Obama’s Smart Economic (and Political) Calculus: Tax the Rich Obama’s Smart Economic (and Political) Calculus: Tax the Rich
The president will use his State of the Union Address to propose new taxes and fees on very rich people and very big banks.
Jan 18, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
Obama’s Right to Embrace the Public Option for Closing the Digital Divide Obama’s Right to Embrace the Public Option for Closing the Digital Divide
The president wants cities to be able to innovate with municipal broadband systems.
Jan 15, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
On Bill Moyers’s Legacy On Bill Moyers’s Legacy
Following a career of more than forty years, Bill Moyers retires.
Jan 13, 2015 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Did Obama Just Introduce a ‘Public Option’ for Higher Education? Did Obama Just Introduce a ‘Public Option’ for Higher Education?
The president’s plan to make two years of community college free for some students could solve some of higher education’s most intractable problems.
Jan 9, 2015 / Mike Konczal
Mario Cuomo Gave Some Great Speeches. But What Did He Actually Accomplish? Mario Cuomo Gave Some Great Speeches. But What Did He Actually Accomplish?
And why are progressives so easily seduced by words?
Jan 7, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Steve Scalise’s Defense Steve Scalise’s Defense
He spoke before he knew that group preached hate. That’s human error—cause for mild rebuke. Although the leader’s name does ring a bell, It might have been some other David Duke.
Jan 7, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
January 7, 1999: The Impeachment Trial of Bill Clinton Begins January 7, 1999: The Impeachment Trial of Bill Clinton Begins
In The Nation Jonathan Schell laid to rest any comparisons between Clinton’s crimes, such as they were, and those of Richard Nixon.
Jan 7, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 6, 1919: Theodore Roosevelt Dies January 6, 1919: Theodore Roosevelt Dies
Previously critical of the former president’s “half-baked Rooseveltian socialism,” by the time of his death The Nation had swung to the left. We saw TR as “...
Jan 6, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
‘Nothing Was an Accident That Night’: Mexican Federal Police Implicated in the Disappearance of the 43 ‘Nothing Was an Accident That Night’: Mexican Federal Police Implicated in the Disappearance of the 43
As he prepares to visit Washington, President Enrique Peña Nieto’s alibi is unraveling.
Jan 5, 2015 / Blog / Greg Grandin
Zephyr Teachout, Hands Up United and John Oliver Made Our 2014 Progressive Honor Roll. Who Else Made the List? Zephyr Teachout, Hands Up United and John Oliver Made Our 2014 Progressive Honor Roll. Who Else Made the List?
From the huge climate march in September to racial-justice activism, it was a year that saw renewal of movement-based politics.
Dec 22, 2014 / Feature / John Nichols