Politics

The Weekly Standard, National Review and the ’53 Percent’ Meet Occupy Wall Street

The Weekly Standard, National Review and the ’53 Percent’ Meet Occupy Wall Street The Weekly Standard, National Review and the ’53 Percent’ Meet Occupy Wall Street

Conservative pundits are misrepresenting everything about the Occupy Wall Street, from their views to their legal right to be in Zuccotti Park. 

Oct 14, 2011 / Blog / Ben Adler

Is Obama Pulling Out the Rug on Defense Cuts? Is Obama Pulling Out the Rug on Defense Cuts?

 Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta told Congress yesterday that President Obama opposes any further reductions in defense spending.

Oct 14, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/14) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/14)

 Our media coverage is often dominated by one big story that crowds out most everything else. As an antidote, every week, Nationinterns try to cut through the echo chambe...

Oct 14, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS Working Families Party on How to Make Sure Mayor Bloomberg Doesn’t Evict OWS

There's speculation that the mayor will try to clear Lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street movement is centered. Here's how New York’s labor...

Oct 13, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Name This GOP Debate Picture Contest

Name This GOP Debate Picture Contest Name This GOP Debate Picture Contest

Tell us what this photo is about!

Oct 13, 2011 / The Nation

Senator Ben Nelson Opens the Secret Money Door Wider Senator Ben Nelson Opens the Secret Money Door Wider

Seemingly innocuous political advertisements running in Nebraska may dramatically change the campaign finance landscape.  

Oct 13, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick

If a Republican Were President If a Republican Were President

Obama has failed not because he is a progressive in the mold of Franklin Delano Roosevelt but because he is not. 

Oct 13, 2011 / Robert Scheer

Obama Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Free Trade Obama Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong About Free Trade

Signing new deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia is bad economics and bad politics.

Oct 13, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

The Kochs and Cancer in a Small Town The Kochs and Cancer in a Small Town

 A new documentary shows how a plant owned by Georgia Pacific has had some disastrous consquences for nearby residents.

Oct 12, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick

Creating a Progressive America Creating a Progressive America

In a collaboration between The Nation and On The Earth Productions, progressive luminaries discuss the current state of affairs, the potential for a national escalat...

Oct 12, 2011 / Video / The Nation and On The Earth Productions

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