The Breakdown: How Will Citizens United Shape Our Democracy? The Breakdown: How Will Citizens United Shape Our Democracy?
Lawrence Lessig talks to Chris Hayes about what progressives can do to combat the destructive effects of corporate money in elections.
Oct 21, 2010 / Audio / Chris Hayes
The Extremist GOP The Extremist GOP
Moderates are no longer welcome in the GOP—and Democrats shouldn't try to compromise with what the party's become.
Oct 20, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
Down-Ballot Power Down-Ballot Power
Unfortunately for Democrats, who have dominated statehouse politics since 2006, the party’s troubles at the national level extend to the states.
Oct 20, 2010 / Editorial / John Nichols
Noted. Noted.
Bruce Shapiro on Virginia Thomas's phone call to Anita Hill; Jennifer O'Mahony on Murdoch Corp's attempt to expand in Britain
Oct 20, 2010 / Editorial / Various Contributors
Dr. Joycelyn Elders: Marijuana, Masturbation and Medicine Dr. Joycelyn Elders: Marijuana, Masturbation and Medicine
Dr. Joycelyn Elders was the first African-American surgeon general of the US, and she's come out in favor of legalizing marijuana. We spoke to her about that, about Christine ...
Oct 20, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Clarence Thomas’s Ethics Problems, Then and Now Clarence Thomas’s Ethics Problems, Then and Now
Ginni Thomas called Anita Hill soon after the Times reported that Thomas's organization had accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in untraceable contributions. Did this accusat...
Oct 20, 2010 / Bruce Shapiro
Moving Forward Moving Forward
Why progressives need to own Obama's achievements—and build a movement to pressure him to do more.
Oct 20, 2010 / Feature / Gara LaMarche and Deepak Bhargava
That Seventies Show That Seventies Show
The continuous readjustment of expectations downward: For historians like Jefferson Cowie and Judith Stein, that was the key experience of the 1970s.
Oct 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
Nation Conversations: Richard Kim and John Nichols on Elections 2010 Nation Conversations: Richard Kim and John Nichols on Elections 2010
Are the Democrats cooked for 2010? Will the GOP continue it's rightward drift? Richard Kim and John Nichols explain, aboard the 2010 Nation Cruise.
Oct 20, 2010 / Audio / The Nation
Former Fannie Mae Lobbyist Tom Donilon to Become National Security Adviser Former Fannie Mae Lobbyist Tom Donilon to Become National Security Adviser
Why would President Obama, whose legacy has been sabotaged by a housing crisis that Tom Donilon helped create and conceal, hire him to run the most sensitive position of public t...
Oct 20, 2010 / Robert Scheer