The Nation Takes Up Filibuster Reform The Nation Takes Up Filibuster Reform
This session, the Senate has a chance to fix the filibuster—a reform we've been championing for years. Read our coverage by Christopher Hayes, Thomas Geoghegan, Senator Tom H...
Jan 4, 2011 / The Nation
Slide Show: Meet New Committee Chairs Working on Energy, Education, Labor Slide Show: Meet New Committee Chairs Working on Energy, Education, Labor
Jan 4, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
The Filibuster FAQ: Fact, Fiction, and Why We Need Reform The Filibuster FAQ: Fact, Fiction, and Why We Need Reform
The Senate has a chance to redeem its dysfunction and implement needed reforms to its own rules when it convenes a new session today.
Jan 4, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Public Workers Getting Snowed Public Workers Getting Snowed
The snow is mostly melted after a near-record storm immobilized much of New York for nearly four days last week. But before non-New Yorkers gloat -- beware -- the Big Apple's storm...
Jan 3, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
An Answer to 2011’s Austerity Arguments: ‘We Won’t Pay For Their Crisis’ An Answer to 2011’s Austerity Arguments: ‘We Won’t Pay For Their Crisis’
First, Washington squandered tax dollars on unnecessary wars. Next, Washington bailed out the big banks. Now, the battlelines of 2011 are drawn. President Obama's "Deficit Com...
Jan 3, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
A New START Towards Nuclear Sanity A New START Towards Nuclear Sanity
The herculean effort required to win Senate ratification of a modest arms reduction treaty is a stark reminder of how tough it will be to reach more far-reaching agreements on nuc...
Jan 3, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
In a Year of Deep Disappointments, The Deepest: Obama Pledged to Protect Internet Freedom; But His FCC Put It At Risk In a Year of Deep Disappointments, The Deepest: Obama Pledged to Protect Internet Freedom; But His FCC Put It At Risk
Despite the president's peomise to protect a free and open Internet, his FCC chair has engineered a Net Neutrality rule change that gives telecommunications corporations openings t...
Dec 31, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Nation Readers’ Person of the Year Nation Readers’ Person of the Year
Julian Assange is our readers' choice, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Bradley Manning. Read why and see who else got votes.
Dec 30, 2010 / The Nation
On Dimples and Dog Whistles: Why Tucker Carlson Dehumanizes Michael Vick On Dimples and Dog Whistles: Why Tucker Carlson Dehumanizes Michael Vick
Tucker Carlson's efforts to paint Vick as a disposable, killable individual cuts in a way that transcends the idiocy of Fox News.
Dec 30, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
Michael Vick, Racial History and Animal Rights Michael Vick, Racial History and Animal Rights
For many observers, the decision to demonize Vick seems motivated by something more pernicious than concern for animal welfare. It seems to be about race.
Dec 30, 2010 / The Notion / Melissa Harris-Perry