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.
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
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