Is Rick Perry’s Iowa Ad for Voters or Donors? Is Rick Perry’s Iowa Ad for Voters or Donors?
Perry's first television commercial is all about his favorite topic: unleashing the energy industry.
Memo to Lawrence Lessig: The Tea Party Is No Answer for Occupy USA Memo to Lawrence Lessig: The Tea Party Is No Answer for Occupy USA
Harvard professor Lawrence Lessig is trying to get Occupy USA to build alliances with the Tea Party. He's wrong.
Oct 26, 2011 / Blog / Dave Zirin
The Republicans’ War on Science and Reason The Republicans’ War on Science and Reason
Saying that Republicans want to repeal the twentieth century is too kind.
Oct 25, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Karl Rove’s 2011 Election Priority: Busting Public-Sector Unions in Ohio Karl Rove’s 2011 Election Priority: Busting Public-Sector Unions in Ohio
The former White House political czar, who pulls so many Republican and conservative strings, is all over the fight to defend Ohio Governor John Kasich’s anti-union law....
Oct 25, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Wall Street Is Leaning Hard on the Supercommittee to Make Cuts Wall Street Is Leaning Hard on the Supercommittee to Make Cuts
The Congressional supercommittee, tasked with finding at least $1.2 trillion in ten-year deficit reduction, is a natural target for the slashing austerity class.
Oct 25, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick
This (Past) Week: Occupy Everywhere. PLUS: Battleground Ohio This (Past) Week: Occupy Everywhere. PLUS: Battleground Ohio
This past week, Occupy Wall Street goes global. Plus, DC Correspondent John Nichols on Ohio's labor battle, and Contributing Writer Ari Berman on the 'austerity class.'
Oct 24, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Betsy Reed: Why Is Occupy Wall Street Significant? Betsy Reed: Why Is Occupy Wall Street Significant?
What is Occupy Wall Street? A movement? A revolution? An experiment? An inspiration? The beginning of a new era where a new politics is being invented?
Oct 24, 2011 / Nation in the News / TVO
Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver’s Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections? Why is George Bush Wading Into Denver’s Education Debate on the Eve of Critical School Board Elections?
What's the “No Child Left Behind” president doing in Denver barely a week before a critical school board election? Helping the fake “reformers” make th...
Oct 24, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21)
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Oct 24, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race Big Money, Bad Media, Secret Agendas: Welcome to America’s Wildest School Board Race
Denver's contest for local school board seats has already cost $600,000, as big-money backers of school privatization, charters and “choice” try to buy control of educa...
Oct 21, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols