The End of Majority Rule The End of Majority Rule
WRITING CONTEST FINALIST: When a political system is in gridlock, ordinary citizens suffer the consequences.
Oct 2, 2013 / StudentNation / Joao Lee and StudentNation
The Many Meanings of Being Selfish The Many Meanings of Being Selfish
WRITING CONTEST FINALIST: I once believed that government was the hero in the story of our nation. Then I grew up.
Oct 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Angelia Miranda
American Exceptionalism, According to Oliver Stone American Exceptionalism, According to Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States will be rereleased this month on DVD; it tells a different story than the school textbooks we're used to.
Oct 1, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Federal Workers Nationwide Protest Government Shutdown Federal Workers Nationwide Protest Government Shutdown
Federal workers all across the country are protesting the government’s shutdown.
Oct 1, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
America Gets Primaried America Gets Primaried
The government shutdown is all about electoral politics—particularly the gerrymandering of Republican districts and primaries that make compromise impossible.
Oct 1, 2013 / John Nichols
The Tea Party Freedom Fighters The Tea Party Freedom Fighters
Standing up for your right to be denied health coverage.
Oct 1, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
Government Shutdown Will Hit Federal Workers, Poor Americans Government Shutdown Will Hit Federal Workers, Poor Americans
About 800,000 federal employees will be furloughed, with no guarantee of retroactive pay.
Sep 30, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Three): On Shutting Down Government Thinking Like a Conservative (Part Three): On Shutting Down Government
It shouldn’t be surprising that conservatives who conceptualize politics as war, and an activist state as Satan, would be willing to shut down the federal government.
Sep 30, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Justice Department Is Challenging North Carolina’s Extreme Voter Suppression Law Justice Department Is Challenging North Carolina’s Extreme Voter Suppression Law
The new North Carolina voting law has a discriminatory effect and intent, the federal government argues
Sep 30, 2013 / Ari Berman
GOP Temper Tantrum GOP Temper Tantrum
Anti-choice Republicans are using the threat of a government shutdown to—surprise, surprise—renew their attacks on women.
Sep 30, 2013 / Ilyse Hogue