NRA Debate Tips NRA Debate Tips
Afraid of big government taking away your guns? Here are six arguments you can use to defend yourself.
Jan 22, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
Cuomo’s Clean Elections Choice Cuomo’s Clean Elections Choice
Cecilia Tkaczyk’s underdog victory on a campaign finance reform platform should stir up the struggle against money in politics—and push the governor to take a stance.
Jan 22, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
MSNBC Incorrectly Reports No Permits Were Requested to Protest Obama’s Inauguration MSNBC Incorrectly Reports No Permits Were Requested to Protest Obama’s Inauguration
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow incorrectly stated that no protest permits were requested for President Obama’s second inauguration.
Jan 22, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Barack Obama Charts an Arc of History That Bends Toward Justice Barack Obama Charts an Arc of History That Bends Toward Justice
Obama’s second inaugural address laid out a new progressive vision. Now we must make it real.
Jan 21, 2013 / John Nichols
This President Can—and Must—Claim a Mandate to Govern This President Can—and Must—Claim a Mandate to Govern
Like FDR, Obama should use his second inaugural address to make the vital connection between election results and governing results.
Jan 20, 2013 / John Nichols
Dispatches From the US Student Movement Dispatches From the US Student Movement
A space for students to share news about the wide range of social and political struggles in which they're involved.
Jan 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Is Immigration Reform Really Coming? Is Immigration Reform Really Coming?
Continued racial profiling and record deportations lead some to believe that immigration may not be solved anytime soon.
Jan 18, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Major Gun Company Begins Asking Customers to Fight Obama’s Proposed Reforms Major Gun Company Begins Asking Customers to Fight Obama’s Proposed Reforms
Strum, Ruger & Co., one of the largest gun companies in America and a major benefator to the NRA, is now asking customers to help fight gun control.
Jan 18, 2013 / Lee Fang
Filibuster Reform Is Essential to Enacting Gun-Safety Legislation Filibuster Reform Is Essential to Enacting Gun-Safety Legislation
Every evidence suggests, in the absence of the reforms proposed by Senators Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth Warren, any debate about meaningful gun-safety legislation will be preempted,...
Jan 18, 2013 / John Nichols
Would Chuck Hagel Really Slash the Pentagon Budget? Would Chuck Hagel Really Slash the Pentagon Budget?
Not once has Obama’s nominee voted to reject a defense budget.
Jan 18, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter