Elections

I Have Photo ID, Therefore I Am I Have Photo ID, Therefore I Am

Ten Pennsylvania residents have spent the past week explaining in court that they do, in fact, exist and ought to be able to vote.

Aug 2, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Brentin Mock and Voting Rights Watch

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/1/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/1/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Aug 2, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Running for President on the Justice Party Ticket: A Q&A with Rocky Anderson

Running for President on the Justice Party Ticket: A Q&A with Rocky Anderson Running for President on the Justice Party Ticket: A Q&A with Rocky Anderson

The former Salt Lake City mayor is mounting an unlikely protest against American plutocracy.

Aug 2, 2012 / Sasha Abramsky

A Presidential Candidate Willing to Get Arrested to Fight Foreclosure Abuse A Presidential Candidate Willing to Get Arrested to Fight Foreclosure Abuse

Green candidate Jill Stein is running a big-ideas, big-activism campaign in the best tradition of transformational third-party politics.

Aug 2, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

Wayne Barrett: Romney Handed Out Olympic Contracts, Violated His Own Ethics Rules Wayne Barrett: Romney Handed Out Olympic Contracts, Violated His Own Ethics Rules

How Mitt used his business relationships during the Salt Lake City Summer Olympics in 2002 may offer an insight into a Romney presidency.

Aug 1, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Why Did Romney Double Down on Anti-Palestinian Comments? Why Did Romney Double Down on Anti-Palestinian Comments?

Mitt posted a defense in National Review of his claim that Israeli and Palestinian cultures explain their respective economic strength. 

Aug 1, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

What’s Happening With Voting Rights Near You? Here’s a National Look What’s Happening With Voting Rights Near You? Here’s a National Look

Some of the latest voting rights news from around the country.

Jul 31, 2012 / Voting Rights Watch / Aura Bogado and Voting Rights Watch

How the Obama Campaign’s New iPhone App Really Works How the Obama Campaign’s New iPhone App Really Works

Why is the Obama campaign investing in an unprecedented program to merge its field and technology programs?

Jul 31, 2012 / Blog / Ari Melber

Romney’s World Romney’s World

Mitt's foreign policy, like much of his vision for America, seems out of a 20th-century history book.

Jul 31, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What a Dem Platform Endorsement of Marriage Equality Would Mean

What a Dem Platform Endorsement of Marriage Equality Would Mean What a Dem Platform Endorsement of Marriage Equality Would Mean

A major party’s support of LGBT rights is progress that ought not to be underestimated.

Jul 31, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

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