Politics

Ari Berman: How the GOP Curtails Voting Rights Ari Berman: How the GOP Curtails Voting Rights

Across the country, the Republican party is trying to make it harder for the Democrats’ core constituencies to vote.

Sep 12, 2011 / Video / Countdown

Kucinich on International Policy and its Relationship to the Economy Kucinich on International Policy and its Relationship to the Economy

The congressman argues that just as war and poverty are twins, so are peace and prosperity.

Sep 12, 2011 / Video / C-SPAN and Dennis Kucinich

Little Love for Labor Little Love for Labor

A new report reveals that high school textbooks are getting a lot wrong about the labor movement.

Sep 12, 2011 / StudentNation / Josh Eidelson

Congress Should Mark Anniversary of the ‘War on Terror’ by Deauthorizing It

Congress Should Mark Anniversary of the ‘War on Terror’ by Deauthorizing It Congress Should Mark Anniversary of the ‘War on Terror’ by Deauthorizing It

Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the lone vote against authorizing the perpetual “war on terror,” is leading an effort to repeal it.

Sep 11, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

This Week: 9/11 at Ten. PLUS: Attica 40 Years Later This Week: 9/11 at Ten. PLUS: Attica 40 Years Later

The tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon provide an opportunity to reflect on the changes our country has undergone in the past dec...

Sep 9, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Nation Remembers 9/11

The Nation Remembers 9/11 The Nation Remembers 9/11

Ten years after September 11, 2001, we are still engaged in an unwinnable “War on Terror,” and have opened the door to a new vision of “normal”—a normal in which surveillance, dete...

Sep 9, 2011 / Video / Francis Reynolds

How to Really Win the Future How to Really Win the Future

Obama laid out a surprisingly ambitious jobs plan—though many economists agree it’s still probably not enough. What else could the government do?

Sep 9, 2011 / Blog / George Zornick

Obama Has Steered the Debate Back Toward Jobs; Now, He Must Go Out and Win It Obama Has Steered the Debate Back Toward Jobs; Now, He Must Go Out and Win It

The president needs to turn the heat up on Congress. Way up. And the way to do this is not by offering to compromise or by talking about working with “my friends on the other...

Sep 9, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Reliable Sources? Reliable Sources?

 Eric on Bill Keller's Iraq problems and Reed on horserace journalism.

Sep 8, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman

GOP Debate: From Birthers to Earthers GOP Debate: From Birthers to Earthers

 The most striking part of the first full-blown debate in the Republican primary was the total rejection of science. 

Sep 8, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Melber

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