What’s Next for the Moral Monday Movement? What’s Next for the Moral Monday Movement?
This multiracial, multi-issue progressive coalition is not only remobilizing in North Carolina—its model of activism is now spreading all over the South.
Feb 19, 2014 / Feature / Ari Berman
The Legacy of LBJ The Legacy of LBJ
Some say that the Vietnam War has obscured Johnson's extraordinary domestic accomplishments. —News reports Well, yes, there was that awful war, That he pushed hell for leather. But now, they say, we miss his skill In knocking heads together.
Feb 19, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars How Pro-Austerity Groups Lost the Deficit Wars
A funny thing happened on the way to the fiscal cliff: real people fought back.
Feb 19, 2014 / Mary Bottari
De Blasio’s Pick of Wiley Means Practical Paths to Lofty Goals De Blasio’s Pick of Wiley Means Practical Paths to Lofty Goals
The mayor’s new counsel has wedded incisive analysis of race and poverty to practical policy ideas that would make government a positive force across communities.
Feb 19, 2014 / Jarrett Murphy
High Time for a Robin Hood Tax High Time for a Robin Hood Tax
A properly implented FTT can benefit the economy from top to bottom.
Feb 19, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel: An Important Month for Obamacare Katrina vanden Heuvel: An Important Month for Obamacare
The Nation’s editor celebrated the recent successes of the Affordable Care Act in a roundtable on ABC’s This Week.
Feb 18, 2014 / Press Room
Will a Minimum Wage Hike Really Cost Jobs? Will a Minimum Wage Hike Really Cost Jobs?
The Congressional Budget Office is out of step with most economists on job loss projections as a result of a minimum wage hike.
Feb 18, 2014 / George Zornick
The Worst US Presidents Ever The Worst US Presidents Ever
John Nichols appears on All in With Chris Hayes to consider America’s worst commanders in chief.
Feb 18, 2014 / Chris Hayes
Rand Paul Is Wrong: Why the GOP Should Be Moving Backward, Not Forward Rand Paul Is Wrong: Why the GOP Should Be Moving Backward, Not Forward
If Republicans want to be more appealing, they should return to their roots as a party that put “the man (and woman) before the dollar.”
Feb 18, 2014 / John Nichols
How Christie Made the Port Authority His Political Playground How Christie Made the Port Authority His Political Playground
Most of the prominent figures involved in the Bridgegate scandal—including Port Authority general counsel Philip Kwon—were directly appointed by Governor Christie.
Feb 18, 2014 / Bob and Barbara Dreyfuss