Politics

Let’s Just Get Rid of the Hyde Amendment

Let’s Just Get Rid of the Hyde Amendment Let’s Just Get Rid of the Hyde Amendment

The 1970s-era legislation has been haunting politics and restricting abortion access for far too long.

Mar 25, 2015 / George Zornick

Noam Chomsky: Democracy Is a Threat to Any Power System

Noam Chomsky: Democracy Is a Threat to Any Power System Noam Chomsky: Democracy Is a Threat to Any Power System

The radical intellectual joined The Nation’s John Nichols to discuss the political debates that have motivated his life’s work.

Mar 25, 2015 / The Nation

Highlights of the 2016 Presidential Race—Today!

Highlights of the 2016 Presidential Race—Today! Highlights of the 2016 Presidential Race—Today!

Brought to you by in advance through the miracle of tomorrow-vision!

Mar 24, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Should the Supreme Court Have Accepted a Challenge to Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law?

Should the Supreme Court Have Accepted a Challenge to Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law? Should the Supreme Court Have Accepted a Challenge to Wisconsin’s Voter ID Law?

One of the country's most restrictive voter ID laws will now be in effect.

Mar 23, 2015 / Ari Berman

Senator Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz’s Biggest Liability Is Probably His Constant Lying Ted Cruz’s Biggest Liability Is Probably His Constant Lying

Conservatives love Cruz’s brand of “truth” telling—but will it come back to haunt him?

Mar 23, 2015 / George Zornick

The ‘Draft Elizabeth Warren’ Campaign Gets a Big Boost from ‘The Boston Globe’

The ‘Draft Elizabeth Warren’ Campaign Gets a Big Boost from ‘The Boston Globe’ The ‘Draft Elizabeth Warren’ Campaign Gets a Big Boost from ‘The Boston Globe’

The newspaper warns it would be “a big mistake” for Democrats to “let Hillary Clinton coast to the presidential nomination without real opposition.”

Mar 23, 2015 / John Nichols

Frederick Law Olmsted Surveys a City Burned to the Ground

Frederick Law Olmsted Surveys a City Burned to the Ground Frederick Law Olmsted Surveys a City Burned to the Ground

Chicago's struggle to recover from the Great Fire is engaging the study of its best and most conservative minds.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Frederick Law Olmsted

If We Repossessed Empty Homes, Homelessness Would Be Over

If We Repossessed Empty Homes, Homelessness Would Be Over If We Repossessed Empty Homes, Homelessness Would Be Over

It will need a robust Mayor and city government to take the law into their own hands; but the people would support them.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / William MacDonald and Bill de Blasio

When Leftists Become Conservatives

When Leftists Become Conservatives When Leftists Become Conservatives

It sure is a bracing feeling for the chair-bound intellectual to imagine himself the drivetrain in the engine of history.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Rick Perlstein

Who’s Accountable for Ferguson’s Crimes? No One, It Seems

Who’s Accountable for Ferguson’s Crimes? No One, It Seems Who’s Accountable for Ferguson’s Crimes? No One, It Seems

Here’s another reminder that “personal responsibility” is a principle relevant only to the poor and the black.

Mar 23, 2015 / Column / Gary Younge

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