What Can Stop the Ongoing Assault on Black Families? What Can Stop the Ongoing Assault on Black Families?
Through a shared desire to balance a critique of racism with a call for personal responsibility, liberals and conservatives have been united in looking with exasperation at the bla...
Apr 7, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Dani McClain
God Is a Republican God Is a Republican
And he wants you to put down your tallywhacker right now.
Apr 7, 2015 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
Scott Walker Controls Wisconsin’s Executive and Legislative Branches. Now His Minions Are Gunning For the Judicial. Scott Walker Controls Wisconsin’s Executive and Legislative Branches. Now His Minions Are Gunning For the Judicial.
Allies of the Wisconsin governor are spending heavily to get control of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court.
Apr 6, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
Meet Rahm Emanuel’s Other Election Day Challenger Meet Rahm Emanuel’s Other Election Day Challenger
Whether Emanuel wins or loses his fight for mayor, the savvy coalition leading the charge against him may already have changed Chicago politics for the better.
Apr 6, 2015 / Cities Rising / Micah Uetricht
3 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Fight to Save the Climate 3 Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Fight to Save the Climate
Leaders are framing the climate crisis in moral language, renewable energy is soaring—and the coal industry is collapsing.
Apr 6, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard
A Note From a Reader (and a ‘Nation’ Son) A Note From a Reader (and a ‘Nation’ Son)
Reliving distant memories of the 1950s, in The Nation’s archives and in Cuba.
Apr 6, 2015 / Back Issues / Back Issues
Who’s Getting Rich Off Your Genes? Who’s Getting Rich Off Your Genes?
The scientific race toward “precision medicine” is shifting the ethical foundations of public health.
Apr 3, 2015 / Patricia J. Williams
The Iran Agreement Is Historic. Will Congress Destroy It? The Iran Agreement Is Historic. Will Congress Destroy It?
Let’s call opponents of this deal what they are: warmongers.
Apr 3, 2015 / Blog / Ali Gharib
Chicago’s Chuy Garcia Has a Vision: Progressive Mayors Fighting for Public Education Chicago’s Chuy Garcia Has a Vision: Progressive Mayors Fighting for Public Education
A supporter of public schools and teachers pushes Democrats to get on the side of the future.
Apr 3, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
Race Matters (but Not To Conservatives) Race Matters (but Not To Conservatives)
Minorities confront prejudice and barriers to success in almost every aspect of their lives, but right-wing pundits prefer to blame the victims and the welfare state.
Apr 2, 2015 / Eric Alterman