Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race
Denver's contest for local school board seats has already cost $600,000, as big-money backers of school privatization, charters and “choice” try to buy control of educa...
Oct 21, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
WikiLeaks Honduras: US Linked to Brutal Businessman WikiLeaks Honduras: US Linked to Brutal Businessman
Miguel Facussé, a biofuels magnate entangled with the drug trade, is waging a bloody war against campesinos—with American support.
Oct 21, 2011 / Dana Frank
Class Warfare Works! Class Warfare Works!
President Obama should double-down on his push for higher taxes on the wealthy.
Oct 21, 2011 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie
Relatively Speaking Relatively Speaking
Eric on how The New Republic's back of the book comes close to redeeming the magazine from the front.
Oct 21, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Bill Moyers on ‘Democratic Decency Defined Downward’ Bill Moyers on ‘Democratic Decency Defined Downward’
The award-winning journalist delivered a stirring speech in Washington last night about the political capture carried out by Wall Street.
Oct 21, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick
Shocking Report Reveals the Pentagon’s Addiction to Fraudulent Contractors Shocking Report Reveals the Pentagon’s Addiction to Fraudulent Contractors
A new report shows the Pentagon just can’t quit fraudulent defense contractors.
Oct 20, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick
Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America Thom Hartmann: Creating a Progressive America
Average Americans are watching their country dissolve in front of them, and it will take grassroots mobilization on both the Left and Right to assess and address the systemic dysfu...
Oct 20, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Replace Biden on 2012 Ticket? No, VP’s Populism is Obama’s Best Hope Replace Biden on 2012 Ticket? No, VP’s Populism is Obama’s Best Hope
The vice president actually "gets it." He likes unions and working people. He's on message and the rest of the Obama administration should recognize just how necessary th...
Oct 20, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
John Nichols: In Ohio, Are Right-Wingers Tearing Down the Progressive Infrastructure? John Nichols: In Ohio, Are Right-Wingers Tearing Down the Progressive Infrastructure?
As the movement to repeal Governor John Kasich's anti-union legislation gains ground, Republican out-of-state groups are flocking to Ohio to implement campaigns in support of the l...
Oct 19, 2011 / Nation in the News / The Ed Show
Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future
Ten years into the US occupation of Afghanistan, how can we effectively and humanely end an unwinnable war?
Oct 19, 2011 / Audio / The Nation