The Tables Turn in Town Halls, and Maybe DC The Tables Turn in Town Halls, and Maybe DC
Recent town halls had many key Tea Party rabblerousers playing defense for the first time. How will Congress react when it meets next week?
Apr 29, 2011 / The Notion / George Zornick
Interest Groups Are Serious Business Interest Groups Are Serious Business
Progressives need to take interest group-based politics seriously if they want to counter status quo bias.
Apr 29, 2011 / The Notion / Jamelle Bouie
Didn’t We Fight a Revolution to Rid Ourselves of This Royal Family—and Its American Imitators? Didn’t We Fight a Revolution to Rid Ourselves of This Royal Family—and Its American Imitators?
The whole point of the American experiment was to rid ourselves of royalism. So how did we end up with so many monarchical governors?
Apr 29, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Rush Limbaugh, ‘Time’ Reporter Rush Limbaugh, ‘Time’ Reporter
Eric takes on Time magazine's severe editorial weaknesses and Reed Richardson offers his predictions for Mitt Romney's presidential run.
Apr 29, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
This Week: America’s Longest War. PLUS: The Trump Sideshow This Week: America’s Longest War. PLUS: The Trump Sideshow
This week, The Nation welcomes Liliana Segura as Associate Editor. Ari Melber and Melissa Harris-Perry weigh-in on the Trump sideshow, and Bernie Sanders stops by The Na...
Apr 28, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nation Conversations: Andy Worthington on the Guantánamo Files Nation Conversations: Andy Worthington on the Guantánamo Files
The release of previously classified reports on the US military's Guantánamo detainees has resuscitated stories of horror and suffering that have been largely forgotten in r...
Apr 28, 2011 / Audio / The Nation
It’s Time to Take on the Grand Old Polluting Party It’s Time to Take on the Grand Old Polluting Party
Obama has asked for an end to massive tax subsidies to oil and gas companies, and even Republican House Speaker John Boehner thought it was a good idea—for a second, that i...
Apr 28, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
It’s Time to Take on the Grand Old Polluting Party It’s Time to Take on the Grand Old Polluting Party
Obama has asked for an end to massive tax subsidies to oil and gas companies, and even Republican House Speaker John Boehner thought it was a good idea—for a second, that is.
Bernie Sanders: Cutting Taxes for the Rich While Slashing Social Programs Is Insane Bernie Sanders: Cutting Taxes for the Rich While Slashing Social Programs Is Insane
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont addresses the insanity of forcing the middle class to make sacrifices but not asking the country's wealthiest individuals to make sacrifices as we...
Apr 28, 2011 / Video / The Daily Show
Paul Ryan Filibusters His Own Town Hall Meeting Paul Ryan Filibusters His Own Town Hall Meeting
Paul Ryan's GOP plan to address America's fiscal problems is being met with much skepticism and rancor at town hall meetings in Wisconsin.
Apr 28, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room