Politics

Bill de Blasio for Mayor

Bill de Blasio for Mayor Bill de Blasio for Mayor

His candidacy is an opportunity for New Yorkers to reimagine their city in boldly progressive ways.

Aug 8, 2013 / The Editors

Katrina vanden Heuvel: House Republicans Are ‘Governing by Sabotage’

Katrina vanden Heuvel: House Republicans Are ‘Governing by Sabotage’ Katrina vanden Heuvel: House Republicans Are ‘Governing by Sabotage’

Nation editor-in-chief Katrina vanden Heuvel spoke on MSNBC’s NOW with Alex Wagner about the Republican Party’s “suicidal course” and argued that the GOP is...

Aug 7, 2013 / Press Room

ALEC’s Illegal Past?

ALEC’s Illegal Past? ALEC’s Illegal Past?

Unsurprisingly, the modern American Legislative Exchange Council was born in sin—with a sketchy tax dodge designed to let it front as a “non-political” organizati...

Aug 7, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Congress Misses an Opportunity to Reverse Sequester Cuts to Housing

Congress Misses an Opportunity to Reverse Sequester Cuts to Housing Congress Misses an Opportunity to Reverse Sequester Cuts to Housing

A Senate attempt to restore sequester cuts to low-income housing fails—housing assistance trend continues to go from bad to worse.

Aug 7, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann

Veto Decision Looms for DC Retail Living Wage Bill

Veto Decision Looms for DC Retail Living Wage Bill Veto Decision Looms for DC Retail Living Wage Bill

The bill, requiring hourly compensation of $12.50, is a high-profile challenge to Walmart’s business model.

Aug 7, 2013 / Josh Eidelson

Democracy Disenfranchised: Detroit’s Next Mayor Won’t Be Allowed to Govern

Democracy Disenfranchised: Detroit’s Next Mayor Won’t Be Allowed to Govern Democracy Disenfranchised: Detroit’s Next Mayor Won’t Be Allowed to Govern

Michigan’s Republican governor has seized control of Detroit—and there’s a lot more at stake than one city’s balance sheet.

Aug 7, 2013 / John Nichols

Jeff Bezos’s Other Endeavor: Charter Schools, Neoliberal Education Reforms

Jeff Bezos’s Other Endeavor: Charter Schools, Neoliberal Education Reforms Jeff Bezos’s Other Endeavor: Charter Schools, Neoliberal Education Reforms

Will Bezos’s interest in changing education policy affect his control of the Post?

Aug 6, 2013 / Lee Fang

‘Quit’ Isn’t How Anthony Weiner Rolls

‘Quit’ Isn’t How Anthony Weiner Rolls ‘Quit’ Isn’t How Anthony Weiner Rolls

Anatomy of a near-believable performance.

Aug 6, 2013 / Leslie Savan

Growing Up in the John Birch Society

Growing Up in the John Birch Society Growing Up in the John Birch Society

A new memoir exposes the trauma of growing up in an extreme-right-wing family—and the way those traumas were visited, politically, on the rest of us.

Aug 6, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

The Voting Rights Act Is in Peril on Its Forty-Eighth Anniversary

The Voting Rights Act Is in Peril on Its Forty-Eighth Anniversary The Voting Rights Act Is in Peril on Its Forty-Eighth Anniversary

The VRA transformed American democracy. Now Congress must save it. 

Aug 6, 2013 / Ari Berman

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