Our Elections Really Are Rigged—by Gerrymandering and Districting Abuses Our Elections Really Are Rigged—by Gerrymandering and Districting Abuses
Once Mark Sanford won the Republican primary, he was all but certain to win in a district drawn to elect Republicans. That’s how it works in America.
May 8, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
GOP Immigration Amendments Boost Drones, Incarceration and Criminalization GOP Immigration Amendments Boost Drones, Incarceration and Criminalization
Meanwhile, Republicans oppose green cards for same-sex couples.
Fight for the Soul of the City: The Battle Over Buses in Los Angeles Fight for the Soul of the City: The Battle Over Buses in Los Angeles
Progressive activists can learn important lessons from a successful grassroots campaign against transit racism.
Can Mubarak’s Cronies Buy Their Way Out of Jail? Can Mubarak’s Cronies Buy Their Way Out of Jail?
Egypt’s reconciliation process has been lauded as restoring confidence to outside investors. But others say it amounts to impunity for the rich.
May 7, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
The GOP’s New Outreach to Women: It’s a Trap The GOP’s New Outreach to Women: It’s a Trap
The Republicans’ new push to win over women voters is just as craven as you think it is.
May 7, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick
When the Time Is Right, America Needs Protection When the Time Is Right, America Needs Protection
How else would we be safe?
May 7, 2013 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
Obama Did It for the Money Obama Did It for the Money
Penny Pritzker's nomination shows how financiers keep being rewarded even as the country suffers the financial crisis they wrought.
May 7, 2013 / Robert Scheer
The Last Empire? The Last Empire?
Our twenty-first-century, American-dictated, unipolar moment is a planetary time bomb.
May 7, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too On Ammonium Nitrate, Big Coal Is Guilty, Too
The same chemical that exploded in West, Texas, is used by coal companies to blow up mountains.
May 7, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders
How Did These Five Lobbyists Become Congressional Staffers? How Did These Five Lobbyists Become Congressional Staffers?
Lobbyists are taking up top government positions—but not without receiving large bonus payments from their former firms to see them on their way.
May 6, 2013 / The Nation