Political Ideologies

Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman

Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman

On October 24, 2015, The Nation feted its 150th anniversary with an unprecedented celebration at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn in a renovated Civil War–era Tobacco Warehouse. Fea…

Feb 18, 2016 / 150th Anniversary / The Nation

Hillary Clinton

Which Women Support Hillary (and Which Women Can’t Afford To) Which Women Support Hillary (and Which Women Can’t Afford To)

A story of two voting blocs.

Feb 17, 2016 / Sarah Leonard

Watch: When Bernie Sanders Endorsed Jesse Jackson for President

Watch: When Bernie Sanders Endorsed Jesse Jackson for President Watch: When Bernie Sanders Endorsed Jesse Jackson for President

When it mattered, Bernie stepped across the color line.

Feb 17, 2016 / Steve Cobble

Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution

Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution Republicans Are Now Waging a War on Facts, Precedent, and the Constitution

What Cruz, Rubio, Kasich, and McConnell are saying is absolutely at odds with the constitutionally defined duties of presidents and senators.

Feb 17, 2016 / John Nichols

Antonin Scalia.

If Justice Scalia Really Had His Way… If Justice Scalia Really Had His Way…

His desire was for an America as it was before Gone With the Wind.

Feb 16, 2016 / Martin Garbus

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

Is the Era of Small Government Over? Is the Era of Small Government Over?

For decades, Democrats have been running away from their own shadow. In Election 2016, they’re finally embracing who they really are.

Feb 16, 2016 / Julian E. Zelizer

Where to Invade Next

Michael Moore’s New Film Playfully Skewers US Exceptionalism Michael Moore’s New Film Playfully Skewers US Exceptionalism

A powerful, optimistic, and radical demonstration of what can be achieved by thinking outside the box—or, in this case, our borders.

Feb 16, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Senator Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Wants Obama to Have a 3-Year Last Term Mitch McConnell Wants Obama to Have a 3-Year Last Term

Just because McConnell’s insistence that Obama shouldn’t nominate a new Supreme Court justice is expected, that doesn’t make it normal. It’s outrageous.

Feb 14, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Supreme Court

Yes, President Obama Can Still Nominate a Supreme Court Justice Yes, President Obama Can Still Nominate a Supreme Court Justice

The Republican presidential candidates are wrong. Supreme Court nominees can and should be confirmed in election years.

Feb 14, 2016 / John Nichols

Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right.

Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right. Trump Says This Was His Best Debate Yet. He Might Be Right.

Time is running out for the Republicans to come up with a consensus alternative to the Greatest Shill on Earth.

Feb 14, 2016 / D.D. Guttenplan

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