What’s Race Got to Do With Herman Cain? What’s Race Got to Do With Herman Cain?
His rise and fall are instructive about the way race, sex and class operate in presidential campaigns.
Dec 7, 2011 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist
After Obama cited Roosevelt in his Kansas speech, Fox News has decided that TR peddled “socialistic nationalism.”
Dec 7, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Why Greater Equality Strengthens Society Why Greater Equality Strengthens Society
What US progressives can learn from British efforts to fight inequality.
Dec 6, 2011 / Feature / Sam Pizzigati
Scott Sherman: Is the Renovation of New York’s Public Library Modernization or Cultural Damage? Scott Sherman: Is the Renovation of New York’s Public Library Modernization or Cultural Damage?
Will the new president's mega-million-dollar makeover of the main library scare off scholars and leave the branches begging?
Dec 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Press Room
The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise The Postal Service Plots Its Own Demise
Cuts in service, shuttering facilities and mass layoffs will hurt workers, communities, the USPS and the economy.
Dec 6, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Winning the Future Winning the Future
HIGH SCHOOL FINALIST: We cannot invest more in education without making appropriate policy changes.
Dec 6, 2011 / Sakib Ahmed
Conservatives for Jon Huntsman? Conservatives for Jon Huntsman?
Conservative intellectuals are realizing Huntsman is actually a good candidate for them. Too bad GOP voters don’t care about facts.
Bob Herbert: Austerity’s Victims Bob Herbert: Austerity’s Victims
Contrary to the dogmatic fiscal platforms proposed by conservatives, the American government needs to be investing money, not taking it out of circulation.
Dec 5, 2011 / Video / Francis Reynolds and Emily Douglas
John Nichols: Wisconsin’s Recall Drive Is Off to a Strong Start John Nichols: Wisconsin’s Recall Drive Is Off to a Strong Start
The result of the recall drive will impact the political climate.
Dec 5, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Why Hasn’t the Government Gone After Mortgage Fraud? Why Hasn’t the Government Gone After Mortgage Fraud?
A 60 Minutes piece raises tough questions about the Obama administration’s response to the global financial meltdown.
Dec 5, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick