The Koch Brothers: American Oligarchs The Koch Brothers: American Oligarchs
The Koch brothers sent out packets advising their employees for whom to vote, giving a sample of the damage that the Citizens United Supreme Court decision is already unleashing ...
Apr 25, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Preventing the Nuclear Apocalypse Preventing the Nuclear Apocalypse
The US's nuclear arsenal has no necessary military mission anymore. But their existence continues to provoke the proliferation of weapons programs abroad.
Apr 25, 2011 / Joe Cirincione
An Empire of Autocrats, Aristocrats and Uniformed Thugs Begins to Totter An Empire of Autocrats, Aristocrats and Uniformed Thugs Begins to Totter
Across the Greater Middle East from Tunisia and Egypt to Bahrain and Yemen, democratic protests are threatening to sweep away subordinate elites crucial to the wielding of American...
Apr 25, 2011 / Alfred W. McCoy and Brett Reilly
The Issue Is Jobs, Not Deficit Reduction The Issue Is Jobs, Not Deficit Reduction
A Democratic congressman tells the president to stop reading from GOP talking points and start borrowing a page from FDR.
Apr 25, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
A Responsible Republican Rejects Paul Ryan’s Fiscal Folly A Responsible Republican Rejects Paul Ryan’s Fiscal Folly
Maine's Susan Collins is no liberal. But she is not about to back Ryan's plan to gut Medicare and Medicaid. Will other GOP senators be as honest in their assessment of a bad bill?
Apr 23, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
This Week: Big Brothers Koch. PLUS: Celebrating Earth Day This Week: Big Brothers Koch. PLUS: Celebrating Earth Day
This Week, The Nation celebrates Earth Day. Also this week, Mark Ames and Mike Elk take down Koch Industries with a look at how the company is operating in a post-Citizens United e...
Apr 22, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Insert Hed Here Insert Hed Here
Eric on Smithsonian's Jazz anthology and Reed Richardson on the S&P's rating of the bond market.
Apr 22, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Emperor Trump Has No Clothes Emperor Trump Has No Clothes
A closer look at the alleged billionaire's finances reveals bankruptcies and lawsuits.
Apr 22, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
News for Obama: Public Cares About Jobs, Not Deficit News for Obama: Public Cares About Jobs, Not Deficit
A major new poll shows that Americans do not believe cutting the deficit will create jobs. So why have leaders of both parties become deficit hawks?
Apr 22, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
How Koch Industries Politicizes the Workplace How Koch Industries Politicizes the Workplace
After the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, corporations like Koch Industries are pushing their own political agenda in the workplace.
Apr 22, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room