to frame the 2010 fight for Congress and the statehouses.
Feb 11, 2010 / Editorial / John Nichols
Meet Tea Partisan Tom Tancredo Meet Tea Partisan Tom Tancredo
How politically credible are the leading figures in the Tea Party movement that is rallying this weekend at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville? Let them Tea Party proclaimers ...
Feb 5, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols