Mario Cuomo Gave Some Great Speeches. But What Did He Actually Accomplish? Mario Cuomo Gave Some Great Speeches. But What Did He Actually Accomplish?
And why are progressives so easily seduced by words?
Jan 7, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Steve Scalise’s Defense Steve Scalise’s Defense
He spoke before he knew that group preached hate. That’s human error—cause for mild rebuke. Although the leader’s name does ring a bell, It might have been some other David Duke.
Jan 7, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Elizabeth Warren Just Gave a Really Important—and Revealing—Speech Elizabeth Warren Just Gave a Really Important—and Revealing—Speech
Warren’s focus on the structural problems with the American economy staked out a clear line dividing the moderate and progressive wings of the Democratic party.
Jan 7, 2015 / Blog / George Zornick
Bill de Blasio Is Just Getting Started Bill de Blasio Is Just Getting Started
The former activist and New York public advocate discusses his first year as mayor.
Jan 7, 2015 / Cities Rising / Eric Alterman
Edward Brooke and the Republican Party That Might Have Been Edward Brooke and the Republican Party That Might Have Been
The late senator, who was once considered a vice presidential prospect, tried to prevent the GOP’s lurch to the right.
Jan 7, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols
January 7, 1999: The Impeachment Trial of Bill Clinton Begins January 7, 1999: The Impeachment Trial of Bill Clinton Begins
In The Nation Jonathan Schell laid to rest any comparisons between Clinton’s crimes, such as they were, and those of Richard Nixon.
Jan 7, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
White House Threatens to Veto Keystone XL Legislation White House Threatens to Veto Keystone XL Legislation
Killing the pipeline for good would reveal that the incoming GOP majority has little to offer by way of an economic agenda.
Jan 6, 2015 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Getting to Know Ted Yoho Getting to Know Ted Yoho
From demanding Obama's birth certificate to advocating a return to landowner-only voting rights, the newest contender for House Speaker has quite a track record.
Jan 6, 2015 / Blog / George Zornick
Why All Opponents of Gentrification and Police Militarization Should Oppose the DC 2024 Olympic Bid Why All Opponents of Gentrification and Police Militarization Should Oppose the DC 2024 Olympic Bid
A bipartisan team of power brokers is fighting for the 2024 Summer Olympics to come to Washington, DC. Here is why we should resist.
Jan 6, 2015 / Blog / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin
We Survived the Cuban Missile Crisis for This? We Survived the Cuban Missile Crisis for This?
Our bloated national security state would boggle the mind of anyone who grew up under the Cold War’s nuclear threat.
Jan 6, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt