Politics

The Tables Turn in Town Halls, and Maybe DC

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.

Apr 28, 2011 / Video / MSNBC

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

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