Politics

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and William Greider on the Housing Crisis’s ‘Death Spiral’

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and William Greider on the Housing Crisis’s ‘Death Spiral’ Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and William Greider on the Housing Crisis’s ‘Death Spiral’

The only way out of our national mortgage crisis is through widespread debt forgiveness.

Oct 28, 2011 / Audio / The Nation

This Week: Ideas From the 99 Percent. PLUS: Ending Corporate Personhood This Week: Ideas From the 99 Percent. PLUS: Ending Corporate Personhood

 This week, a special forum on "Ideas from the 99 Percent." The We the People Campaign kicks into gear, plus an exclusive look at the "wildest" school boar...

Oct 28, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What Should Be Done About Campaign Finance? What Should Be Done About Campaign Finance?

Restricting the flow of money doesn't work. So what comes next? 

Oct 28, 2011 / Blog / Jamelle Bouie

Katrina vanden Heuvel: End Corporate Personhood Katrina vanden Heuvel: End Corporate Personhood

A very specific and concrete proposal has caught on like wildfire in Occupy encampments across the nation: Amend the Constitution to end corporate personhood.

Oct 28, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on the Rise of the Austerity Class

Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on the Rise of the Austerity Class Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Ari Berman on the Rise of the Austerity Class

Why do austerity measures remain so popular within the beltway while the overwhelming evidence in the rest of the country points to the fact that such measures increase unemploymen...

Oct 28, 2011 / Audio / The Nation

Nine Questions for Herman Cain Nine Questions for Herman Cain

It’s time we took Herman Cain seriously and interrogated his unserious plans and assertions. 

Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / Ben Adler

Ball of Confusion Ball of Confusion

Alterman on Motown and Reed on Tom Waits and the 99 percent.

Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman

How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent How the Wounding of a Vet Who Dared to Dissent Stirred a New Wave of Dissent

The violence in Oakland has provoked a global outcry, as activists ask how a Marine can survive Iraq only to be seriously injured while peacefully protesting on the streets of an A...

Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Melissa Harris-Perry: Mississippi’s Attempt to Limit Women’s Reproductive Rights Melissa Harris-Perry: Mississippi’s Attempt to Limit Women’s Reproductive Rights

A Constitutional amendment is on the November 8 ballot in Mississippi which wants to amend the Bill of Rights to declare a fertilized human egg as a legal person.

Oct 27, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Video: Job Creators: A Poem by Rep. Gwen Moore Video: Job Creators: A Poem by Rep. Gwen Moore

 Rep. Gwen Moore has a poem for the nation’s so-called job creators. 

Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick

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